Popular Memes Then and Now

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Blake Boston became an internet face when somebody nabbed his high school Myspace picture and spread it around the web. Today he makes rap videos and posts them on YouTube.

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Her name is Laina Morris, and she's one of the most popular to hit internet stardom when a video she posted of a creepy version of Justin Bieber's song 'Girlfriend' went viral. A screengrab from the video quickly became a meme, and the rest is history!

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Brain was in high school when a friend thought his junior class picture was funny, so he turned it into a meme. Now he's older and has a Facebook page where he shares pictures of "bad things" happening to him, as well as in his YouTube videos.

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A hipster barista's photo was first uploaded to Quickmeme 2 years ago, and the man in that meme is Dustin Mattson. According to his Twitter, he's still making awesome coffee.

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The "compliant girlfriend" is actually a model and her meme image was taken from an advice animal series. Her real name is Emma Kathrine and she's remains the pretty girl we're all familiar with.

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Sammy's mom shared the photo on her Flickr account of her 11-months-old, and it took on a life of its own as a popular internet meme. Sammy is currently 6 yo and doing "6 yo stuff".

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Good Guy Greg got his start on 4Chan and quickly became the poster child for a "model citizen" according to Reddit. He supposedly was a commercial fisherman and, he's grown some hair!