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Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.

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Website Anthropomorphism

November 19th, 2010 5:23 PM

When a website is personified, it is given a human form, a personality, or both. The personality and appearance given to the website is often derivative of the stereotype for people who use the site itself.

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Race Guy

November 18th, 2010 3:00 PM

Earlier this week, the clothing retail chain Hot Topic decided to sell some t-shirts with Rage Guy design. The Internet noticed and waged a sabotage mission, falsely pairing Rage Guy comics with highly offensive racist jokes.

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United States of Whatever

November 18th, 2010 1:10 PM

Remember Sifl and Olly? The show aired on MTV from 1997-1999, and during it’s last season premiered the popular punk comedy song “United States of Whatever” that would later become heavily parodied across the web.

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Tenso

November 16th, 2010 1:33 PM

In the latest episode of Know Your Meme, Internet Scientist Patrick analyzes Tenso, the multi-pane image macros from Brazil.

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