Memelabs Blog » meme http://blog.memelabs.com Memelabs Blog Wed, 04 May 2011 21:50:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Pole Dancing Isn’t for Everyone http://blog.memelabs.com/pole-dancing-isnt-for-everyone/ http://blog.memelabs.com/pole-dancing-isnt-for-everyone/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:03:19 +0000 christopher http://blog.memelabs.com/?p=550 Some time during the last decade, pole dancing moved from the domain of seedy clubs to suburban respectability. In fact, soccer moms have begun to host home pole dancing parties — in a similar fashion to ye olde tupperware parties.  Stripped (pun intended) of their erotic overtones, pole dancing has now been championed as a way to keep fit and maintain good health.

Sounds beautifully utilitarian. Why then have videos of pole dancing mishaps become so popular on YouTube? Because many netizens don’t appreciate its new found respectability. And seeing so many people fail confirms their suspicions that not everyone should be a pole dancer.

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This year, Chip’s Not Dead Yet is offering Vancouverites the chance to become part of the city’s history, by submitting an idea for your own theme wave. We are proud to be hosting the official event video contest!

Film and submit your idea, and you could win $1000, as well as a very satisfying 5 minutes of fame on event day–and help the BC Children’s Hospital at the same time.

As if this weren’t enough, the first 50 entrants to the contest will also receive a complimentary lululemon yoga mat, running hat, and foldin’ key cuff! Details on the site.

Are you still reading this? What are you waiting for? Get going!

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Everyone here at memelabs would like to wish our readers a very spooky Halloween!

On this the spookiest day of the year when the thoughts of zombies eating our brains and witches casting spells are running through our heads, I thought I’d bring some scary and spooky themed videos to get you in the mood to dress up in costume and take some candy from strangers.

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Now that you’re in the halloween spirit, get out there and have some fun!

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If you spend any time at all on the internet, you’ve come across an internet meme or viral. We’ve had Rickroll, LOLcats, D*ck in a Box, I Like Turtles, and who could forget the infamous Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Well I’ve noticed a new trend popping up everywhere – bacon!

First we had Kevin Bacon and then the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Well the internet has decided to get serious – drop the Kevin and get down to what’s important – BACON.

Yes, that bacon…the artery clogging, tasty and delicious breakfast staple. The one your Mom would only let you have two slices of growing up. Well we’ve grown up now and Mom is no longer there to limit our bacon consumption. So we’ve gone on a bacon rampage – much to our hearts displeasure.

One of the major necessities of a strong meme is in its flexibility. Bacon has been a keen illustrator of that very quality. And without further ado, I present you bacon in all of its bacony goodness.

The Double Baconator – People have been on a mission as of late to photoshop the best baconator that they can think of:

Crazy Bacon Inspired Cooking:

Bacon on a Stick Covered in French Fries

* Meat on a stick is almost as good as bacon, so when you combine bacon and sticks, you get the ultimate snacking pleasure!

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Dipped Bacon Sprinkled with Pop Rocks

**I read this on a blog yesterday and it came complete with pictures and everything. For the life of me though, I can’t find it today. grrr. If you happen to come along it, please send it this way and we will be eternally grateful in full bacony glory!

Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheeseburger

Candied Bacon Ice Cream

Random Stuff Floating Around the Internet:

Could this new trend be speaking to the fact that we love things bad for us? I can’t say for a fact that indulging in lightning bolt lightning bolt was anything more than a guilty pleasure, but in all honesty, neither is fantasizing about what chocolate dipped bacon topped in pop rocks would taste like.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8KDsJmECf4]

Now I know I missed tons of bacon yumminess, so give us links to your favourite bacon treats in the comments.

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We are all about holiday themes here and amidst bbq’s and beaches, we are always on the look out for some breakthrough video’s. To stay within our theme, I present my 4th of July inspired video by the self-proclaimed great American Hero, Kanye West in his take on infomercials. My favorite part: The Drunk Girl. I have no doubt that Mr. America casted her himself as he threw away his tax forms while flexing in the mirror and kissing his Versace adorned biceps.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TrkrSdyIHY&eurl=http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/kanye_west_on_tv_doing_an_infomercial?id=2TrkrSdyIHY]

As Jenn is busy on all things social, we have truced yet again to showcase one piece as our collective favorite. And as we continue to exemplify effective democratic process, we would like to take this time to showcase democracy in action. Happy Independence Day.

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First we brought you a Ghost Ridin’ Grandma, then we brought you Dancing Russians a la Red Army Hip Hop. Now we have Fighting Russian Grandma’s.

Each week Nadia and I fight over our videos of the week – why do you think we had to settle on selecting two vids. Well this vid is of Nadia and I in 50 years arguing about who’s vid is better. So for only the second time in meme history, we agreed on a single vid of the week.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRod_m5zlHg]

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**So we’ve been really busy at memelabs for the last couple of weeks. Each week I’ve written my half of the video of the week post, but Nadia‘s been so busy with the contests that she’s not had a chance to write her half. So what I’ve done this week is put my last two week’s posts into this one. Nadia, if you get a chance, add your 2 cents;)

Jenn
Well it’s that time of the week again…I know you all greatly look forward to it. Yes I get to regail you with my most awesome video of the week. Now if there are two things that Canadians love, it’s Hockey and Steven Colbert. So when I was watching The Colbert Report the other night and saw this it was like being able to eat double cream double ganache cake to lose weight. So everyone get ready to punch some beavers and drink some Moose Head.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BhSXEu3fo]

Jenn

The kids who make it to the national spelling bees amaze me. They know the spelling and meaning of words that I’ve never even heard of. Usually the room is so full of anticipation and tension that you could here a pin drop. So this isn’t the place where you’d expect to see a bit of a comedy show. Well that is exactly what happens when one of the contestants misunderstands what word the judge is trying to say.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQ22DM0mjs]

]]> http://blog.memelabs.com/video-of-the-week-first-day-of-summer-08-edition-punching-beavers-and-numb-nuts/feed/ 0 We Won the PopVox Award – Thank You! http://blog.memelabs.com/we-won-the-popvox-award-thank-you/ http://blog.memelabs.com/we-won-the-popvox-award-thank-you/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 18:00:43 +0000 nadia http://memelabs.com/about/?p=177 Posted by Jenn Lowther

You like us, You really like us!

Photo Credit: Dustin Sacks SillySoft Games

All kidding aside, we’re all super excited to have won the New Media BC‘s People’s Choice 2008 Award for Best User Generated Content or Crowdsourced Content Site. Nadia and I had an incredible time at the Awards Ceremony and Gala – as you can see in the pictures. We were extremely honoured to be nominated for this award and ecstatic that we won.

We couldn’t have done this without you – as it is the People’s Choice Award – so Nadia, myself, and the entire team at memelabs would like to give you our most sincere thanks for making memelabs what it has become today and for getting your vote on to help us win!!

We were up against some excellent competition and want to congratulate the following teams for the excellent work they have done. We were honoured to be competing against you.

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Photo Credit: Phillip Jeffery on Flickr

I also want to congratulate all of the other nominees and winners at the awards.

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Jenn
The 30′s and Russia brought us lots of things. We had the Great Depression, The Empire State Building, Snow White, the discovery of – Pluto, Penicillin, and Insulin- and Russian Vodka (mm tasty). So what happens when you combine the 30′s and Russia? How about the first Hip Hop/Break Dancing troop. Since WWI had finished, I guess this platoon of Russian Soldiers had a bit too much time on their hands. And no I am not going to insert an ‘In Soviet Russia’ meme here (that’s what the comment section is for:). Enjoy a little Red Army Hip Hop.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&eurl=http://wallout.com/red_army_hip_hop]

Nadia

Lets talk guilty pleasures for a moment. A singularly decadent weapon in the arsenal of personal satisfaction. The light at its core is generally intimate- a, “Don’t look at me- I am hideous” kind of thing. That said, those personal moments of indulgences are raw and attached truisms into who we really are.

My guilty pleasures? Nerds with guitars and viral video. Now with Weezers new video, they spoke directly to me almost knowing that while nerds playing guitars and holding hands with monkey’s is a pretty close win, it did not command my full fandemonium support. Enter Phase II of the conversion process and the orgasm of guilty pleasures. Nerds + Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

You had me at Numa.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI&eurl=http://mahalo.com/Weezer_Pork_And_Beans]

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