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DISGWITTER OF THE WEAK! The Yao Ming “Made In China” Meme

Yao Ming has suffered yet another foot injury that could sideline him for the rest of the season and has some people wondering if this doesn’t signal the end of his NBA career.

So what do you do when the career of one of the NBA’s good guys is in jeopardy?  Cue the Yao Ming-Made In China jokes!

Is this meme “racist or stereotypical”?  Good question, “Joey”!

And the answer is: No! It’s racist and stereotypical!  Stay classy, Tweeps.

[NY Times: Yao Ming's Fragile Feet Could End Career]

Filed under: Anti-Chinese Sentiment, Big Men, Houston Rockets, Made in China, Made in China Backlash, Most Shit Made in China is Being Pumped Out by U.S. Companies, NBA, Racist Jokes, Racist Tweets, Twitter, Twitter Trending Topics, Yao Ming, Yao Ming Foot Injury, Yao Ming Made In China Meme

ROCK OF ASIAN: Loving Kim Hee Chul’s UFace

Chris Manning of Urlesque deconstructed the rapid ascent of Super Junior member Kim Hee Chul from K-pop idol to Twitter superstar (Kim’s name, relatively unknown by most American audiences, became a trending topic for nearly a week, as recently as this morning), which has even inadvertently placed him in a media battle with Twitter’s crowned pretty-boy prince, Justin Bieber.

According to Manning, it all began when Kim tweeted Uface sketches of himself and other K-pop notables, which fans quickly gobbled up like banchan. The blogs took notice and hyped up the chatter. Kim knew he was onto something good, so he stepped up his game: replying, retweeting, taking his act to Facebook. And then people that didn’t even know who or what he was began to notice, many tweeting about the fact that they didn’t even know who or what he was. And so Kim rose to the top. This is the science of social networking, people! You can’t make this shit up.

To think, it all began with a sketch.

We love that Super Junior fans (E.L.F.s) are having their day in the sun, and Kim is likely to enjoy heightened name recognition from here on out! And to think, it all began with a sketch.

A sketch like… Continue reading ROCK OF ASIAN: Loving Kim Hee Chul’s UFace

Filed under: Bizarre Misappropriation of Hip-Hop By Desperate White People, E.L.F.s, Going Viral, iPhone Apps, Justin Bieber, Kim Hee Chul, Shameless Attempts At Becoming A Trending Topic, sketches, Super Junior, Trending Topics, Twitter, Twitter Trending Topics, UFace

Did Somebody Say ‘Dog Eating Contest’?!

A few months ago, Twitter changed the algorithm behind its Trending Topics feature to reflect what’s “immediately popular” rather than what’s generally popular or most discussed, in order to bring the Twitterverse “the ‘most breaking’ news.”

Or it was all just an elaborate ruse to fuck with Justin Bieber fans, according to, um, Justin Bieber fans.

Regardless of who you Belieb, the folks at Twitter admit that the algorithm is a “work in progress,” which may explain why “Dog Eating Contest” was trending on the 4th of July:

Either people were tweeting about Nathan’s annual Hot Dog Eating Contest or Asians Continue reading Did Somebody Say ‘Dog Eating Contest’?!

Filed under: Algorithms, Attention Whores, Dog Eaters, Dog Eating, Free Kobi, Joey Chestnut, Justin Bieber, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Red Dawn Remake, Sore Losers, Takeru Kobayashi, That Fucking Bieber Kid, Twitter, Twitter Trending Topics, Wieners, Wieners and Losers