Searching "the Google" for memes

October 27, 2006 By

I’m here with Ben Constable and Sacha (she’s a math student and one of the top 10 Zuma players in the world and he is a developer on the Microsoft Max team) and he’s showing me all sorts of fun memes. Stuff like:

O RLY

I’d hit it!

Weird stuff people post on the Internets. They use “O RLY” to answer email and forum threads where someone makes an outrageous claim. You can post a picture from “O RLY” to answer that. “I’d hit it” is for anything you think is good.

And, we’re having lots of fun drinking wine and talking about “the Google.” Search Google for “The Google” and you’ll find the George Bush reference.

Hope you’re having a good Friday evening!

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  • Guest

    Or you can just read Fark.com each day. Seem like hear about more there first than anywhere else. The two you mention have been all over Fark for quite some time now.

  • http://blog.nordquist.org Brett Nordquist

    Or you can just read Fark.com each day. Seem like hear about more there first than anywhere else. The two you mention have been all over Fark for quite some time now.

  • Matti Leppänen

    YA RLY

  • Matti Leppänen

    YA RLY

  • LayZ

    You’re just now discovering this? What’s next? Showing us “All your base are belong to us”? Pay attention, man!

  • LayZ

    You’re just now discovering this? What’s next? Showing us “All your base are belong to us”? Pay attention, man!

  • http://ribonucleoblog.wordpress.com/ Sacha

    It’s always a pleasure having you and Maryam over. BTW, my last name is spelled “Sacha.”

    SRSLY!

  • http://ribonucleoblog.wordpress.com/ Sacha

    It’s always a pleasure having you and Maryam over. BTW, my last name is spelled “Sacha.”

    SRSLY!

  • http://gandhi.wordpress.com/ Mihir Gandhi

    There are lots of other BUSHISMS. Search “Internets”… also “Nuculur”..

  • http://gandhi.wordpress.com/ Mihir Gandhi

    There are lots of other BUSHISMS. Search “Internets”… also “Nuculur”..

  • Davak

    “‘I’d hit it’ is for anything you think is good.”

    Is it really that generic now? I believe the more common usage is that “hit” is really a euphemism for sex.

    I can’t believe I am about to link to the urban dictionary…

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i'd+hit+it&r=f

    I am not trying to be clever. I can just imagine some awkward moments in front of one’s children…

    Son:”Hey, Dad… I want to ride that pony.”
    Dad:”I’d hit it”
    Son: Mouth hanging open for 15 seconds.
    Mom: “O RLY!”

  • Davak

    “‘I’d hit it’ is for anything you think is good.”

    Is it really that generic now? I believe the more common usage is that “hit” is really a euphemism for sex.

    I can’t believe I am about to link to the urban dictionary…

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i'd+hit+it&r=f

    I am not trying to be clever. I can just imagine some awkward moments in front of one’s children…

    Son:”Hey, Dad… I want to ride that pony.”
    Dad:”I’d hit it”
    Son: Mouth hanging open for 15 seconds.
    Mom: “O RLY!”

  • Aaron

    If you think THAT is cool and new you should check out this crazy star wars kids I’ve been hearing so much about. Or perhaps this myspace thing? Not sure what it’s all about. Them crazy kids. Gotta get back to my dial up BBS, Tradewars ahoy!

  • Aaron

    If you think THAT is cool and new you should check out this crazy star wars kids I’ve been hearing so much about. Or perhaps this myspace thing? Not sure what it’s all about. Them crazy kids. Gotta get back to my dial up BBS, Tradewars ahoy!

  • Thermopyle

    I feel like I’m the teenager chastising his dad for trying to be cool, but….

    Both of those catchphrases are OLD. o rly was being used on forums years ago.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_rly

  • Thermopyle

    I feel like I’m the teenager chastising his dad for trying to be cool, but….

    Both of those catchphrases are OLD. o rly was being used on forums years ago.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_rly

  • LayZ

    @7. Aaronm, not only that, people say the internet is going to be really popular in a few years.

  • LayZ

    @7. Aaronm, not only that, people say the internet is going to be really popular in a few years.

  • http://gandhi.wordpress.com/ Mihir Gandhi

  • http://gandhi.wordpress.com/ Mihir Gandhi

  • Dummy here

    OK, I’m probably really out of the loop, but what is a “meme”?

  • Dummy here

    OK, I’m probably really out of the loop, but what is a “meme”?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    LayZ: where’s your blog so I can be up to date on all the latest trends.

    Dummy here: use “the Google” to learn what a meme is.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com Robert Scoble

    LayZ: where’s your blog so I can be up to date on all the latest trends.

    Dummy here: use “the Google” to learn what a meme is.

  • jonas
  • jonas
  • jonas

    oh, and “i’d hit it” doesnt mean something is good. it means that you would like to have sexual relations with somebody.

  • jonas

    oh, and “i’d hit it” doesnt mean something is good. it means that you would like to have sexual relations with somebody.

  • Mark

    Yawn, this has been old for a good 5 months now.

  • Mark

    Yawn, this has been old for a good 5 months now.

  • LayZ

    @12 That fact that you ask for a blog in order to know that the hell is going on outside your little world is exactly the problem. It’s not my fault you’re the one looking like a hipster doofus. (you can look that one up, too)

  • LayZ

    @12 That fact that you ask for a blog in order to know that the hell is going on outside your little world is exactly the problem. It’s not my fault you’re the one looking like a hipster doofus. (you can look that one up, too)

  • Thermopyle

    I agree with LayZ, Robert just sees the world from his own little niche.

  • Thermopyle

    I agree with LayZ, Robert just sees the world from his own little niche.

  • http://www.whytheferret.net/ Nathan

    I used “The Google” to define “I’d hit it.” Apparently those of us on the interweb stole it from McDonald’s.

    “shens” is a nice, relatively fresh meme.

    qft and ofn are some nice ones too, though more forums specific.

    I found this post amusing.

  • http://www.whytheferret.net Nathan

    I used “The Google” to define “I’d hit it.” Apparently those of us on the interweb stole it from McDonald’s.

    “shens” is a nice, relatively fresh meme.

    qft and ofn are some nice ones too, though more forums specific.

    I found this post amusing.

  • Jit

    @12 – You don’t need look at a blog to be up on the latest trends. The fact that you think you do just shows what is wrong.

  • Jit

    @12 – You don’t need look at a blog to be up on the latest trends. The fact that you think you do just shows what is wrong.

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