Right This Minute in Insta-Memes: Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 3:25 PM CDT
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PrintHere at BC we feel it's our duty to keep Barkers everywhere up to date on the latest and greatest in the trends, happenings and everything else that makes up the bleeding edge of the zeitgeist, especially when said happenings are kinda sportsy. It should come as no surprise that It Boy of the Minute (Or was it Last Minute?) Tim Tebow is at the center of this one. Barely a week ago, Tebowing elbowed its way into the 'sort of hip to reference but gets old a LOT faster than the referencer probably thinks' space in the public consciousness that was previously occupied by #winning. As of this minute it looks like Tebowing is out and a new entrant is in, as can be seen in the comments section of this ESPN.com article on Tebow and the Broncos.
Elegant in its simplicity, the new meme is '(Fill in the blank) > Tebow'. As any good second grade math student knows, the > (alternately described/drawn as Pac Man, The Alligator, or any other exemplar of perpetual hunger) wants to 'eat the bigger number', so it always opens up towards whichever of the two values in question is greater. Some of the people/entities/actions deemed to be > Tebow thusfar have included:
Paying for Porn
Jamarcus Russell's Determination
Kim Kardashian's Marriage
Tower Heist's Reviews
People are coming across this article, seeing what's going on in the comments section and directing other people to check it out (I was alerted by a tweet from Sailor). Watch the posts roll down the screen - at the moment there are several new ones popping up each second. Obviously something like this article going viral isn't mindblowing given how interconnected and networked we've all become, but there was something striking to me about the visual representation of virality as the posts just kept rolling down. Hopefully the comments section of this post will become replete with some funny ____ > Tebow entries of our own, but I'm also in a pondering mood about things like:
- How many people have been guided by the media in all Tebow-related thoughts and are now on at least their third or fourth personal flip-flop as to Tebow's pro future, worth as a symbol and the general Meaning of Tim?
- How many media members are on their OWN third or fourth personal flip-flop?
- Is there any other profession/industry analogous to mainstream sportswriting, where its members are A) accorded a forum and audience due to professed expertise on a topic, B) are quite often hilariously, spectacularly and publicly wrong on the majority of their takes/stances/opinions/predictions on said topic and C) keep their forum and audience intact?
- Is anyone going to remember how horrendous my NFL picks were last week and mock me for the above?
- Is there a sadder visual than 'the alligator' aiming its ever-hungry maw away from Tebow in favor of things like 'Casey Anthony's Parenting Skills' and 'The Baja Men's Second Album' - does it conjure the image of even a steadfast Gator Nation abandoning their Golden Boy in his time of struggle?
I'm interested to see if the spread and culture-worthiness of this insta-meme reaches or surpasses that of Tebowing. The light that burns brightest, burns briefest...
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What’s a tebow? Is it anything like a crossbow? Or a tiebow… uh, I mean bowtie?
by Fong the Merciless on Nov 2, 2011 3:34 PM CDT reply actions
And just because, the All-Big XII edition…
Mike Sherman’s Alertness at the Combine > Tebow
Kansas’ Run Defense > Tebow
Steele Jantz’ Steely Gaze > Tebow
Missouri’s Fidelity > Tebow
The Tautness of Bill Snyder’s Ballsack > Tebow
Tech Coed Morals > Tebow
Jeff Madden’s Six Minute Abs Video > Tebow
A Sooner’s Dentition > Tebow
The Fattest Chick in Eskimo Joe’s > Tebow
Waco Nightlife > Tebow
TCU’s Stadium Capacity > Tebow
Dana Holgersen’s Sobriety > Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
Using This Article To Put Off Re-Watching the Damn Cowboys Game >>>>>>>> Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 3:38 PM CDT reply actions
I-35 entrance ramps > Tebow
landwars in Southeast Asia > Tebow
by Toadvine on Nov 2, 2011 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
Aggies’ chance of winning a conference in the next 30 years > Tebow
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 3:56 PM CDT reply actions
Tebow Tebow
(I know, I just blew your mind)
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
Girls who don’t slut it up on Halloween > Tebow
Qadafi’s Retirement Plan > Tebow
Personal Seat Licenses > Tebow
Napa N-N-N-N-N-N-Know How > Tebow
Geico Caveman’s Cultural Relevance > Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 3:58 PM CDT reply actions
Dammit, apparently I did some HTML thing I don’t know about. Was supposed to be>>>>>>
Tebow ’’ Tebow
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 3:59 PM CDT reply actions
ndawg picking at my still-barely-healed Firefly scab > Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 3:59 PM CDT reply actions
dammit. forget it. was supposed to be “less than” “greather than” diametrically opposed equal signs signifying the sliding scale of Tebow duality.
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 4:00 PM CDT reply actions
Assembly language > Tebow
FORTRAN > Tebow
PASCAL > Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 4:02 PM CDT reply actions
All-Geek Edition:
Not Finding the Droids You’re Looking For > Tebow
Coming Out of Lightspeed Too Close to the System > Tebow
Go-Go Dancing Atop a Rancor Pit > Tebow
Jake Lloyd’s Acting > Hayden Christensen’s Acting > Tebow
Nute Gunray’s Subtle and Nuanced Portrayal of Asians > Tebow
George Lucas’ Ability to Handle Actors > Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 4:08 PM CDT reply actions
The exact moment in the future when this meme ceases to be funny > Tebow
by ndawg on Nov 2, 2011 4:09 PM CDT reply actions
Turning on the TV to find your wife was watching the Kardashians > Tebow
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 4:13 PM CDT reply actions
burntorangejuice having to explain his failed post twice > Tebow
by UTLawgrad on Nov 2, 2011 4:14 PM CDT reply actions
Not being able to spell Holgorsen > Tebow
by Fong the Merciless on Nov 2, 2011 4:15 PM CDT reply actions
That DVDA video your Mom made in the late 70’s > Tebow
by Toadvine on Nov 2, 2011 4:16 PM CDT reply actions
my 7yo nephew as a WR > tebow…no seriously, that little kid can ball and is being groomed for the right school accordingly.
by STLaw on Nov 2, 2011 4:20 PM CDT reply actions
UTLaw, you were beaten to the punch. Still funny, though. Fuck HTML.
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 4:38 PM CDT reply actions
<<<<<>>>>>>>V
V
V
V
V
>>>>>>>>>>>>Tebow
Player 15
CAREER OVER
by CrazyJoeDavola on Nov 2, 2011 4:43 PM CDT reply actions
Fucking BC coding bullshit screwed up my high-concept/low-tech/no-execution offering.
Anway, it was Ms Pacman chasing down Tebow FTL.
Tebow > CJD hackerz skills
by CrazyJoeDavola on Nov 2, 2011 4:44 PM CDT reply actions
CJD, I think I’ve found from my similarly failed attempt at a high concept post that the “arrow” signs are the way of bracketing a command in HTML so when you have two opposing each other it tries to execute whatever is in between and then you want to punch a computer programmer in the face.
by burntorangejuice on Nov 2, 2011 4:53 PM CDT reply actions
It appears that the HTML coders didn’t adequately anticipate the comedy requirements for this meme.
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 4:57 PM CDT reply actions
Debbie the Prostitute on The Life & Times of Tim > Tebow
by Art Vandelay on Nov 2, 2011 5:23 PM CDT reply actions
The funniest part about the comments on the linked article is watching them pop on screen then almost immediately get culled by the mods.
by Team Dirty Leg on Nov 2, 2011 5:29 PM CDT reply actions
Let’s transcribe for posterity some of the best comments since the ESPN mods are on a mission to delete them.
Knock knock?…. Who’s there?…… Doesn’t matter, it’s > Tebow
by Team Dirty Leg on Nov 2, 2011 5:34 PM CDT reply actions
My favorite: (so far)
making eye contact with a 40 year old man while he’s eating a banana > tebow
by Team Dirty Leg on Nov 2, 2011 5:34 PM CDT reply actions
Finding out your girlfriend used to do anal but she won’t with you > Tebow
by Team Dirty Leg on Nov 2, 2011 5:35 PM CDT reply actions
ESPN mods learning that you can’t stop the signal.
Sniff Firefly…. Sniff
by nobis60 on Nov 2, 2011 6:02 PM CDT reply actions
Mugging the linebacker > Tebow
Dancing bears > Tebow
Jason Glynn’s rollerskates > Tebow
Cory Redding to linebacker > Tebow
Name the defense > Tebow
Wear orange pants with the white jersey > Tebow
by California Horn on Nov 2, 2011 6:50 PM CDT reply actions
2010 Texas Longhorns > Tebow? …………Steady on that might be a little too cruel!!!!!
by Pistol on Nov 2, 2011 6:58 PM CDT reply actions
Justin Bieber getting some before Tebow > Tebow
by Average Fan on Nov 2, 2011 7:13 PM CDT reply actions
Your not-as-cool-as-you-think-it-is tattoo > Tebow
by Ashtray says on Nov 2, 2011 10:37 PM CDT reply actions
Holy crap, those comments are coming in at like 5/second
by UT07 on Nov 2, 2011 11:39 PM CDT reply actions
and just like that, I’ve been banned by for 24 hours. I guess I can go to sleep now.
by UT07 on Nov 3, 2011 12:09 AM CDT reply actions
This is apparently the fourth straight day and they’re still coming in at > 5 per second. Which is also > Tebow
by nobis60 on Nov 3, 2011 2:06 PM CDT reply actions
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