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"#kanyenewyorkertweets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia Josh Cagan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia Josh Cagan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia Josh Cagan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia Josh Cagan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia JimmyJAquino\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia theonetruebix\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia Josh Cagan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvia paulandstorm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Kanye West started tweeting last week, there was an audible \"who cares?\"-tinged drone rumbling through the blogosphere. And then people started realizing that his 140-character sentiments were, well, kinda funny. Now, however, Mr. Imma Let You Finish has finally been inducted into the ranks of the social media elite. How? Well, someone has gone and made a meme around him.\n#kanyenewyorkertweets is the name o' the meme, and it's pretty self-explanatory: New Yorker cartoons captioned with West's tweets. \nThis particular piece of virality was started by comedy duo Paul and Storm (who also came up with the Star Wars-meets-Wikileaks hashtag, #wookieleaks/#wookieeleaks), with mash-ups created by writer Josh Cagan. Still, more Twitter users have gotten in on the matching game as well.\nUrlesque interviewed Paul Sabourin \u2014 one half of Paul and Storm \u2014 today, and asked him what his inspiration for the meme was: \"The pretentious explanation: Kanye's tweets are more or less raw id (unfiltered, portraying base emotions and simple thoughts) and New Yorker cartoons are almost entirely superego (carefully considered, 'quiet' presentation),\" Sabourin said. \"The simple explanation: it just struck me as funny at 3 a.m. Luckily, unlike most 3 a.m. inspirations, this one actually seems to hold up.\"\nAnd hold up it does. Hell, even The New Yorker has lauded the duo for their efforts. Check out a gallery of a few of our favorite above, and let us know if you've ventured a pairing.\n\u2014 by Brenna Ehrlich"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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