Silly Internet traditions: Humor break

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If you are not aware of all Internet traditions (see here for a full explanation of the latest meme), Brad Reed of NetworkWorld has a fancy slideshow and some explanatory text to help you out with Silly Internet Traditions: A Concise History.

 In honor of the Internet’s uniquely dense brand of insider humor, we’ve decided to examine and explain each of the most famous Internet traditions of the past decade.  While this guide may not help you speak fluent 1337 overnight, it will at least help you understand why Chuck Norris is seemingly held in such high esteem nowadays…

The Dancing Baby, LOLcats, Chris Crocker, and others make the list. Check it out for a good laugh, or a primer. If you don’t know about Godwin’s law, now you can know when to invoke it.

I’m always surprised when I mention something like the Ceiling Cat and students look at me with blank stares. It’s also fascinating to see how viral videos and Internet traditions take off and develop beyond what anyone would have imagined (Icanhascheezburger.com, where I got the image below, is a site solely devoted to LOLanimals)

Just remember, all your bases are belong to us.

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