Liberté Chan is a weather reporter for KTLA. Courtesy of yahoo.com
Liberté Chan, a meteorologist for KTLA in Los Angeles, California, was forced to cover up during her live morning broadcast Sat. May 14 after the station was flooded with complaint emails.
Photo: Nihilist Memes
Nihilism is usually a word thrown around by philosophy students who have read too much Albert Camus. But lately, it’s been the source of internet entertainment for a number of memers.
Existential nihilism, a branch of nihilism that states that human existence is devoid of all meaning and value, is supplying the internet with a seemingly endless amount of jokes about “staring into the abyss” — an allusion to Nietzsche’s infamous quote “And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you,” — and about death being the only escape. Continue reading
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If you are one of the lucky ones who have purchased Kylie Jenner’s new (and sold out) lip glosses in early April, your lip gloss wands now probably look a cheap 99 cent store knockoff. If you complained about the quality of the high profile makeup line, you are not the only one.
But, it only took one complaint from Jeffree Star, a popular makeup artist and founder of Jeffree Star Cosmetics for Kylie to actually step up and take action on her defective products.
In the wake of Kanye West’s artistic psychodrama comes a left-field Kendrick Lamar surprise album drop this Friday. Thank goodness.
The eight tracks off of untitled unmastered were mostly recorded during the To Pimp a Butterfly sessions in late 2014, and provide a fascinating insight into Lamar’s creative process. Interestingly, the title of each song is dated according to when it was recorded. The title of the album is clever in itself, nodding at Lamar’s concerns of freedom as well as the nature of his new music– not as lavish as TPAB, but yet the details in each song grasps listeners.
Lamar shows his most playful side on untitled unmastered in comparison to all of his previous works — which is probably where the “unmastered” portion of the release comes into play. Adding these songs on TPAB would not have necessarily improved it, as none of the eight tracks are blockbusters. The hooks lack power yet somehow everything flows effortlessly, and Lamar’s talent for lyricism prevails in every track.
The release comes on the heels of a Twitter exchange between James, Lamar and Anthony Tiffith, the CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment — Lebron asked Lamar and Tiffith to release new music by Lamar that never made it on TPAB. And the new content signals a plain and simple truth when it comes to social media and the superstar who frequent it:
What LeBron James wants, LeBron James gets.
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According to a February 25, 2016 Public Policy Polling survey, 38% of Floridians are either unsure or believe that Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, the California serial killer who claimed to have murdered 37 people in the late 1960s and early 70s.
The Bernie or Hillary memes pit the two candidates against each other in non political ways. Courtesy of obviousplant.tumblr.com
Social media has become the watchdogs for many aspects of the 2016 U.S. presidential primary race. And because of the Internet’s keen attention to whom will become the next President of the United States, the mainstream public now has the unique task of cataloguing this pop culture examination of the jokes, memes, hashtags and gifs accompanying the races. One of the best memes displayed so far, created by and for Bernie supporters are the “Bernie or Hillary?” memes.
IHOP celebrates National Pancake Day unlike any other company. Courtesy of twitter.com
Holidays like New Years, Halloween and Christmas are well recognized in American culture. On New Year’s Eve, we watch the ball drop in Times Square; for Halloween we dress up in costumes and collect candy; and on Christmas, we sit around a decorated tree and open presents.
But what are we supposed to do on National Backward Day or National Cuddle Up Day? These daily holidays have been around for years but a recent resurgence in popularity has brought them back into the public eye through trending social media hashtags, categories that have propelled third tier events into the holiday major leagues.
DiCaprio is a six time Academy Award nominee. Courtesy of thedressdown.com
It has finally happened, true believers: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio won an Oscar. For years, the Internet has made a mockery of DiCaprio, creating an abundance of funny memes and gifs that have chronicled the actor’s struggle with the Academy’s snubs. Starring in over two-dozen films, winning over 40 awards and nominated for six Academy Awards, DiCaprio was always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
In 2011, the Japan Tourism Agency created a PR campaign for their country. In the featured video of said public relations program, members from Japan’s popular singer group Arashi visit each Japanese sightseeing spot and mimic a fortune cat — purring and all — for comedic effect.
If you are like me, you truly appreciate the little things in life. Things like finding money in a coat pocket, waking up early and realizing you have more time to sleep and especially a good book turned into a great movie. Great content to pull from is what makes books turned films– like The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner and Divergent extremely popular.
But even with these aforementioned books turned films, we must ask ourselves, is the dystopian genre truly dead?