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One of the variations of owl photos (Northern Spotted Owl) O RLY? is an Internet phenomenon, typically presented as an image macro featuring a snowy owl. [1] The phrase "O RLY?", an abbreviated form of "Oh, really?", is popularly used in Internet forums in a sarcastic manner, often in response to an obvious, predictable, [2] [3] or blatantly false statement.
"All your base are belong to us" is an Internet meme based on a poorly translated phrase from the opening cutscene of the Japanese video game Zero Wing. The phrase first appeared on the European release of the 1991 Sega Mega Drive / Genesis port of the 1989 Japanese arcade game .
Jamie Wilkinson (right) and Kenyatta Cheese at ROFLCon II, 2010. Know Your Meme was created in December 2007 as a series of videos which were part of the vlog Rocketboom.It was founded by employees Kenyatta Cheese, Elspeth Rountree and Jamie Wilkinson, and Rocketboom CEO Andrew Baron in their spare time, when host Joanne Colan could not finish the current season of Rocketboom. [3]
The meme first appeared on the Polish imageboard Vichan with the name ciepłatwarz.jpg (warmface.jpg) [1] [2]. The earliest archived appearance was posted on 16 December 2009 on the meme sharing website Sad and Useless. [3] [4] Intelligencer describes the meme Wojak's expression as "pained but dealing with it". [5]
The term meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme, which comes from Ancient Greek mīmēma (μίμημα; pronounced [míːmɛːma]), meaning 'imitated thing', itself from mimeisthai (μιμεῖσθαι, 'to imitate'), from mimos (μῖμος, 'mime').
The meme has been referenced in regard to Donald Trump, [4] [5] David Portnoy, [6] Mo Brooks, [7] Neil Gorsuch, [8] Matt Gaetz, [9] Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene. [10] While referencing the meme, writers at Mic and Vulture called the article "absolutely iconic" [11] and "one of the best articles to ever grace the internet", [12 ...
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The Selfish Meme: A Critical Reassessment. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-60627-1. Mina, An Xiao (2019). Memes to Movements: How the World's Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0807056585. Shifman, Limor (2013). Memes in Digital Culture. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-31770-2.