Man Makes His Face Available as Stock Image, Becomes Known as the “Worst Person You Know”
Imagine waking up one day and finding out that your face is associated with the phrase “worst person you know” on the internet. It sounds like a nightmare, but for one Spanish man, it’s real life. Josep Maria García, a 42-year-old man from Catalonia, Spain, had no idea he had become a global internet meme […]
How an Internet Meme Ruined a Photo Model’s Career and Private Life
A Taiwanese female model spent years battling online harassment after an innocent photo she shot for a photo agency was used for a completely unrelated news report and later turned into a meme. In 2012, international media (OC included) featured the story of a Chinese businessman who had allegedly sued his wife for misleading him […]
Russian Man Is First in Line to Buy New iPhone, Becomes Epic Meme Instead
A man named Valery recently became the star of what may very well be the most epic fail in the history of iPhone launches. After becoming the first person in a monstrously long queue to set foot inside the Apple store in Moscow to buy an iPhone XS, he left empty-handed because he couldn’t afford […]