Know Your Meme

Some people are confused by all this randomness on the interwebs. I know from being a journalist that people thirst for context to the stories and quirky bits of entertainment on the web.

A internet meme (PRON: meem) is a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly (thanks, wiki). On the internet, that usually means a viral bit of video or music that gets stuck in your head and you just HAVE to show your friends. There are plenty of Chappelle Show skits and hip-hop lyrics that have become catchphrases amongst my current co-workers, and the internet allows us to replay them at a moment's notice.

We'll get into those other inside jokes another time, perhaps...

To start, you should be familiar with the biggies, and Rocketboom has set up a really cool new site called "Know Your Meme." Some of them are a bit more obscure (Disaster Girl, La Caida de dgar) but others have risen to the level of common knowledge among users (FAIL, lipdubs, O RLY, Boom goes the dynamite)

So...check out "Know Your Meme"...it's kinda awesome.