Quick Pic: Starbucks's Red Cup

"Starbucks gave me a blank canvas so I used it. This is how I feel about the cup." by inked32

"Americans fighting over what is printed on a coffee cup designed by a billion-dollar company to promote conformity sounds like cold German satire: While the world rages on and problems like starvation, a massive refugee crisis, and homelessness remain unfixed, people in America — including an American presidential candidate — are arguing over a red beverage container." Starbucks’s red cup controversy, explained.

Sweets: Grumpy Cat Cookies

Grumpy Cat Valentine Cookies by Whipped Bake Shop

Keep it to yourselves!

Humor: Critical Failures, Racing Hearts

Source: ShadowsFate

"Stumbled upon this on Facebook today and couldn’t stop laughing."

Annnd the meme reaches its inevitable conclusion.  I sincerely hope someone out there spins this off into a whole fanfiction series.

Mash-Up: My Neighbor Totoro

"My Neighbour, Hulk" by Samoubica

Mashing the iconic cover art for Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor, Totoro with other franchises has become a staple of meme culture.  Here's a round-up of my favorite mash-ups from around the web.

Video: If Geek Girls Acted Like Geek Guys

"If Geek Girls Acted Like Geek Guys" by BuzzFeedYellow

BuzzFeed drives home a powerful point with this absurd "fake geek guys" video starring former Daily Dot writer Gaby Dunn. The video examines the idea of fake geek girls, only with the gender roles reversed. Instead of a geek guy demanding to see a girl’s nerd credentials, we see a female comic store employee asking if a guy is into comics because of his mom or girlfriend, and making weird comments about whether he cosplays “slutty Thor.”

In a way, the video is reassuring. The fake geek girl meme has become so widespread that the joke no longer requires explanation. Everyone on the net already recognizes the ridiculousness of this kind of cultural gatekeeping.

Illustration: Batgirl Bucket Challenge

Batgirl takes the A.L.S. Ice Bucket Challenge
Drawn by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr

If you're reading this on the Internet, it's a safe bet that you’ve heard of the A.L.S. Ice Bucket Challenge, in which people challenged by friends dump buckets of cold water over their own heads to raise awareness of A.L.S., more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.  Over the past few weeks, the challenge has taken the internet by storm, but when the artists behind the new Batgirl became the most recent victims of the challenge, they decided to take it to a whole new level. 

"All three of us were called out to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by Stella at Batgirl To Oracle. Since we all live in different countries we figured we’d try something different and get Batgirl to do it for us. ;)  Please donate at the link, even only a few dollars. it’s for a good cause!"

Humor: FTK

Source: Reddit

When you absolutely must eat every f*cking chicken in the room.

I absolutely loved Sunday's season premiere of Game of Thrones.  I just about peed my pants laughing at the best line of the night.  Every since, the internet's been chicken-crazed.  This design originally came from a TeeSprings t-shirt, but it was quickly appropriated by the internet at large.  Now, there about half a dozen variations floating around.

Sweets: Grumpy Cat Cookies

"Grumpy Cat Valentine Cookies" by Whippedbakeshop

Alone on Valentine's Day.  It's okay, no one loves you on the other 364 days of the year either.  These used to be for sold in batches on Etsy.  Sadly, they're no long available.

Vehicle: Nyan Cat Ferrari

DJ Deadmau5 recently posted this picture of his $300,000 Ferrari 458 Spider decked out in a custom Nyan Cat wrap on Facebook.  A Ferrari says money, but a ridiculous Ferrari?  That says crazy money.  That says, "I would lite my Cuban cigars with thousand dollar bank notes if I didn't plan on living to a hundred and three."

“If you think the car’s bad, you should see what I did to my bathroom wallpaper. Isn’t it fun to do things your own way and just not give a f***? Try it, you’ll like it, I promise.”

Paintings: Wish Upon A Grumpy Cat

"Wish Upon A Grumpy Cat" by Erika Pearce

Fresh Take: Tyson’s Punchout!

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Punchout! by Pauline Acalin

Available for purchase as a print from IT 8-Bit. US$11.00

How amazing would it be to play Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Punchout? One of the greatest minds of our time featured in one of the greatest games of our childhood!

Humor: Skyrim Meme

 

Seriously, see you again in March, everyone.

Source: Reddit.com