Author Archives: Niall Murphy

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Factory equipment manufacturer Furkukawa Kikou’s impressive robotic hand-tool – seemingly defying the laws of nature by picking up gel, sauce and semi-liquid spills without smearing or even altering their shape.

Clearly the work of the Devil’s pastry chef.

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Above: Kilroy Was Here (pre-WW2), Frodo Lives (1960s), Mad Magazine’s Alfred E Neuman (likely derived from 19th century anti-Irish caricatures) and the Sator Square (created at the time of the Roman Empire).

…you already know what a “meme” is. But you may not realize that the concept — a meaningless phrase, image or joke getting repeated endlessly for no reason at all — predates the Internet generation by a long shot. Although it was more difficult for a phrase or image to “go viral” before all this technology, pointless memes still found their way to every corner of the globe.

7 Memes That Went Viral Before The Internet Existed (Cracked)

 

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The wonderful thing about tiggers
Is tiggers are wonderful things!
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs!
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is
I’m the only one.

Lyrics by Robert B Sherman ©1968
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Martin Malchev’s Wordle study of the different vocabulary used in ads targeted at male and female children (on Canadian TV) is depressingly predictable.

Advertising win.

Word Cloud: How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes (Achilles Effect)