Memes: They’re Literally Everything

This episode was a doozy. It turns out there's a ton of hard science behind memes, plus bucketloads of history, and this week's MFFI is packed.

In this episode:

• Richard Dawkins and The Selfish Gene
• Mimeme/Mimema/Mossy Bugs
• Chad, M*A*S*H, and "Kilroy was here"
• Frodo Lives!
• Andre the Giant has a posse
• Mike Godwin
• The first digital meme: The emoticon, by Scott E Fahlman
• Godwin's Law 
• Michael Girard and the Dancing Baby meme
• Mr. T ate my balls
• Deidre LaCarte and The Hamster Dance
• The Cuban Boys on the Canadian charts
• Harry Whittier Frees and his lolcat postcards
• LOLcats rule the 'net
• Icanhascheezburger
• Rick Rolling, FAILblog, Rage Comics
• All your base are belong to us
• Dank Memes
• Scumbag Steve
• Grumpy Cat
• Change my Mind
• Distracted Boyfriend
• Ermahgerd
• Kombucha girl
• White guy blinking
• Pepe the Frog

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