Chinese netizens have gone on a rampage photoshopping Du Fu, the prominent Tang Dynasty poet. In the "Du Fu is busy" meme, netizens have come up with their own creative versions of a portrait of Du Fu popularly used in Chinese textbooks, telling different versions of Du Fu's life. more ›

Rep. Pete Hoekstra's creepy, racist Superbowl ad was just asking to be spoofed. And now, Funny Or Die has come up with the first of what we think will be many parodies. more ›

Our Douchebag of the Day comes in the form of UCLA student Alexandra Wallace who in her 3-minute video rant complains about the "hordes of Asian people that UCLA accepts into our school every single year.” Wallace describes her frustration at the library saying Asian students just can't stop talking on the phone and disturbing her: "all of a sudden when I'm, like, about to reach an epiphany, over here from somewhere I hear, Ohhhhhhhh! Ching chong ling long ting tong! Ohhhhhhh!" She adds, "I swear, they're going through their whole families just checking on everybody from the tsunami thing." The video has since gone viral and received several million hits, eliciting a quick apology from Wallace who says she has received numerous death threats. For more, check out LAist's reports here and here.
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From Danwei:

This series of spoof Sanlu ads is getting scrubbed from video sharing sites. Here's a copy from Ku6. The country bumpkin voice-over parodies the original ads, saying that Sanlu powder guarantees kidney stones.

Olympics mascot merchandising is a multi-million dollar business, but since the mascots for the Beijing Olympics were announced nearly three years ago they have met with mixed reviews. A nationwide survey conducted by Nielsen Co. showed that only 60% of Chinese liked the Fuwa characters. more ›