Ate my balls
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Ate my balls was an early example of an Internet meme. In the late 1990s, many web pages were created to depict a particular celebrity or fictional character saying how they liked to eat "balls" (slang for testicles). Often, the site would consist of a story or comic featuring edited photos about the titular individual eating testicles. The photo editing was often intentionally crude to emphasise the parody. Usually the editing would go no further than a speech bubble or two added to each photo.
The "Mr. T Ate My Balls" web page was the original "Ate my balls" site. It was started in 1996 by a college student named Nehal Patel and became a popular Internet fad. It has now all but fallen out of popular Internet culture.
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Dave Barry made note of the "Ate my balls" phenomenon in his 1996 book Dave Barry in Cyberspace. The chapter in which it is featured, The Internet: Transforming Society and Shaping the Future, Through Chat - Or: Watch What You Write, Mr. Chuckletrousers - Or: Why Suck Is OK, Blow Is Not - OR: Danger! Sushi Tapeworms! features a collection of other offbeat websites and memes, such as the infamous Oregon exploding whale.
