The moment I saw the “Vancouver Riot Kiss” photo on CNN I knew it would soon be an Internet Meme. Sure enough, a few hours later and they’ve started. See original photo above, and a few of the inspired memes making their way to the web below.
The point, if we can predict what kind of images will reach Internet meme status before they do, we may also be able to stage and/or create them for marketing purposes…? Expect to see a lot more of this in digital marketing and PR 
Stay tuned, update on NGMR meme contest coming soon next week…
@TomHCAnderson
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1 Tom H C Anderson // Jun 18, 2011 at 12:03 am
Looks like the young Asian guy holding the hockey stick in front of the broken window is also inspiring some memes. See:
http://www.forumvancouver.com/threads/jason-li-is-now-a-meme-come-at-me-bro.1309/
and
http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/memes-vancouver-hates-losing.jpg
2 Tom H C Anderson // Jun 18, 2011 at 10:00 am
Of course, there’s a lot of speculation that the original picture may also have been staged. Curious to hear your thoughts on that?
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