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"Worst Memes of 2012\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Superstorm Sandy Memes\n\nTragedies should not be comically memed. Ever. Laughing at someone else's misfortune? Not cool, Internet. \nImage courtesy of @dmataconis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Overplayed Viral Videos\n\n\"Call Me Maybe,\" \"Gangnam Style\" and \"Somebody That I Used To Know\" were great at first. Then you killed them, Internet. Why did you kill them? \nDid your mother never tell you that awesome things are only good in moderation? If you're not careful, they become annoying ear worms that never go away, no matter how hard you try.\nYou did that, Internet. You.\nTell tale sign number one: Even after Mashable declared \"Call Me Maybe\" dead with an RIP post, we still posted one more story about it. Begone, songs of yester-year!\nMashable composite: Images courtesy of YouTube (Call Me Maybe, Gotye) and Stephanie Haberman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. What I Really Do\n\n\nRemember these? Everyone had to have one. Add to the list \"hilarious at first, painfully annoying after two months straight.\"\nImage courtesy of Know Your Meme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Overly Attached Girlfriend\n\nSorry, Laina. We love you, but you scare us. Please blink. Please.\nImage courtesy of YouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Karen the Bus Monitor\n\nWe at Mashable just hate that this viral moment had to happen at all. Bullying is no fun -- no matter how old you are. \nWe do love, however, that people used Karen's tormenting as a rallying cry. What started off as an Indiegogo campaign to send her on vacation became a $700,000 fund toward anti-bullying efforts. \nBe kind to each other.\nImage courtesy of Klein\u2019s Facebook page\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Horses and Bayonets\n\nPresident Obama's \u201Chorses and bayonets\u201D comment during the foreign policy U.S. presidential debate was a moment of Internet desperation. There was such a plethora of meme gold in the previous debates that the Twittersphere and Tumblrverse were itching for any slightly bizarre statement they could make fun of.\nIt really wasn\u2019t all that funny. Sorry, all.\nImage courtesy of pokegravy2012\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Kony 2012\n\n\nIt's not a bad viral moment, really. It just didn't do what it was supposed to. \nWhile there has been a lot of progress on the front politically, Kony 2012 made Kony famous but not infamous. It also became the source of ridicule, especially after its creator\u2019s downward spiral.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. It's Thanksgiving!\n\n\"It's Thanksgiving\" has not yet taken off like its predecessor, \"Friday,\" but as the holiday hasn't yet arrived, the jury is still out. \nWe hope for the singer's sake that it takes off, but sometimes sequels just aren't as good as the original.\nImage courtesy of YouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. YOLO\n\n\nYOLO, an acronym for \"You Only Live Once,\" was used for the first time in 2004, but really took off in late 2011 when Zac Efron and Drake blasted the acronym into prominence with a tattoo and rap song, respectively. \nAs YOLO didn't hit peak virality until this year, we thought it appropriate to include here. \nBut while we understand and respect the sentiment, now it\u2019s just plain annoying. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. What Should We Call Everything\n\n\nEveryone is in love with GIFs right now. We get it: They are more shareable than video. Besides, all the cool kids are doing it. \nIn 2012, it seemed like every last person, profession, locale, creed and culture needed to have a Tumblr blog that chronicled their every reaction to any possible thing that could happen to them. Oh, and it had to be in GIFs.\nThat\u2019s enough, everyone. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll types of content goes viral on the Internet \u2014 some because it's awesomely adorable, funny or catchy. \nOccasionally, however, viral moments go horribly wrong, whether they're in poor taste, aren't funny or become so overplayed that you wish you could ban them from the web all together.\nSEE ALSO: The 10 Most Viral YouTube Videos of 2012\n\nThese are Mashable's picks for the worst memes of 2012. Did we miss one? Let us know in the comments below."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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