You know how they talk about how TV totally changed politics? And then how the Internet changed politics because of blogs and stuff? I feel like this election has really reached a new Internet, media peak. The sheer numbers of weird memes and things... as evidenced by the fact that I've posted about most of them. Anyway, here is the latest (a little late)... When Obama Wins.
These "12 Internet Memes that Took Obama to the Nomination," while (slightly) premature, are nevertheless hilarious. Most of them I'd at least heard of, although I didn't watch all of them due to my ongoing "I can read lots of junk at work but can't manage to squeeze in video time" (unlike my extraordinarily lucky roommate with two monitors and his own office, who manages to watch full movies at work while actually working, a level of multi-tasking I can only reach while "working" from home) problem. However, they don't exactly lose anything in belated watching. My favorite (of the ones I'd never seen before) is the "Star Wars" parody, so I'm posting it here:
Obviously there's zero nuance in these things, but whatever. You just have to love the Internet.
I'm actually horrified I didn't think of this idea before someone else did. I suppose even if I had, it wouldn't have gotten big, since I am not an ex-Gawker Media employee. Needless to say this website is HILARIOUS. (Disclaimer to my mom: don't be offended. I haven't sent any of yours in.)
If you have any of the guilty love for T-Pain's "Bartender" that I have, you will like this.
(There are more here. Some better than others. Here's one I particularly like. To quote a commenter on another Flickr page, "Rick Astley is the new Chuck Norris." Only hopefully not a Huckabee supporter.)
Ah, shit. Cristina, you will pretty much love this site. (Their archive is a little funky, so you may have to click on the calendar to get back to the very beginning.)
#2 was what made me click on the link, and while they didn't mention my own particular obsession (you all know what it is), they might as well have.