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Zillionaire Girlbosses Astonished by Backlash to Their Frivolous Trip to Space

Futurism

Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess," actor Olivia Wilde wrote in a Monday Instagram post, as quoted by People. Several other high-profile celebrities took a swipe at the publicity stunt. Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind," she argued , while hosting an NBC daytime TV show earlier this month.

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November. But, what still really stands out for me, is the addition of the cause-advocacy appeal once the meme hit the English translation.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

New memes get started everyday. Remember the FB meme challenge that asked women to post what color bra they were wearing that day? Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stonks, and chaos

The Verge

Dozens of people join the server every second, and one channel has a stream of memes that looks like pure chaos. Discord is usually the tool of choice for gamers to communicate with friends, Twitch streamers to grow a community, or just small groups of people to share similar interests. audio meme.

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Infographic: How To Create An Awesome Meme

Care2

Memes are a great way to talk about your issue and use humor to get your message shared. For example, if your nonprofit is going to experiment with creating a meme, it's worth noting the following data, according to this infographic How to Cook Up A Winning Meme that examimed over 100 sucessful memes from 1980 to today.

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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger? Many more groups joined in on the fun, recording videos and posting to YouTube. Why meme at all? ” is one of the more famous).

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Financial flash mobs meet fundraising memes

TechCrunch

For those who weren’t online last week, here’s what you missed: a not-so-subtle group of strangers on the internet banded together to try to buy one of the remaining thirteen copies for the constitution. More of that, we reckon, and less of the meme-wars wouldn’t be amiss. With crypto.

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