Ever wondered why Vint Cerf even bothered inventing the Internet? Small dads.

When Beyoncé's publicist emailed Buzzfeed earlier this week to ask that they kindly remove "some unflattering photos" of her client that were included in a listicle of "The 33 Fiercest Moments From Beyoncé's Halftime Show," little did she know that the Internet doesn't quite work that way.

As Boeing scrambles to figure out why the lithium-ion batteries in their 787 Dreamliners keep starting fires, the residents of Japan already know exactly who the culprit is.

Gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and Meme of the Year creator McKayla Maroney visited the White House on Saturday morning along with the rest of the U.S. Women's gymnastics team. While in the Oval Office, the two did their best interpretation of the state of Ohio's feelings towards Mitt Romney for the entirety of the 2012 election.

First Ronald Jenkees returns with a brand new jam, and now Drunk Jeff Goldblum is back with a new drunk sales pitch.

20-year-old Marty Arps was just a run-of-the-mill branch manager at a Denver-area Chipotle until a close encounter with Mitt Romney propelled him to Internet superstardom.

It doesn't have its own Tumblr or Twitter accounts — yet — but this Associated Press photo of Mitt Romney standing shoulder to shoulder with staff members at a Denver Chipotle earlier today clearly has that memetic quality that the Internet craves.

New York Magazine was the first to point out this serendipitous photo taken by AP photog Carolyn Kaster at an Obama rally in Iowa, particularly how it appears to depict the President's ostensible wizarding qualities.

This summer, "planking"—lying face down in an unusual spot while someone takes a picture of you—quickly became a popular internet meme, then a deadly-and-possibly-racist meme, and then, finally, an old meme. And while you'd think that, if anyone, planking would be a hit with the pre-teen set, this new "Kids React" video from the Fine Brothers shows that even children think it's ridiculous and stupid. [via YouTube]

While many of us spent our weekends complaining about Irene and all media coverage of said under-performing storm, other things in the world happened! For example: South African police launched an investigation into a photo that depicts a smiling, pale-skinned man—rifle in hand—kneeling over what appears to be the lifeless body of a little brown-skinned boy.

Early yesterday morning—just hours after she was forced to release her new single early due to a leak—Lady Gaga tweeted an image of the cover art for her upcoming album, Born This Way.

The Hamster Dance is one of the oldest—and most well-known—Internet memes of all time. Why? Nobody knows. And now, something new: an actual hamster dancing in front of a laptop. Inside, the most meta video you'll see today.

We've seen a Brazilian "Bad Romance" baby, a booty-bouncing "Poker Face" baby, and a tween male "Paparazzi" baby. Babies, they just can't help themselves from soiling their diapers, crying, burping, and painting their faces and impersonating Lady Gaga.

Ghyslain Raza's geeky Star Wars impersonation racked up millions of views on YouTube and drove him to a mental health crisis. After successfully suing the kids who leaked the video, he's now in law school, doing well and looking dapper.

A girl who posted pics of her "epic boobs" and inadvertently became an Internet meme lost a lawsuit against the outlet that made her a star. It raises the question: If you become an internet meme, what should you do?

Self-described "average American" Andy Rooney was recently startled to discover the existence of such rare pop culture creatures as "Lady Gaga" and "Usher." What other mainstream, vastly popular phenomena has professional old person Andy Rooney never heard of?

Please, everyone, for the love of God: Stop changing your Facebook profile pictures to your famous "doppelgänger." It's revealing some uncomfortable truths about our friendship.

Tonight, William Shatner guest hosted WWE Raw and, as Bill is wont to do, provided the Midwest and Deep South with a healthy dose of absurdity via a series of spoken word covers of "WWE Superstar Anthems."

Unfortunately for me, I don't roll around in the comment threads of other sites, so I am just now learning that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull haters have decided that "Nuke the Fridge" is the new "Jump the Shark." Because, you know, they couldn't handle the campy opening scene in which Indy escapes a nuclear blast by hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator. I guess it does lack the gritty realism of faces being melted by one Biblical relic and a gut-shot being instantly healed by another or, say, using an inflatable raft as a parachute, or a thousand year-old knight or... Anywho...