carlo angiuli (blog)

Today, upon seeing the following image, it occurred to me that many memes on the Internet require a large amount of prerequisite knowledge to actually, well, understand. At all.

So I’ll admit that the above image is completely nonsensical, but it’s funnier if you recognize the context. The context, naturally, is something that could only be gleaned by spending plenty of time on the Internet.

Several years ago, somebody made a parody rap called “Bitches don’t know ’bout my dick.” In response, somebody posted this image on the Internet:

Ever since then, this picture has been endlessly Photoshopped, changing the face and words. Most notable of these parodies is the “BITCHES DONT KNOW BOUT MY DIABEETUS” picture featuring Wilford Brimley, long-time ex-actor (and guy who looks a bit like a walrus) on those Liberty Medical Supplies ads that run on random television stations occasionally. (Note also that “diabeetus” is a separate meme.)

Regarding the pylons–a famed real-time strategy computer game called StarCraft has a race called the Protoss whose buildings require energy pylons in the vicinity as power sources. Thus the “BITCHES DONT KNOW BOUT MY ADDITIONAL PYLONS” and Protoss head image which can continue to confuse everybody. If you want to really confuse somebody, go find a YouTube video about “…ADDITIONAL PYLONS” and show somebody unaware of memes and StarCraft. Hilarity ensues.

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