"Then I took an arrow in the knee," might just have been the Western internet's last big meme of 2011, emerging just after the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and quickly catching on until it was suddenly absolutely everywhere. For those not in the know, the joke comes from the aforementioned Skyrim, an expansive single-player RPG in which it seems every guard you meet in every city tells you the same sad story: "I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the ...
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May 9 2011
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Funny Yam Ah Mee Turns Into A Popular Figure On The Internet
Unlike Tin Pei Ling, Mr. Yam Ah Mee is the latest figure to rise to Internet fame thanks to the Singapore General Election. Yam was in charged of announcing the result for the Singapore General Election. Somehow, his repetitive and monotonous speech gave him celebrity-like status overnight, thanks to YouTuber FallenSuperheroSG who posted the famous 'Yam Ah Mee Club Mix" video. Yam's fame was also triggered by this misspelt Facebook page which has more than 36,000 'likes' so far. The video has racked up about 100,000 views within 24 hours ...
Jan 14 2011
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You and Meme: Why Memes matter
In its original definition, a meme (pronounced meam; rhymes with beam) is a term referring to a unit of cultural information transferable from one mind to another. It was first coined by Richard Dawkins, a British scientist, with regards to evolutionary principles and the spread of ideas. In simple terms: How an idea is transmitted from one person to another. To the average netizen, an internet meme can be a funny video, phrase or illustration that spreads rapidly across the internet. Memes can be hilarous (Rickrolling will never get old) Or they ...
Sep 22 2009
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3 Problems With Yahoo Meme
Ever since we have started using Yahoo meme, we have written a review on it and also invited some of our readers to this new micro-blogging service. The experience for us has been refreshing but incomplete. Understandably, it takes time for new social media platforms to perfect their system and we're glad that Yahoo is open about it. There are 3 major problems that we feel Yahoo meme should resolve immediately. 1. Not made for conversations It seems like one to one communication was not considered when meme was planned. We have hardly talked to ...
Sep 15 2009
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Yahoo Meme Is Here! Are You Invited?
Twitter-like Yahoo's Meme is out of the oven and invited users can now have a taste of this well designed micro-blogging platform. For those who are interested to give it a try, you may register your interest here. Nevertheless, a quicker way to gain access is through a friend's invite. Good news is, we have about 10 friends that we can invite. You may very well be one of them! Read on to see how you can be invited! Yahoo Meme Teaser Would Yahoo Meme be able to consume Twitter bird alive? 140 Characters Review Its ...
Sep 12 2009
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Facebook Lite And Yahoo Meme Look Similar
What an exciting day for the Facebook team! Besides the introduction of a new @ tagging feature on its status updates, it has also officially launched the highly anticipated Facebook Lite. Like how we understood it to be, Facebook Lite is a stripped down version of Facebook. It preserved only its core features, including status updates (duh!), access to profiles stalking and advertisements. I was recently trying out Yahoo Meme and after accessing Facebook Lite, I thought they look pretty similar. A prominent similarity is that both have big buttons for posting text, pictures ...
Sep 2 2009
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Yahoo Meme to Challenge Twitter
Yahoo has unofficially rolled out its meme micro-blogging service in English after its soft launch in Spanish and Portuguese. Meme is currently available through invites only. It obviously has the ambition to grab a share in the micro-blogging market; with Twitter currently at the top of the league. Meme's Goals As revealed on its site, Yahoo has a few goals for meme and they translate to what we can expect from this micro-blogging site! - Things have to be quick, easy and simple to do - You should be able to share whatever kind of ...
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