I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m mildly captivated by Scumbag Steve’s transition from meme to…actual human being living the “scumbag life.” The fact that Blake Boston (that’s his real name) has embraced being a “scumbag” after discovering that a years old photo of himself had become a meme is something I find both hilarious and fascinating. We’ve already documented his efforts to turn Scumbag Steve into rap persona and further cultivate his scumbag credentials on Tumblr, and now it appears as though he may be cashing in (or selling out, depending on your perspective) as a product pitchman for Brisk tea.

Yes, the macro you see above wasn’t created by regular users of a site like Quickmeme or Meme Generator — it’s actually part of a Scumbag Steve-themed ad campaign Brisk is running on image hosting site Imgur to presumably appeal to internet nerds like all of us.

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I haven’t weighed in on the news of Sony and NBC firing Dan Harmon as showrunner of Community (SHOCKING ANALYSIS: I think it sucks) because we already brought you the story and from there I wanted to give Community fans on the internet a day and some change to churn out their reactions and fan art and tribute GIFs like only Community fans on the internet can.

You see, not only did Dan Harmon create a masterpiece of show that pushes traditional boundaries and challenges the audience to be more creative in their consumption of television — something networks don’t love unless it makes them wheel-barrels of cash — he is also the first show creator to effectively blur the line between television and the internet. Sure, Tosh.0 covers the internet, but Community IS the internet. Or at least was the internet. On network television, no less. Which also happens to be the main reason Dan Harmon is no longer with the show.

Maybe it’s for the best. His legacy will almost certainly carry on stronger in a martyr capacity (stories about how great of a person he is are already popping up) as opposed to riding off in the sunset with the rest of the show after a shortened Friday night season. And if I’m wrong about that, at least we’ll always have the animated GIF, which I highly doubt would be the preferred image file of the internet in 2012 if hadn’t been for Harmon’s forward thinking when it came to Alison Brie GIF-able moments. Above via.

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I usually defer to Robo on a hard-hitting feline topics but seeing as how I regularly celebrate all things Cyril Figgis and Dr. Leo Spaceman and firmly believe if corporations knew what they were doing Chris Parnell would be the spokesperson for everything, I’ll be the one sharing his new PSA on Cat Boredom (AKA CB).

There’s advertising and then there’s “gets it” advertising. Friskies isn’t the first brand that comes to mind when one think “gets it” advertising, but by combo-ing the web’s love for assigning human emotions to cats and Chris Parnell deadpan they’ve proven they should be. Fresh off “Lazy Sunday 2,” Parnell is leading the charge against the super duper boring suffering Mr. Pickles, Agnes, and Roberto are currently experiencing.

“Everybody knows, you can’t sing the blahs.”

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So last night I was in bed watching the Lakers go down in flames, casually checking my Twitter feed occasionally along the way, when suddenly Huffington Post TV writer Mo Ryan tweeted out the photo above of herself with Nick Offerman at last night’s Peabody Awards, where Parks and Rec was honored, leading show creator Mike Schur to dub him “Blonde Swanson.”

WHAT THE HELL?! Would Ron Swanson approve of such a male grooming decision? I think not, though I’m sure a film or TV role is the reason behind the color change. Still, I imagine seeing Nick Offerman dyed blonde for a person living in 2012 is kind of like how it would have been for someone living in the 40s and 50s to see John Wayne in a Nazi uniform. It just ain’t right. This may actually haunt me for a while.

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As a general rule, the longer the Craigslist posting, the more likely the person posting is to be insane. For some reason, crazy people really just can’t stop typing, and this ad proves the point.

Posted on Boston’s CL subsite, and quickly spreading on Twitter and Boston blogs, this self-described “crabby, funny old bat” is apparently completely unaware that she sounds like the roommate from hell. But if you’re willing to bend over completely backwards to fit your life entirely around hers and let her live out her fantasy of running an English boarding house, hey, you can get an apartment for the exact same amount of rent most people who aren’t nuts pay in the exact same area!

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When Redditor AusGap posted the picture above of his dog (minus the caption) and said, “I don’t know how my dog did this,” we knew it was destined to become a meme — it’s just way too easy to caption. Now five days have passed since it was posted, and, sure enough, the dog has been appropriated for “Mean Dog” image macros.

As you’ll soon see, Mean Dog is ready to roll, but you better go buy him some ciggies first. Ass, grass, or cash: no doggy rides for free. Mean Dog is part of the ruff crowd your mother warned you about, but he always gets out of jams because his cousin is a lawyer.

Our favorite 30 examples of Mean Dog are below courtesy of Quickmeme and Reddit. Thanks to DP&F for the assist. (Who’s a good boy? YOU ARE.)

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It’s probably a pretty safe bet that the Hare Krishna Wikipedia page has received more traffic in the past 24 hours than it has in quite some time, if not ever, right? With that said, I still have no freaking clue what a Hare Krishna is. And why aren’t they around anymore? (Or are they?) Didn’t they used to hang out in airports looking for people to convert? Were they replaced by the yoga movement or something?

Anyway, here are a few notes I made during last night’s Mad Men about characters, scenes, etc. I found interesting for one reason or another.

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We’ve come a long way since the LOL days of 80′s stunt doubling where mullet length was an afterthought in the filming of action movies. But that doesn’t mean stunt doubles these days look any more like the actors they’re attempting to replicate. No, advancements in editing have just improved things, as evidenced by this viral photo collection Imgur (5MM views!) that ironically enough doubles as an attachment-riddled email forward you received seven years ago.

After closely examining the wig/wardrobe combo that goes into doubling for Brad Pitt I am now confident that I can do the job any time, any place. Agents, call me. I can take a fall. In anticipation I’ll be introducing myself as “Brad Pitt’s stunt double” to the ladies of the laundromat.

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Dildoish Twitter monster Darren Rovell just tweeted out the latest effort in an ongoing campaign by the fast food industry to troll the entire internet: a burrito filled with an order of nachos that Taco Bell is calling the “Beefy Nacho Burrito.”

Writes Rovell:

FIRST LOOK: Taco Bell launching Beefy Nacho Burrito on Wednesday: Nachos inside a burrito (99 cents)

Nice to see Taco Bell isn’t resting on its laurels following the release of the Doritos taco shell taco. The best trolls are always the strivers and the innovators, like the bottle opening game-changer below…

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