@GhostOsama and other #OBL memes you don't want to miss
(CBS/What's Trending) With news of Osama bin Laden's death infiltrating the interwebs, a plethora of memes about the historical event are going viral or well on the verge of global web dominance. From patriotic to emotional to comedic, photos, videos and tweets are shaping the way communities across the Internet are digesting this historical event.
Need to know what Osama's ghost is Tweeting? Why exactly did it take so long for Obama to give you his birth certificate?
Here's the memes that answer those hard hitting questions.
One web user connected the controversy over why it took President Obama
so long to release his birth certificate to Osama's death. This
photograph surfaced shortly after the bin Laden news broke on Twitter.
This morning, The Washington Post asked its Twitter followers, "#Wherewereyou when you heard the news of Osama bin Laden's death, and how did you hear it?" A surge of tweeters are now sharing what they were doing. Most people are tweeting that theywere perusing their social networks.
What would a roundup of memes be without an animated video? The death of bin Laden is celebrated in this Taiwanese cartoon, created NMAWorldEdition, the same company that brought you Steve Job's ninja incident and Brett Farve's sexual harassment case. Finally, want to find Osama bin Laden's place on Google Maps? Look up "Osama bin Laden compound, Abbottabad, Pakistan." Here's some of the reviews that pop up.