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Cooper Fleishman

Brooklyn
As seen in: Cool Material, Medium, The Daily Dot, Inverse, Mic, The Mary Sue, The Good Men Project
Covers:  viral crap
I grow digital media companies. VP @remodelista @coolmaterial, prev @departuresmag @wearemel @mic
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The Bizarre Online Origins of 'Me IRL'

The Bizarre Online Origins of 'Me IRL'

The Daily Dot — What is "me irl"? It's tough to define, but I'm sure you're getting the hang of it. It's not an ugly, #nofilter selfie at 7am, when I've got a morning deadline and a hangover-induced bloodlust for Gatorade and bacon. It's more of a dramatic representation of the lunacy of my life-our life, our shared experience-on the Web. The meme, if you can call it a meme, is profoundly silly, relentlessly self-deprecating, and delightfully open-ended.
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A Quick and Dirty Guide to the Subjunctive

A Quick and Dirty Guide to the Subjunctive

The Daily Dot — If Ellen DeGeneres were more up-to-speed on the subjunctive mood, she might not have tweeted this during the Academy Awards.
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My Mom and Dad Developed a Fart Game

My Mom and Dad Developed a Fart Game

The Daily Dot — When my mom and dad first told me they were building an iPhone app, I was supportive but skeptical. But now I'm holding their work in my hand, and I couldn't be prouder.
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SantaCon, Explained by Dante's 'Inferno'

SantaCon, Explained by Dante's 'Inferno'

The Daily Dot — Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
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The Great Internet History of the Showerbeer

The Great Internet History of the Showerbeer

The Daily Dot — A showerbeer — one word — suggests drinking and showering are so harmonious they should never be separated, but in my dingy tub in Brooklyn, the two are at odds.
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'Jeopardy' Settles the GIF Pronunciation Debate: A Fanfic

'Jeopardy' Settles the GIF Pronunciation Debate: A Fanfic

The Daily Dot — A little bird named Larry landed on Alex Trebek's head. "Alex," it whispered in his ear, "I have a secret for you." Trebek's furrowed brow began to sweat. He thought he knew all the world's answers, from Churchill to "The Hills." But there was one domain he still couldn't fully grasp: the Internet. The weight of it choked him.
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The Dangerous Life of Instagram's Playboy King

The Dangerous Life of Instagram's Playboy King

The Daily Dot — This photo of a topless woman hanging out with a sea lion is going to be a problem for Dan Bilzerian, multimillionaire poker player.
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4chan's 10 Most Important Contributions to Society

4chan's 10 Most Important Contributions to Society

The Daily Dot — The corporations and individuals hawking LOLcat merch and quoting the Rules of the Internet would rather peel off their fingernails than admit they're paying homage to a group of N-word-spewing kids who once convinced a fellow user to have sex with a human skull (you're welcome to Google that).
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20 Things With More Facebook Likes Than God

20 Things With More Facebook Likes Than God

hypervocal.com — On Facebook, the deity's new digital-age roost, He dispels tweet-length wisdom to 2.7 million followers about 10 times daily.
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Anonymous Is Targeting Every Pedophile Hub on the Web

Anonymous Is Targeting Every Pedophile Hub on the Web

The Daily Dot — In corners of the Internet that will make you ill, pedophiles wait to receive an onslaught of attacks.
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I Taught My Mom to Make GIFs, and This Is What Happened

I Taught My Mom to Make GIFs, and This Is What Happened

The Daily Dot — As the legend goes, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer consulted his own mother before the launch of Windows 95, asking her to test out the operating system before its release.
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A GIF-by-GIF Guide to GIFing Everything You See

A GIF-by-GIF Guide to GIFing Everything You See

The Daily Dot — Ready, class? This is going to be fun.
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Amanda Todd, Kody Maxson, and His Horrifying Network of Pedophile Cyberstalkers

Amanda Todd, Kody Maxson, and His Horrifying Network of Pedophile Cyberstalkers

hypervocal.com — Long before 15-year-old Amanda Todd cut her wrists, drank bleach and, later, killed herself, she gave an anonymous informant the name of an older boy who was sending Todd's nude pictures and videos around the Internet. His name: Kody Maxson.
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