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May 2, 2013 Andy Cush

Internt memes, by their very nature, are vessels for reappropriation. Philosoraptor isn’t that funny the first time you see it; the humor comes when a meme creator successfully fulfills the parameters of the meme–banal and/or profound observational humor, setup on top, punchline on the bottom–which evolve as the meme propogates and is remixed. But that […]

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April 19, 2013 Julia Dawidowicz

It was only a matter of time before Lil’ Bub, the so-called “cutest cat in the world,” got her own movie. Vice called dibs on the endeavor, and based on their just-released trailer, the documentary will be just as ridiculous and high budget as you’d expect when dealing with the runt cat video master of […]

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April 18, 2013 Andy Cush

You should buy a boat! Why shouldn’t you buy a boat? You deserve a boat. OK, it’s settled then. You’re getting a boat. Wasn’t that easy? Let Sophisticated Cat of /r/AdviceAnimals and Björk video fame organize your life, and everything could be so simple. TodoCat, created by Brooklyn Brainery co-founder Soma, lets you organize all […]

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April 3, 2013 Andy Cush

With 100% less dickishness! Finally, a dumb brilliant meme that requires no destruction of other people’s property. Kids these days — so considerate, amirite? […]

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March 13, 2013 Andy Cush

While Lena Dunham and piggie poop balls sat around wearing Google Glass and discussing the merits of 3D-printing your own Beyonce, these three drones danced a sad, sad “Harlem Shake” in some empty lot at SXSW. This is what we’ve created, people. […]

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February 20, 2013 Samer Kalaf

It’s only natural that in this stage of the progression of the Harlem Shake meme, someone would go to Harlem and find out what its residents thought of the ersatz Harlem Shake. Surprise! They think it’s stupid and weird, because when you put your name on something and that something looks like “humping,” as one […]

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February 15, 2013 Marina Galperina

We here at ANIMAL have been a bit taken by this Harlem Shake meme. We even went to Times Square to document the NYPD trying to shut down the biggest ever Harlem Shake. Naturally, one of the first few things that comes to mind is… when’s the porn version coming out? So we called up our […]

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February 14, 2013 Andy Cush

Here it is: the Harlem Shake to end all Harlem Shakes. The mobile developers at Moovweb created this ingenious bookmarklet, which gets the text, images, and other assets of any website dancing around to the Internet’s favorite Baauer track. To use it, just head here, drag the button onto your bookmarks bar, then click it […]

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