Best of the Year Thank you, citizens of the MEMernet. You perfectly captured this wild year online for all of us. Here are some of the year’s best. Power of a Post Roxie’s Grocery blew up after an epic and hilarious post from Kim Scott on the Where Black Memphis Eats Facebook page also blew […]
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MEMernet: COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive, Tigers at Target, and the McRib
Wheels down The first COVID-19 vaccines arrived here Sunday. FedEX Corp. captured this historic moment in a tweet that could not have come soon enough. Positive 2020? University of Memphis president Dr. David Rudd tweeted a bold statement last week. “One thing got much better in 2020.” McRib Vaccine E. Parkway McDonalds is still going […]
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MEMernet: A Damn Good Burger at Roxie’s and Memphis Intersections as Art
A Roxie’s Tale Photo by Chandra Tillis Roxie’s Grocery blew up over the weekend after an epic and hilarious post on the Where Black Memphis Eats Facebook page also blew up. Kym Scott recounted her experience at the Uptown store and restaurant in a post that had more than 7,000 likes and 5,100 comments as […]
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MEMernet: A Binghamptom Wedding, a Midtown/Germantown Feud, and a Real-Life Grinch
Never Know Nextdoor user Cindy Brandon wrote last week, “Never know what you’ll see in Binghampton. There was a wedding today, I guess, at Blessed Sacrament church in Binghampton and we live across the street. They had horses and a mariachi band. I absolutely love Midtown Memphis.” Feud Remembered The Historic Memphis Facebook group brought […]
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MEMernet: Steve Harvey at Mahogany and Ja Morant Meets Ja Raffe
Harvey & Mahogany Comedian/game show host/radio show host Steve Harvey hyped a Memphis restaurant Monday on his radio show, The Steve Harvey Morning Show. According to those on the Where Black Memphis Eats Facebook group, Harvey and his wife were seen this weekend eating at Mahogany Memphis, the upscale Southern restaurant in Chickasaw Oaks Village. […]
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MEMernet: Demographics, Catalytic Converters, and a Lost Duck
Memphis Rides Posted to Reddit u/betweenthewinds Catalytic At least five Nextdoor users have had the catalytic converters stolen from their parked cars in recent weeks. The thieves strike at night and surprise the car’s owner with a mess in the morning. “According to the repair shop, I’m the 9th person they’ve seen in two weeks,” […]
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MEMernet: 69 Degrees at 4:20, Fire at Mud Island, and a Free but(t) Loved Couch
Nice “Memphis was dank earlier today.” Posted to Reddit by u/jkillz87 No chill, 2020 “Well, the Mud Island Marina is burning down. Par for the course in 2020.” Posted to Reddit by u/JesusLanaPhrasing Cheeky Couch This free couch had been nothing but(t) loved. “Comfy, just needs to be recovered,” reads the curb alert post from […]
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#YouCanBeABCs The internet blew up last week on an Instagram post by Memphis cool kid @samuelw3. He and his dad grooved through the alphabet, naming a profession that you can be for every letter. The original post had more than 570,000 views as of press time. But it’s gone around the country with even a […]
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MEMernet: Trump Parks on the Greensward and “Tower of Babel Project”
Nextdoor Politics Rhonda Young’s “guy on a bike” post blew up on Nextdoor last week, clocking in at 131 comments as of press time. “I was just sitting on my front porch and a skinny white guy rode by on his bike and yelled ‘go back to Europe, cracker,’” Young said. “Not sure what to […]
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MEMernet: Reddit Bonanza!
Memphis dazzled on Reddit last week. Here are just a few examples. Interesting as Duck A gif of the Peabody Hotel duck march made the front page in a post to the r/interestingasfuck subreddit. In 24 hours, the post had more than 87,500 upvotes, 1,200 comments, and the gif had been viewed 3.5 million times. […]
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MEMernet: COVID’s Web and Sexy Treats
COVID’s Web Citizens of the MEMernet have been sharing photos of the hilarious Halloween decorations at this Central Gardens home. The scene is an IRL political cartoon. In it, Donald Trump is spider-webbed to a tree surrounded by coronavirus particles. Imaginary polling data shows the homeowner is a front-runner to win Halloween. Dog whistle? Memphis […]
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MEMernet: Domestic Violence, Rhodes Scholar, and Freddy Krueger
Domestic Violence The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation tweeted Monday that domestic violence rises during the holidays, but those holidays “might surprise you,” and posted this sobering infographic. Posted to Twitter by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Rhodes? Rhodes College got brief time in the national spotlight last week. President Donald Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany […]