Know Your Meme Episodes

Shooting Stars

In this episode of Know Your Meme 101, internet experts Eric and Jon dive head-first into one of the biggest music video parody memes that swept across YouTube in March 2017.

Published on 05/03/17

Cash Me Ousside

In this episode of Know Your Meme 101, Internet commentators Jon and Eric throw in their two cents on the viral stardom of Danielle Bregoli and her sensational catchphrase "cash me ousside, how bow dah?"

Published on 04/27/17

Rule 34

Rule 34 of the Internet: If it exists, there is porn of it. Here’s a reminder why.

Published on 04/12/17

The Mandela Effect

Was it the Berenstein Bears or the Berenstain Bears? Was it Oscar Meyer or Oscar Mayer? Did you remember it wrong, or have you been living in a parallel universe this whole time? Know Your Meme 101 explains the Mandela Effect.

Published on 04/05/17

Increasingly Verbose Memes

In this pilot episode of our new meme explainer web series, we take a look back at the increasingly verbose meme that became a sensation in January and talk about why everything gets longer and shittier as time goes on.

Published on 03/29/17

Intro to Pokémon Memes (Part II)

Know Your Meme's Internet scientists explore some of the most notable character memes that emerged from the children's anime TV series in this second part of our intro to Pokémon memes!

Published on 10/23/12

Intro to Pokémon Memes (Part I)

Your very own Know Your Meme legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon Memes awaits!

Published on 10/10/12

Troll Science

Troll Science (also known as “Troll Physics”) is a rage comic series illustrating various experiments that are based on faulty understanding of scientific concepts. The pseudo-scientific drawings are usually accompanied by Trollface and used to mislead the viewers or frustrate science educators and students for their obvious errors.

Published on 09/28/12

Fanfiction

Fanfiction is literature written solely by fans of a particular work, and is thus both non-canonical to the original work yet also based off the characters and settings of such a work. Though fanfiction is not a product of the Internet, the Internet has proliferated such literature to proportions greater than those it could have achieved in print.

Published on 09/22/12

That Really Rustled My Jimmies

“That Really Rustled My Jimmies” is an expression that is used to convey feelings of discontent or discomfort in response to someone else’s post in imageboards and discussion forums, most notably on 4chan.

Published on 09/14/12

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