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According to the Wall Street Journal: Outside, a group of people asked guests to put on a hat made out of (fake) bananas and look really “sad or angry.” With luck, participants were told they would end up on the internet, as part of a “meme.” (A meme is a bit of cultural information, such as a funny photo of video clip, that is repeatedly shared between people, for those confused. So it looks like I might have bugged a Wall Street Journal reporter to wear a banana hat the other night at the tumblr party…

According to the Wall Street Journal:

Outside, a group of people asked guests to put on a hat made out of (fake) bananas and look really “sad or angry.” With luck, participants were told they would end up on the internet, as part of a “meme.” (A meme is a bit of cultural information, such as a funny photo of video clip, that is repeatedly shared between people, for those confused.

So it looks like I might have bugged a Wall Street Journal reporter to wear a banana hat the other night at the tumblr party…

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    Note: When our behavior is only mildly embarrassing at parties, we end up in the papers!
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    10 best banana hats
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    Part 3 in our continuing series on banana hats.
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