We’re in a bit of Disney princess overload at this point: They’ve been reimagined as the villains of their stories, Sith Lords, obese women, and superheroes — the last one at least twice, with these Sailor Moon lookalikes the latest offering. Are we ever going to stop drawing Ariel, Jasmine, Belle, and the others for laughs?
Personally, I don’t want there to be an end to silly Disney princesses, since each rendition is incredibly creative. The fact that the princesses are universally well-known helps the joke: Tweak some main stuff but keep specific details and a general sense of the original costume, and you’re one clever artist. My question is, what reimagining hasn’t been done yet? More »
As a casual geek, I have an ambivalent response to the announcement that the Oxford Dictionaries Online has decided to incorporate several serious and irreverent words from Internet-speak into its latest addition. On the one hand, it’s validating to see the exclamations traded over message boards become part of mainstream conversation. But part of that geek appeal is these words acting almost as passwords to get through the various layers of Internet communities. If everyone knows them, where’s the fun? More »
A couple of weeks ago, we here at Crushable HQ shared with you an adorable nerdy marriage proposal via Pokeball. As we alternately ooh’ed and aah’ed over the creativity that went into the proposal, it occurred to us that we’ve been hearing about an awful lot of equally creative geeky marriage proposals lately. So because Sunday is a good day to go “Awwwww!” a lot, we’ve assembled ten of the best geeky marriage proposals of all time here for your viewing pleasure. Ready? Set? Awwwwwww! More »
Is it that time of the month already for The New York Times Magazine to do another trend piece on Internet memes in order to fill its relevancy quota for the year? It sure is! This weekend: ROFLCon (only 2 months and 1/2 months late on the coverage!), 4Chan (Don’t hack our commenting board, bro!), and a whole section devoted to Chuck Norris, LOLCats, and Rickrolling.
Also this:
And current events don’t merely sit next to LOL material; current events often… More »
Internet Nerdz Recreate Their Favorite Memes - “We are the music makers, and we are the memers of memes.” – Willy Wonka (via Urlesque)
Presented without comment, except to say…Tech? Really? LOL(cats)…. More »
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See? Even cats are getting into Harry Potter.
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