friday meme: bitch i might be

About

“Bitch I Might Be” is an ambiguous retort falsely attributed to Atlanta-based rapper Gucci Mane in a photoshopped image posted to Reddit in April of 2013. The phrase is often used in text posts and image macro captions shared on the microblogging site Tumblr.

Origin

On April 10th, 2013, Gucci Mane appeared in court where he was indicted for assaulting a military soldier with a champagne bottle.^[3] On April 17th, Redditor hellpony submitted a photoshopped screenshot of a local news report to the /r/Funny^[2] subreddit, which changed the on-screen text to read “Rapper Gucci Mane responds with ‘bitch I might be’ when asked if guilty” (shown below), referencing a lyric from his 2006 single Pillz."^[1] Within one month, the post accrued more than 10,300 upvotes and 360 comments.

friday meme: upworthy headlines

About

Upworthy Headlines are parody titles that mock those used for content highlighted on the viral media site Upworthy,^[1] which are often criticized for using the “clickbait” technique to grab the attention of viewers to increase pageviews.

Origin

On September 21st, 2013, the @UpWorthIt Twitter feed was launched, which posts parody Upworthy-style headlines. In the first three months, the feed gained over 6,800 followers

friday meme: pornhub comments on stock photos

PornHub Comments On Stock Photos is a single topic blog featuring stock photographs with captions taken from the comment sections on the adult media website PornHub.

Origin

On October 22nd, 2013, the “PornHub Comments On Stock Photos” Tumblr blog was created, with the first post featuring a photograph of a tuxedo-wearing man seated at a laptop with a caption complimenting the quality of an adult film (shown below). In the first three months, the post gained over 800 notes