Sandy is pummeling the U.S. East Coast Monday night, coinciding with a full moon which intensifies its fury. Social networks are busy receiving photo uploads, shout outs and status updates from its users. See some of these #Sandy images in the accompanying slideshow.
The human brain is perceived to be sending mixed signals sometimes. It is your brain that makes you note it's time to sleep. Yet it won't let you sleep. This is just one of the main points of "scumbag brain" memes.
Instagram app users are photo-blogging their favorite things on the planet – gardens, hobbies, pets, you name it, Instagram has it. One thing you can see from this mobile app is a steady upload of feline photos.
Trick or Treat? Many users of the meme website 9GAG.com have uploaded cosplay images in honour of their favorite pop icons and characters. Here is a small compilation of cosplay photos that you and your family can use as a reference for your upcoming "Trick or Treat."
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has probably realized by now that Big Bird could rival him well in terms of gathering support from the Americans. A presidential candidate does not simply announce that he "loves Big Bird" without expecting a surge of memes on the internet. Especially if Big Bird will lose his job.
"Smart is the new sexy," says the hit CBS sitcom about geek scientists, "The Big Bang Theory," one of the best comedy series today. Brainy people can be very funny, indeed. Perhaps the reason why there are several nerd and geek memes making the rounds on the internet is because the funniest memes are created by the nerds and the geeks themselves.
“Dude, you’ve been friendzoned!” Say what? People who get too close to being in a relationship with someone they like sometimes find themselves in the dreaded “friend zone.”
Some iPhone 5 enthusiasts are very unhappy with Samsung’s latest mock-the-Apple-fans campaign. Other observers have had enough of the hype. And then the rest just keeps on reading, spreading and creating funny memes about Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 5.
“Keep calm and carry on,” is one of the most popular memes permeating social networks. Its varieties are typically witty if not notoriously hilarious. “Keep Calm” memes are so ubiquitous in social networks, that it is hard to imagine any situation that does not have a matching “keep calm” meme.
Gina Rinehart drew much flak after publishing an advice of some sort to Aussies getting minimum wage, saying those who are "jealous of those with more money" should "spend less time drinking, or smoking and socializing and more time working." See some of the "Scumbag Gina Rinehart" memes circulating on the Web.
Twitter user ‘Fresco Jesus’ became an internet sensation after a Spanish grandmother tried-but-failed to restore a 120-year-old church fresco. The century-old artwork, titled “Ecce Homo” (Behold The Man), features a sorrowful Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns and looking up to the heavens. The 'worst restoration' has been dubbed, “Ecce Mono” (Behold the Monkey).
An estimated sixty percent of the Philippine capital is still submerged in floodwaters as a result of incessant monsoon downpour lasting over a week. The government and several aid agencies are rushing to help those badly affected by the unstoppable Habagat (wet season monsoon).
Cats and kittens have been "speaking up" on Facebook, thanks to funnymama.com and other meme-focused websites spreading some cat lovin' on the web. Cats can be so cold, defiant and snooty. Yet in spite of their stuck-up "attitude," these felines can be so adorable. See some of the funniest and cutest cat photos in the accompanying slideshow.
Four witnesses from two neighboring northeastern Texas counties have reported seeing UFOs within 48 hours. Three of the witnesses described the perceived aircraft to be triangular in shape. The four reports are seen at the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) reporting database.
Ben Linden, a 24-year-old musician and cabinet maker from Perth, is the fifth fatality of a shark attack in a WA beach in ten months. A jet-ski rider who tried to pull Linden’s body said he saw the massive shark. The shark tried to knock him off his jet ski as he tried to recover Linden's body.
Tornado hit the north-eastern suburbs Dianella and Morley in Perth Thursday noon, leaving a nasty trail of damage and causing power blackouts. Trees were uprooted, cars were damaged, power lines fell down and roofs flew mid air in the height of the tornado, which unleashed about 10 minutes of fury.
The Transit of Venus has long been completed, but some Earthlings are still thrilled by having observed the rare event. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the scientists who shouted out on Twitter the relevance of the Transit of Venus in modern day space study.
The Transit of Venus has begun at 22:09 UTC on June 5th (8:09 a.m. June 6th in Australia) and photos of the astronomical phenomenon have surfaced online. We took a look at the photos being uploaded to Flickr, particularly those in The NASA Venus Transit Observing Challenge Pool.
The horrific story finally ends as Luka Magnotta, the “Canadian Psycho” cannibal who “chopped and ate” gate lover finally got arrested. And in such a peculiar place, Magnotta was captured in an internet café while he was checking news about himself.
A new earthquake hits Italy which brought more destruction and death to the country. According to reports, 17 deaths were already accounted for due to this new earthquake.
The annular solar eclipse has been observed in Asia, and is now on its way to completion in the U.S. In Tokyo, school children went out wearing solar viewers to watch the moon's approach as it covers the center part of the sun from Earth's view.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake recently hit the north-central part of Italy which caused the death of at least 6 people and injured at least 50 individuals. The earthquake also caused the collapse of numerous historical architecture sites like castles, clock towers, and churches.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has wed long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
Conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has compiled the latest report how countries balance economic growth with ecological conservation and Australia is in the top 10, closely behind the United States and the Arab nations Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE.
Many parts of the world will celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13. Meanwhile, in some unfortunate places, mothers continue to struggle just to find food for their children.
As per the government, four people have been killed and ten are still missing after floods carrying volcanic debris swept through a town in eastern Indonesia yesterday.
The ingenuity of the Chinese in do-it-yourself projects can be quite fascinating.
Nepal was plagued,last May 6, 2012 by a sudden flash flood where dozens of villagers were killed and rendered homeless.
Earth-hour was celebrated on the 31st of March. Millions of people turned off their lights across the globe.
Native spiders went busy spinning their webs to create their new homes on top of tall grasses, bushes and fences.
