Ermahgerd! The year in memes

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

To be honest, any year that doesn't have a Nyan cat in it is a bit of a comedown. But 2012 nevertheless provided its own special viral charms — some of which didn't even involve felines. So we say thanks to Ridiculously Photogenic Guy and Overly Attached Girlfriend, and to all those other viral stars we couldn't get out of our heads if we tried.

Shit Girls Say

It began as a Twitter feed in 2011, but it was in 2012 that Graydon Sheppard and Kyle Humphrey's devastating drag parody of feminine phrases truly took over the world. Though blowing the lid off the Twinsies!-peppered world of chick vernacular earned Sheppard and Humphrey their share of critics, it also inspired a treasure trove of witty imitations, notably Chesca Leigh's also-gone-viral Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls. It even went old school and became a book. Shut UP!

Africa: Help us send radiators to Norway!

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:49:00 +0000

Remember Band-Aid, the 1984 supergroup responsible for "Do They Know It's Christmas?," the song that taught the world Africa is a place "where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow?" (Really, no rain? Toto would disagree.) Well, it's been 28 years and Africans are ready to repay the favor -- with another power ballad.

Enter: Radi-Aid, a campaign to send radiators to frostbitten Norwegians. Watch as a rapper called Breezy V explains the perils of sub-zero temperatures, and let's Africans know that they have the power to help:

In Norway kids are freezing / It's time for us to care / There's heat enough for Norway / If Africans would share

Salon.com > kony 2012

Ermahgerd! The year in memes

Africa: Help us send radiators to Norway!