Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Old meme is old. But why is this such a bad thing? Once the height of internetiness, the sight of a LOLCat now is unforgivable. Memes become passé crazy fast: after just months or even WEEKS of a new meme, we tire of the once hugely popular. Why does this happen, and happen so QUICKLY? Is it a reflection of the sheer volume of visual information we absorb from the internet? Or does it say something about this specific visual culture? Watch the episode and find out! Brady's Channels: Numberphile null Periodic Videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtESv1e7ntJaLJYKIO1FoYw Computerphile https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA twitch plays pokemon http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Assets: 0:46 http://ibakula.cgsociety.org/ 1:43 http://christinejuneau.com/published-drawings/ 4:08 http://www.flickr.com/photos/timdorr/6117365693/ 3:41 TOP 5 WORST GAMES OF 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg4jL8H8Zcw 1:19 Harlem Shake vFinal (NODE Edition) - NODE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ZxszoeCiU 3:39 Let It Go (from Frozen) Meets Metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usPoug7NcZo ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Binaerpilot "Geeks" http://bit.ly/10N0UBf "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Chiptune - Kenzalol http://bit.ly/15vKwpN ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Tweet of the Week: https://twitter.com/CustardFaceKid/status/443109374320709635 Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope For Humanity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3gvubRsykI What is Fiction (ft. War of the Worlds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dsXG8od4Ss