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# Three Memes You Should Know
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/three-memes-you-should-know/
- Published: 2013-08-26T21:21:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:45:08.000Z
- Description: It's the end of August and thoughts — naturally — turn to frozen yogurt and memes. So, we suggest you not fight it and embrace these three memes you should know about.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, Memes, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

![meme-connoisseur-640](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/meme-connoisseur-640.gif)

It’s the end of August and thoughts — naturally — turn to frozen yogurt and memes. So, we suggest you not fight it and embrace these three memes you should know about.

## Miley Cyrus at the VMAs

The VMAs may be a relic of another era, but the music-video show still knows how to [generate chatter](http://www.salon.com/2013/08/26/best%5Freactions%5Fto%5Fmiley%5Fcyrus%5Fvma%5Fperformance/?ref=hyperallergic.com), particularly [online](http://mashable.com/2013/08/26/miley-cyrus-memes/?ref=hyperallergic.com). But Miley Cyrus’s booty-shaking antics are best summed up with the gifs of famous paintings that were Cyrus-ified and unleashed on [Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/miley-cyrus-twerks-on-famous-paintings?ref=hyperallergic.com) by Jen Lewis. These two IMO are the best of the lot. Though the [Miley Cyrus tag](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mileycyrus?ref=hyperallergic.com) on Tumblr is pretty good and yes, Miley Cyrus has not [one](https://twitter.com/TongueMiley?ref=hyperallergic.com) or [two](https://twitter.com/smileystongue?ref=hyperallergic.com), but at least [THREE](https://twitter.com/tongueofmiley?ref=hyperallergic.com) Twitterfeeds dedicated to it. *Enjoy.*

[![anigif_enhanced-buzz-30578-1377539439-9](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/an_enhanced-buzz-30578-1377539439-9.gif)](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/miley-cyrus-twerks-on-famous-paintings?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![anigif_enhanced-buzz-3902-1377541253-16](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/an_enhanced-buzz-3902-1377541253-16.gif)](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/miley-cyrus-twerks-on-famous-paintings?ref=hyperallergic.com)

## #NSAPickupLines

In the realm of creepy/hilarious is this new Twitter meme that fuses the netizens’ need for cleverness and social commentary. #NSAPickupLines is a perfect cocktail of wit and horror.

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.51.17 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-51-17-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/prism%5Fnsa/status/371434894141841408?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.51.56 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-51-56-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/catekustanczy/status/371484635181899776?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.54.11 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-54-11-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/Bdubs1776/status/372094465277960193?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.55.53 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-55-53-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/drac2501/status/372099765489524736?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 5.03.49 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-5-03-49-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/nathanleighsays/status/343888375356456961?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.58.11 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-58-11-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/hellmart/status/372100311902482432?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 5.04.12 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-5-04-12-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/noticiasdehugo/status/372100403967447041?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.57.33 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-57-33-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/fernandochavese/status/372100045367017473?ref=hyperallergic.com)

## #bookshelfies

I’ve always thought your bookshelf says a lot about you (including the fact that you READ, which is increasingly rare nowadays), so this meme is a welcome peek into the lives of readers everywhere: [#bookshelfies](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bookshelfie&src=hash&ref=hyperallergic.com) — and it may be redundant to mention that this is a hashtag populated with a lot of women wearing glasses. No word yet on how those of us with tons of ebooks can participate in this meme.

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.39.58 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-39-58-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/HCIndyThinking/status/370879740410081280?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.41.56 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-41-56-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/BookishHQ/status/370562696988463104?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![Screen Shot 2013-08-26 at 4.43.41 PM](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-26-at-4-43-41-pm.png)](https://twitter.com/kareee88/status/371043651952320512?ref=hyperallergic.com)