Comments on: Peeing Calvin meme is similar to peeing imp on 1870 map http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 22:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Girard http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1676491 Girard Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1676491 In the real world outside the Internet, people (including the inventor of the word who coined it in 1976, well before icanhascheezburger.com was registered, I can assure you) were using "meme" to describe things outside of the Internet. In the real world outside the Internet, people (including the inventor of the word who coined it in 1976, well before icanhascheezburger.com was registered, I can assure you) were using “meme” to describe things outside of the Internet.

]]> By: cmholm http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1675497 cmholm Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1675497 The original French map led to a number of imitators, including a British Serio-Comic War Map, 1877, Kisaburo Ohara's Russo-Japan War era (1904) "A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia", and Keith Thompson's previously mentioned map. The original French map led to a number of imitators, including a British Serio-Comic War Map, 1877, Kisaburo Ohara’s Russo-Japan War era (1904) “A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia”, and Keith Thompson’s previously mentioned map.

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1674130 robotnik Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1674130 You deserve many more "likes" for this one. Many. You deserve many more “likes” for this one. Many.

]]> By: feetleet http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673712 feetleet Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673712 Jive Turkey. Orthodox France? Jive Turkey.

Orthodox France?

]]> By: Ike Pigott http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673623 Ike Pigott Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673623 There is very little that is new. Insulting snark? Done that: http://occamsrazr.com/2009/11/25/social-media-is-history/ Negative social media reviews? Yep: http://occamsrazr.com/2010/03/24/antique-snark/ There is very little that is new.

Insulting snark? Done that: http://occamsrazr.com/2009/11/25/social-media-is-history/

Negative social media reviews? Yep: http://occamsrazr.com/2010/03/24/antique-snark/

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673616 Incipient Madness Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673616 Pet Rocks were a fad. Peeing Calvin was a meme. It rapidly spawned multiple versions over a very short time. Pet Rocks were a fad. Peeing Calvin was a meme. It rapidly spawned multiple versions over a very short time.

]]> By: Jambe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673550 Jambe Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673550 The premise reminds me of Keith Thompson's "CARICATURE MAP OF EUROPE 1914": http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/grandmap.html The rest of his art is incredible, too. The premise reminds me of Keith Thompson’s “CARICATURE MAP OF EUROPE 1914″:

http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/grandmap.html

The rest of his art is incredible, too.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673528 Gilbert Wham Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673528 What I get from that, is 'Don't fuck with Russia'. What I get from that, is ‘Don’t fuck with Russia’.

]]> By: JamesDondi http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673515 JamesDondi Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673515 In the real world outside of the internet, people use the term "fad" to describe this phenomenom In the real world outside of the internet, people use the term “fad” to describe this phenomenom

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673434 franko Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673434 i hate these, but the ones that REALLY drive me up a wall are the ones where he's kneeling and praying at the foot of a cross. it's like saying they never read a single calvin & hobbes cartoon at all. i hate these, but the ones that REALLY drive me up a wall are the ones where he’s kneeling and praying at the foot of a cross. it’s like saying they never read a single calvin & hobbes cartoon at all.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673406 Incipient Madness Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673406 It was an internet meme before there were internet memes, predating All Your Base photoshops by at least six years. And the very first version I saw was this "La Migra" version about a year before the Ford and Chevy versions. It was an internet meme before there were internet memes, predating All Your Base photoshops by at least six years. And the very first version I saw was this “La Migra” version about a year before the Ford and Chevy versions.

]]> By: Saltine http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673395 Saltine Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673395 The proper phrase, proposed the pedant, is "peeing putti." The proper phrase, proposed the pedant, is “peeing putti.”

]]> By: Gg Gg http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673339 Gg Gg Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673339 http://www.laboiteverte.fr/cartes-satiriques-a-travers-lhistoire/ http://www.laboiteverte.fr/cartes-satiriques-a-travers-lhistoire/

]]> By: michaelismichael http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673316 michaelismichael Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673316 I think it's sad, when all he was trying to do was fill a water balloon to throw at Susie...and people made that out of it. I think it’s sad, when all he was trying to do was fill a water balloon to throw at Susie…and people made that out of it.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673277 GawainLavers Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673277 1870?  Isn't that retroactively back under copyright now? Also, how is it that the peeing boy doesn't represent Belgium? 1870?  Isn’t that retroactively back under copyright now?

Also, how is it that the peeing boy doesn’t represent Belgium?

]]> By: raisenj http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673264 raisenj Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673264 The map reminds me of the endpapers of Westerfeld's <i>Leviathan</i> The map reminds me of the endpapers of Westerfeld’s Leviathan

]]> By: Christopher Frelin http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673198 Christopher Frelin Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673198 I made these a while ago in reaction to all of those stupid redneck Calvin stickers.  http://automaticlifestyledispenser.com/2011/04/29/calvin-pissing-on-things-that-need-to-be-pissed-on/ I made these a while ago in reaction to all of those stupid redneck Calvin stickers.  http://automaticlifestyledispenser.com/2011/04/29/calvin-pissing-on-things-that-need-to-be-pissed-on/

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673196 theophrastvs Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673196 awwright, use this to threaten Watterson out of retirement (and his sad life of swimming through mountains of cash) awwright, use this to threaten Watterson out of retirement (and his sad life of swimming through mountains of cash)

]]> By: freshyill http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673181 freshyill Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673181 Peeing Calvin is a meme? I thought it was just something that people who love Fords and hate Chevrolet put on the rear window of their pickup trucks. Peeing Calvin is a meme? I thought it was just something that people who love Fords and hate Chevrolet put on the rear window of their pickup trucks.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673170 Boundegar Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673170 No, the premise is nonsense.  This French map is adorable, but it's much too obscure to inspire NASCAR fans.  Peeing Calvin probably descends from peeing fountain boys.  I've also seen peeing-boy lawn ornaments that looked 50-100 years old.  But they weren't French political cartoons. No, the premise is nonsense.  This French map is adorable, but it’s much too obscure to inspire NASCAR fans.  Peeing Calvin probably descends from peeing fountain boys.  I’ve also seen peeing-boy lawn ornaments that looked 50-100 years old.  But they weren’t French political cartoons.

]]> By: rlkeith http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673167 rlkeith Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673167 The bit at the bottom says "un vrai Gavroche qui rit de tout" - a real Gravoche laughing at them all. Gravoche is a street urchin in Les Miserables. The bit at the bottom says “un vrai Gavroche qui rit de tout” – a real Gravoche laughing at them all. Gravoche is a street urchin in Les Miserables.

]]> By: shay simmons http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/peeing-calvin-meme-is-similar.html#comment-1673168 shay simmons Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217195#comment-1673168 Plus ҫa change, plus c’est la meme chose. Plus ҫa change, plus c’est la meme chose.

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