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1 Year of Memes in 1 Minute (Video)

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.15.2012

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Shira Lazar

In honor of a year together, our team at What's Trending created a retrospective of the top 60 memes of the past year in a minute.

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PHOTOS: Bon Iver Erotica Is All Sorts Of Awesome

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.30.2012

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Ryan Gosling has saved women from getting hit by taxicabs, walked around Brooklyn fiddling a bizarre instrument and broken up fights on the street. Fo...

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WATCH: Goldman Takedown Gets HIlarious Animation Treatment

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.15.2012

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In retrospect, there should have been little doubt that Greg Smith's New York Times op-ed would receive the animated video treatment. That's what you ...

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Or Maybe I'll Just Go to Grad School

Aleksander Chan | Posted 05.09.2012

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Aleksander Chan

Flush with the terrifying prospect of graduating with a journalism degree in 2012, I have begun to entertain the thought of trying to fulfill my most outlandish writing fantasies.

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PHOTO: Nyan Cat Wins Christmas

Posted 12.27.2011

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Taking the Christmas tree down is always a sad time, heralding as it does the end of holiday season. But we imagine that, for this couple, taking down...

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PHOTOS: Pepper-Spraying Cop Makes His Way Throughout Art History

Posted 11.22.2011

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If you haven't seen it yet, the disturbing footage of a policeman pepper spraying UC Davis students holding a peaceful protest has gone viral and laun...

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WATCH: James Franco's New Music Video

Posted 08.29.2011

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The chorus of James Franco's new musical collaboration (!) must resonate for the 33-year-old actor, whose media domination comes immediately to mind w...

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Reframing the Deficit Misperception

Max Benavidez | Posted 08.21.2011

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Max Benavidez

In the 20th century we saw examples of what happened when nations were stripped of their morale and lost their spirit. They fell into fascism or totalitarianism. We need job creation and morale building not deficit reduction.

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'Cone-ing': The Newest Internet Food Meme?

Eater National | Posted 08.08.2011

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As a follow-up to planking, the weird fad where people photograph themselves lying down in random places, video comedy guy Alki Stevens is attempting ...

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LOLZ: The Best Internet Memes Of The Decade

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Times describes an Internet meme as "an idea, image, catchphrase or video that goes viral, mutating via amateur remixes into unexpected f...

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The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Geri Spieler

If there were a "Watchman" to protect us from danger he would be shaking his rattle vigorously right now. We are in danger of becoming extinct as the...

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Internet Memes: A Hilarious, Factual Infographic

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Editor's Note: Due to editorial consideration, the infographic and accompanying text have been removed from this post....

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What Color Is Breast Cancer?

Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Darryle Pollack

What color is cancer? What do you say if you don't wear a bra anymore because you don't have breasts? Some survivors were playing along; Some were offended.

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Fear and Envy of Black Masculinity: How Politico's Jonathan Martin Mugged President Obama and Got Away With It

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ronald B. Robinson

Almost all black men recognize the contemptuous look Jonathan Martin gave Obama on Thursday.

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