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Through the Wire
Through the WireAug 10, 2026
On making Meme Museum
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atproto developmentmemes
taco 'bout it
taco 'bout itJun 30, 2026
people out here trying to be mean to me when i’m just like
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cuteme
brennan.day
brennan.dayApr 17, 2026
Memes, Metal Gear Solid, and You
A history of the word 'meme'—from Richard Dawkins coining it in *The Selfish Gene* in 1976 to Advice Dog and the death of shared internet monoculture—and what happens when you take memetics seriously as a theory of culture. Metal Gear Rising's Monsoon delivers the most honest account of how memes shape who we become. The lyric essay resists this process by design.
personal essayDigital Culture
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetOct 13, 2021
Hampster Economics
Pondering how a meme from a quarter-century ago might have gone over in today’s much-more-mature creator economy.
memesmeme
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 1, 2018
On Memedom
Analyzing the impact of a tweet of mine that went so viral that it nearly broke my phone. Something about sad pepperoni brings out all the retweets.
every headline on the internetjokes
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetFeb 24, 2015
Despite All My Rage …
Why does it seem like everyone's always angry about everything? We're not sure, but hopefully we can figure it out with some psychology.
psychologysubcultures
Anil Dash
Anil DashOct 22, 2008
Yo Mama's So Fat...
I’ve long been a fan of playing the dozens, as is to be expected from anyone who loves language. Last night, in a fit of my usual insanity, I thought it’d be fun to throw out some “Yo mama” snaps themed around this year’s election on my Twitter account: - Yo moms such a ho they set up robocalls for…
twitterlanguage
Anil Dash
Anil DashNov 27, 2007
Serious LOLs: Come to ROFLCon
From lolcats to goatse to the Zidane headbutt, I’ve been at least tenuously linked to some of the web’s most notable and notorious memes. Naturally, when I heard about ROFLCon, a conference being organized at Harvard to celebrate online memes and celebrities, I knew I had to be there. The thing is,…
blogstech
Anil Dash
Anil DashJul 13, 2007
Pidginholed
I’ve been holding off on updates about lolcats and related memes for a while because it’s easy to get burned out and probably as boring for you as it is for me. But there are still some interesting parts to it. As I alluded to in Inadvertent Lazymeme Clearinghouse Lamentations, once you’re known…
lolcatsmemes
Anil Dash
Anil DashMay 21, 2007
Inadvertent Lazymeme Clearinghouse Lamentations
Following up on Cats, Comics and Closure, Meowchat and PetSpeak (which, surprisingly, came up during a panel on race and class on Friday), and of course Cats can has grammar, I’ve rediscovered the bizarre things that happen after a couple hundred thousand people stumble across a blog post. Chief…
memes
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 30, 2007
Cats, Comics, and Closure
As it turns out, there’s more to say about kitty pidgin, and thanks to all of those who’ve emailed and commented with additional links. First, a great example of prior art for the commercial use of lolcats is Twitter’s various errormessages. That’s the first place I’ve seen the grammar used in…
memescats
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 25, 2007
MeowChat and PetSpeak
Wow, you kids really like overanalysis of imaginary pet languages, huh? The best thing about writing Cats Can Has Grammar has been the responses. - Mat sent me a link to this SF Chronicle story on MeowChat, the online language adopted by cat fanciers when they impersonate their cats in online chat.…
languagememes
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 23, 2007
Cats Can Has Grammar
If you spend any time at all observing net culture, then you’ll have been unable to miss the recent explosion in popularity of lolcats. This relatively recent phenomenon is the convention of taking pictures of cute animals, most frequently cats, and overlaying absurdist captions on the images. The…
languagememes
Anil Dash
Anil DashJan 23, 2007
A Four-Armed Grimace
Because this came up at work today, I’ll repost a link to Pop Culture Addict’s look at Grimace, the terrifying/cuddly McDonald’s mascot-blob. The key point here? Grimace used to have four arms. Four arms cradling dozens of milkshakes. Milkshakes that tasted like childhood nightmares.
memesnostalgia
Anil Dash
Anil DashDec 18, 2006
How to Be (Properly) Offensive
Background: I once wore a funny t-shirt for a photo that appeared in the New York Times, and a bunch of people thought it was kind of amusing, albeit juvenile. It’s a reference to Goatse.cx, an extremely offensive shock site. As a result, I get sent virtually all Goatse-related news by my friends,…
memeshumor
Anil Dash
Anil DashJul 18, 2006
The goatse t-shirt, a year later
A little over a year ago, I wore a funny t-shirt while posing for a photo that was published in an article in the New York Times. The shirt‘s a reference to a popular (and rather offensive) internet meme, and the reaction was immediate and passionate: - “I can’t believe you slipped one over The…
memes
Anil Dash
Anil DashJun 3, 2005
Social Hacking
While I’m really glad that smart people like Tim O’Reilly and Chris Anderson are enjoying t-shirt media hack, I’m realizing that the really terrifying thing is that everybody in my social circle knows what Goatse is. But Tim’s right, of course. The only thing bloggers love as much as a good…
blogsmemes
Anil Dash
Anil DashMay 31, 2005
Picking A Winner
David Galbraith has wisely dissectedBlogebrity, but I’m going to preemptively call the Contagious Media Showdown in favor of Crying While Eating. Crying While Eating has that perfect combination of novelty, creepiness, and bodily functions which adds up to a supermeme. Combined with the fact that…
memesweb
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 17, 2001
buzzing at yahoo
If you look at the "buzz" section on my portal, you can see that I like to check up on what’s popular on the web. The only link on there that I regularly check is Yahoo’s Most Popular page, and I’ve been able to tell from following the subjects or links of other people’s blogs that I’m not the only…
yahoomemes
Anil Dash
Anil DashFeb 29, 2000
From Evhead: Does Yahoo! Astrology
From Evhead: > Does Yahoo! Astrology detect I’m coming in from San Franicsco? Half the time, they seem to mention venture capital. Today, mine says, “You could reap profound financial rewards by setting in motion some projects that will revolutionize certain phases of your industry.” Woohoo. But:…
yahooentrepreneurs
Anil Dash
Anil DashSep 15, 1999
enjoying linky love
As young Anakin Skywalker might say, "Yippee!" I was not once, not twice, but thrice linked yesterday, all by esteemed logs. To follow my progression as a meme, one can see me pop up at PeterMe, and then progress to Eatonweb, whence came a mention (and rather neat rebuttal by Dan Hartung to my…
techmemes

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