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Digital Folklore Project 2017 - Avocado Toast
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@France4Hillary tweets an image of a political cartoon. In the cartoon is Pepe the Frog next to two alligators. One is labeled "Anti-Semitism" and the other "White Nationalism." The wording across the top of the cartoon says: "Another swamp in need…
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A Facebook post by Rebecca Hart with a picture of a Pepe the Frog Meme. Pepe has a sad and miserable expression on his face and is wearing trendy looking clothes (a sweater, scarf, and boots) and is crouched down, about to stick a fork in an outlet.…
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A picture of Pepe the frog with a glass of champagne. Above the picture is text that says: "When the customer says 'I won't be coming back here again' expecting you to burst into tears but really you're like.."
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This facebook post celebrates over 1 million people checking in at Standing Rock during the protest
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DAPL protest
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Thanks, Obama meme variations
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This sincere rendition of the Thanks, Obama meme has this caption, "THere are still battles to wage, more hearts and minds to change as long as there's a single child in America that's afraid they won't be accepted for who they are, we've got more…
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This Thanks, Obama meme complains that "She was Hannah Montana when Bush was president."
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Thanks Obama meme. "North Korea plans to invade. ... Thanks Obama."
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Rape culture includes both Brock Turner's short rape sentence and Trump's lewd comments
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Martha Stewart was in prison longer than Brock Turner
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#ThingsShorterthanBrockTurner'sRapeSentence includes the amount of time Harambe spent with the kid
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#ThingslongerthanBrockTurner'sRapeSentence include Dory's memory
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Some statistics about Brock Turner's Rape Sentence
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This cartoon has a pilgrim dressed in a gas mask pointing a gun at a Native American dressed in a No DAPL T-shirt as they sit across a dinner table with a turkey on it. The pilgrim asks for the water; the Native American refuses.
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Image of a protest in Chicago against DAPL
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A group of people stand in front of a teepee holding glowing letter signs which together spell "PROTECTORS."
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This screen capture of a Facebook post advises people on how to be safe from the creepy clowns
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This cartoon has two children trick-or-treating as a clown and a witch. The man answering the door asks "What have we here? A scary clown and a witch!" His wife, reading the newspaper about the 2016 elections, responds, "Tell me about it..."
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This picture of two creepy clowns in the woods has a caption, "Do you want to get shot? ... 'Cause this is how you'll get shot."
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This meme has an image of a clown and a caption, "Haven't heard about Pokemon Go since we showed up, have you? ... You're welcome."
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The words "Clown Lives Matter" overlays a still of the Joker from The Dark Knight Rises.
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The #BrusselsLockdown cats took the honors as the digital animal of the year. This hashtag emerged in Belgium shortly after the Paris terrorist attacks. Police in Brussels asked citizens not to tweet about police activity in their neighborhoods…
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The winner in the category of Fun that Matters is the Twitter account, @TrumpsHair. This account boasts both praises of and memes mocking Trump’s comb-over flagrante. Popular memes include dogs, cats, guinea pigs, and chickens with their hair styled…
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This year’s winner in the Social Issues category is #LoveWins, which emerged in June as a response to the Supreme Court decision making same-sex marriage the law of the land. Around the world, people used this hashtag to celebrate marriage equality
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Gay Babadook trend started in early 2017. This came from Netflix accidentally listing the horror film "The Babadook" under the LGBT+ genre section.
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We have "My toast got burnt this morning. ... Thanks Obama" captioned over a picture of President Obama frowning.
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Over a picture of President Obama these words are captioned. "Dinosaurs are extinct. ... Thanks Obama!"
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This picture has many clown faces and is captioned "Spent all this time preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse and we have a Clown Apocalypse instead!"
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The "That would be great" meme combined with "neither candidate" theme. It would be great if people didn't make assumptions.
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This puppy meme rhetorically asks everyone to put their hands up if there should be puppies as a reward for putting up the 2016 election.
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This image has Hillary Clinton on the left calling Donald Trump names, Trump on the right calling Clinton bad names, and a cat on the bottom agreeing with them both.
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Image of #MeToo with woman gender symbol for the "o"s.
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Rick Astley would make a better president than Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump
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ALS ice bucket challenge at university
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Other related Instagram and Twitter accounts that play with constructions of masculinity include @DadBods and @FashionDads. @DadBods describes itself as “No Gym Just Dad Bods” and would be quite at home (sitting on the couch with a six-pack of beer)…
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Other related Instagram and Twitter accounts that play with constructions of masculinity include @DadBods and @FashionDads. @DadBods describes itself as “No Gym Just Dad Bods” and would be quite at home (sitting on the couch with a six-pack of beer)…
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The #ManBun reached its crowning glory (bad pun intended) in 2015. The Internet was flooded with image after image of men wearing their hair up in style that had been more typically worn by women in the US. But no longer. Soon we had Instagram’s…
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The #ManBun reached its crowning glory (bad pun intended) in 2015. The Internet was flooded with image after image of men wearing their hair up in style that had been more typically worn by women in the US. But no longer. Soon we had Instagram’s…
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The #ManBun reached its crowning glory (bad pun intended) in 2015. The Internet was flooded with image after image of men wearing their hair up in style that had been more typically worn by women in the US. But no longer. Soon we had Instagram’s…
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The #ManBun reached its crowning glory (bad pun intended) in 2015. The Internet was flooded with image after image of men wearing their hair up in style that had been more typically worn by women in the US. But no longer. Soon we had Instagram’s…
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Robin Williams' genie memorial
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collage of celebrities who died in 2014
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Collage of Robin Williams characters
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The Scream ice bucket challenge meme.
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Ice bucket challenge on Jimmy Fallon show.
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A starter pack featuring random images with the caption "The 'I end up in a lot of starter packs' starter pack."
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