2010 Search

10 reconstructed results for know your meme in the 2010 exhibit.

1. Chatroulette Piano Improv (Merton) - A hooded pianist serenading strangers

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/chatroulette-piano

   In March 2010 a hooded man known as Merton posted videos of himself improvising songs about the strangers Chatroulette paired him with, and their reactions. It was the...

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2. Inception BWONG - The trailer noise that took over every trailer

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/inception-bwong

   The booming brass note from the Inception trailers, nicknamed BWONG or BRAAAM, became a meme in the summer of 2010: added to cat videos, mocked in parodies and copied by...

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3. LOLcats - I can has cheezburger? Still going strong in 2010

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/lolcats

   LOLcats, cat photos captioned in lolspeak with Impact font, had been mainstream since 2007 and were still the most recognisable internet joke in 2010. Ceiling Cat,...

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4. Advice Animals - Philosoraptor, Socially Awkward Penguin, Courage Wolf and friends

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/advice-animals

   Advice Animals were image macros with an animal's head on a colour-wheel background and a two-line joke in Impact font. Advice Dog started it in 2006; by 2010...

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5. Trollface - Problem?

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/trollface

   Trollface, a grinning MS Paint face drawn by Carlos Ramirez in September 2008, became the universal symbol of internet trolling by 2010. It appeared at the end of rage...

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6. Forever Alone - The rage face for loneliness, born in May 2010

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/forever-alone

   Forever Alone, a lumpy, tearful rage face first posted in a comic about a fake date in May 2010, became one of the year's most-used images: the face of solitary Friday...

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7. Me Gusta - The face for enjoying something you should not

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/me-gusta

   Me Gusta, a bulging-eyed face drawn by Matt Oswald in March 2010, was the rage comic reaction for guilty pleasure. It spread through Reddit and Tumblr through the year...

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8. Y U NO Guy - "Y U NO" + any complaint, in broken English

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/y-u-no

   Y U NO Guy, a rage face taken from a manga panel, became a 2010 image macro for exasperated questions: "Facebook, Y U NO let me dislike?" It was one of the first rage...

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9. Sad Keanu - A paparazzi photo of Keanu Reeves eating a sandwich, Photoshopped everywhere

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/sad-keanu

   A May 2010 paparazzi photo of Keanu Reeves eating a sandwich alone on a New York bench became Sad Keanu in June, when Reddit and 4chan users cut him out and pasted him...

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10. "X all the Y!" (Clean all the things) - From Hyperbole and a Half to every to-do list

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/x-all-the-y

    In June 2010, Allie Brosh's blog Hyperbole and a Half published "This is Why I'll Never be an Adult", with a crudely drawn figure shouting "CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!" The...

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