Poke My Mon!

Reality singing competitions (especially those that involve some sort of group dynamic) are usually fertile ground for drama and backstage cat fighting. This following one though, from The X Factor UK’s latest season, just about takes the cake (and it’s on stage too). Watch the entire video, all the way till the end…

…and tell me that wasn’t the most awkward, insanely dramatic audition you’ve ever seen. If it wasn’t for the fact that it’s so over-the-top ridiculous, I would have thought they were professional actors hired to create some excitement. And to think when they first started they seemed like chatty and babbly but kinda hilarious and endearing girls. Boy, did that change fast.

To quote my friend Nessi, “the dark haired one wasnt rude right… then she punched the other girl”. BOOMZ. And the “sorry but who are you?” at Natalie Imbruglia (my hugest celeb crush, btw) was even more BOOMZ (in fact the entire thing was just filled with BOOMZ-tastic moments. “Yeah, where’s the music?”).

Plus, I dare you to tell me they didn’t remind you of them:

Ms China Universe 2010 recently gave an interview where she had to mimic sounds (do they all have to do such random things?). She’s really…special at it.

I’d totally get on a rocket that goes “Phuang. Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwww.”

eta: Oh apparently all the contestants do have to do it. Here’s Ms Singapore’s one and her…onomatopoeic rendition of “lion”.

And now that we know all we need to know about internet memes, here’re two especially viral ones for you to take a gander at:

The first is an audition from the latest season of the British X Factor and, trust me, this is the breakthrough performance of the year (if not exactly for what you think). Watch the entire video, including the judges’ comments because that is some hilarity going on over there:

The second video is a news report of a rape which features the victim’s brother, who is all sorts of whacked and ghetto:

And this, as has most news of any note recently, was of course transformed into this:

I know it’s a tad evil to be laughing at…things we should laugh at (Shirlena was later kicked out of the competition when it was revealed that she actually had a history of mental illness; and the second one is, y’know, a rape case) but, taken in and of themselves (and ignoring any external context), the videos make for entrancing views.

Whether you all know it or not, as internet users, we have all been exposed to different internet memes in different forms (Ris Low video, anyone?). So, for those of you not up to snuff, here’s a huge infographic on everything you need to know about memes.

Via: Online University

Biggest takeaway (other than the fact that I apparently have not encountered half of the most popular memes ever)? The pronunciation. I never knew it was pronounced as “meems”. Totally thought it was “mee-mee-s”.

Go ahead. I challenge you to un-see this. Looking at ducks will never be the same again.

By the way, if you say “Ducks dogs ducks dogs” non-stop and really fast, it totally sounds like “Dustox”. Random Pokémon shout-out!

LOL at Cockroach. More historical Facebook statuses here. Warning: some contain slightly objectionable material.

This dude does a literal narration of the Halo: Reach trailer and it’s hilarious. “…scene from Avatar.”

That’s one huge-ass itch. Or one groovy panda.

Ninja-ing is totally a family business.

Story of my life, yo.