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MEMernet: Weather Magic, a Masking Debate, and Kings of Mother’s Day

A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.

Weather Magic

Memphis was spared from a nasty storm line Sunday, breaking over the city and heading north and south. Reddit user VariableBooleans posted a weather map showing “live imagery of the Pyramid working its black magic on the weather.”

Posted to Reddit by VariableBooleans

Masking down?

Binghamptonian Gloria Sanders opened a can of hot debate on Nextdoor last week with this question: “What are your thoughts about Shelby County mask mandate being lifted on May 15th?” As of press time, the post had 559 comments.

Some warned that cases would rise here, as not enough people had been vaccinated. Some said it’s a personal choice and they’d still wear theirs. Others said the vaccine is available, so “it’s no longer society’s responsibility to protect you from COVID.” Others urged “stop living in fear” and #freetheface.

Mother’s Day Kings

Posted to Twitter by DJ Paul

DJ Paul, one half of Three 6 Mafia, tweeted Sunday, “celebrating Mother’s Day with family and ran into my fellow king. @YoGotti #memphis #kings #mafia”

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MEMernet: Vaccine Hesitant, More Sushi Jimmi, and a “Booty Clap Parking Pass”

A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.

Vaccine Hesitant

In the first in a sort of Reddit grab bag this week, Memphis user Jwiley92 shared this infographic (from the Centers for Disease Control) to show which populations in Shelby County were the most hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

Sushi Jimmi Redux

MEMernet citizens had thoughts about our story last week announcing Sushi Jimmi would leave Memphis.

“Haven’t we heard this story like five times before?” asked CaptainInane-O on Reddit.

On Twitter, @ViewFromBoxSeat wondered, “Anybody seen an update on Sushi Jimmi? It’s been over 24 hours since the last article about him.”

“Booty Clap Parking Pass”

No one on the Memphis subreddit could quite explain just what was going on with this photo captured at Overton Park and posted by benefit_of_mrkite.

User baabahope got closest, maybe, noting “that’s a booty clap parking pass.” Other users agreed, though, that whatever was going on was Memphis AF.

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MEMernet: Minecraft, Kroger, and Pooh Shiesty

Minecraftin’

Instagram user Eric Huber is recreating Rust Hall, the iconic building central to the former Memphis College of Art campus, in Minecraft. The whys of this project don’t matter at all. It’s simple internet genius.

Posted to Instagram by @erichber

Krogerin’

A Nextdoor Kroger bash is still burning after user Patti Ward complained last week that, after 30 years of shopping at the Union Avenue location, she’ll “never again” shop there.

The post racked up 229 comments. The discussion ranged from whether or not the issue was an issue at all, Big Brother, other Kroger locations, other stores, missing Seessel’s, and a proposed 30-day ban on bashing Kroger on Union. The post followed a March 15th post from Rita Baker calling the Union Kroger “the worst grocery store on the planet.”

Explainin’

This week YouTuber Memphis Newz broke down the confusion over rapper Pooh Shiesty’s recent diss of South Memphis, his own neighborhood.

“Sometimes when a rapper gets big, their neighborhood will turn against them,” Memphis Newz said. “A lot of the time, it’s the rapper’s fault because they’ll be doing some hoe-ass shit.”

Posted to YouTube by Memphis Newz

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MEMernet: Sunset, Baker/Isbell, and a Neon Grammy

Stunner

Photographer Russ Schaffer took and posted these amazing photos of a Memphis sunset last week, which he tweeted “stayed for six minutes.”

Posted to Twitter by @russtoday

Baker/Isbell

Posted to Twitter by @julienrbaker and @JasonIsbell

Memphis-based singer-songwriter Julien Baker had a “massive honor” of singing “some Georgia music” with icon Jason Isbell last week. In a tweeted photo, “You can’t see how hard I’m cheesin’ but trust,” Baker said.

Neon Grammy

Memphis bassist and true original MonoNeon got big ups last week for playing on two Grammy-recognized songs. King’s Disease by Nas won and Djesse Vol. 3 by Jacob Collier was nominated.

Posted to Instagram by @unapologetic901

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MEMernet: Neverending Elvis, a Forum Flight, and Drake on the Pipeline

CREDIT: Sam's Club

Neverending Elvis

Sam’s Club

A big-box retailer emailed Memphis journalists last week to say they’ll carry a “GIANT 20 Foot Pink Limo Pool Float” at their stores this year. “Perfect for riding off into the sunset this summer in true Elvis style,” says the company. All yours for $199.98.

Forum Flight

Posted to YouTube by Stadium Landings

YouTuber Stadium Landings landed on top of the FedEx Forum last week using Microsoft Flight Simulator. The yellow plane’s flight begins north of the city, following the Mississippi River, past the Pyramid, to and through Downtown. The plane circles the Forum and successfully lands on top. Just goes to show, there’s something for everyone on the internet.

Drake Weighs In

Posted to Reddit by u/goldchainnightmare

“I still hear their jingle in my head,” wrote Reddit user goldchannightmare.

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MEMernet: Snow Mad, Donuts, and Frozen Memphis

CREDIT: Posted to Facebook by Roquita Williams

Snow mad

Last week’s snow stuck around long enough to push some of us beyond the usual snow stuff like making a snowman or sledding.

Exhibit A: Roquita Williams celebrated her 44th birthday like this.

Posted to Facebook by Roquita Williams

Exhibit B: Mickey needed a cold one with his cold one.

Posted to Instagram by Beale Street Brewing

Donuts

The joke Libertyland Twitter account said “We’re doing donuts and building and running over snowmen in Tiger Lane.” The joke Mid-South Coliseum account responded: “They really need to bring back our golf cart.”

Frozen

The Downtown Memphis Commission shared this photo from @connordryan, capturing the snow blanket from on high.

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MEMernet: Stumbling, E. Parkway McDonald’s, and Ice Attack

Beale Stumblin’

On Twitter, Devin Walker hilariously Memphis-ized a wildly popular meme last week.

Good question

The McDonald’s on East Parkway closed years ago. But the joke E. Parkway McDonald’s Twitter account never did. And we’re glad.

After the “big game” last week, they said, “No word yet on whether or not we’re catering this year’s Super Bowl champs at the White House.”

It’s ice

The MEMernet froze last week with ice and icicles everywhere. Look no further than trees outside the Memphis office of the National Weather Service.

VaxQueue Qué?

Nextdoor user Melania White asked last week if anyone who had signed up for VaxQueue — the county’s standby service for unused doses of COVID-19 vaccine — had actually been alerted. Of the nearly 50 respondents to the message, only three said they had been asked to come in.

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MEMernet: Marsha Dragged and Save Black Lodge Video

Marsha’s Turnaround

The internet dragged Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn last week. George Takei (yes, that one) summed it up in a tweet that said, “How it started, how it’s going, etc.”

Takei showed two tweets from Blackburn. In one from October 2020, she blasted then-presidential-candidate Joe Biden for being “all talk and no action.” In another from last week, she blasted Biden for his many and quick actions as president saying, “30 executive orders and actions signed in only three days’ time. @POTUS, you can’t govern with a pen and a phone.”

In a response, Jaime Harrison, current chairman of the Democratic National Committee, tweeted at Blackburn saying “you’ve been in Congress for almost 20 years. You have only sponsored three bills that have become law: two were to rename post offices and the other to study a battlefield.”

Save Black Lodge

Owners of Black Lodge video store launched an Indiegogo this month to “pay our rent until we can get to the other side of COVID.

“Right now we’re making enough to pay our employees and almost all of our other bills, but rent is what’s killing us,” reads the site. As of press time, the store had earned $9,233 of its $25,000 goal.

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MEMernet: Bernie Goes to Memphis

CREDIT: Bernie Sanders/Twitter

Bernie Sanders/Twitter

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders splashed into the internet Thursday and Friday sending ripples to almost every corner of the MEMernet.

President Joe Biden took the stage Wednesday but it was Sanders who stole the inaugural show. Sanders, sitting in his trademark coat, has been pasted into photos around the globe.

Here’s what Sanders said in a Friday tweet:

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Well, OK then, Bernie. But everyone else was having a ton of fun.

Here are some of our favorites from the MEMernet so far:

@shelbylaclairsmit

♬ original sound – Makayla

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Don't mind me. I'm waiting for the zoo to open this Saturday.

#berniesanders #reopening

Posted by Memphis Zoo on Thursday, January 21, 2021

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MEMernet: More Memphis on TikTok, Garfield on Nextdoor

Subtle Memphis

On TikTok, @whosdorii explained (yes, in June, but it’s still great) the difference in Memphis and the rest of the state. For her, it’s as subtle as the slightly different bass riffs from Queen’s “Under Pressure” and Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” Check it out. It’ll make sense.

Finally?

“This is your reminder that even after yesterday’s riots, Gov. Bill Lee has still not recognized Joe Biden as President-Elect,” reads a Thursday Facebook post from Future 901, the progressive political group in West Tennessee. Lee did not publicly do this until Friday, when he said he’d been working with the Biden transition team.

Flip to our “Capitol Responses” story in this issue for more local responses to last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Garfield. Yep.

Bartlett-area Nextdoor user Belinda Gottshall has been slowly parting with an impressive collection of Garfield memorabilia. Since early December, she’s listed for sale a Garfield Boy Scout bank ($20), Garfield and Friends Beanie Babies ($70), Garfield cookie jar ($80), Garfield glass bank ($10), Garfield piggy bank ($50), a Garfield-dressed-as-a-McDonald’s-manager plush toy ($30), and a Garfield doll dressed as a fan of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin ($50).