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Trying to Rid the World of 'Fat Axl'
CNN ^ | Wed June 8, 2016 | Lisa Respers France

Posted on 06/08/2016 2:47:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Welcome to the meme jungle Axl Rose.

A less than flattering photo of the Guns N' Roses front man is being used for a series of mean memes, and now the singer is reportedly trying to get the image scrubbed from the internet.

According to the Washington Post, a batch of DMCA copyright notices were filed on behalf of Rose and sent to Google requesting the removal of the photo that sparked the "Fat Axl" memes because of copyright infringement.

The memes change the lyrics to Guns N Roses songs to poke fun at the picture of Rose, who is the band's front man. Lines like "Welcome to the Jungle, we got tons of cake" and "Sweet Pie o' mine" have regularly made the rounds on Twitter.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: fatboy; rolypoly
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1 posted on 06/08/2016 2:47:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Morgana

Ping


2 posted on 06/08/2016 2:52:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hey, the Dude’s in Meat Loaf territory. Parodies are protected.


3 posted on 06/08/2016 2:55:57 PM PDT by mak5
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Holy crap!! Izzat really Axl? Inquiring minds wanna know!!
4 posted on 06/08/2016 2:56:07 PM PDT by CopperTop
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5 posted on 06/08/2016 2:56:08 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Mase

Wowzie! Middle age has not been kind to him.


6 posted on 06/08/2016 2:58:31 PM PDT by Lent
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To: nickcarraway

I heard had been getting in shape for the upcoming tour before breaking a leg. At least his voice is 95% back. Just lay off the tacos. Go Axl !


7 posted on 06/08/2016 3:00:40 PM PDT by erlayman (yw)
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To: nickcarraway

The Gods are not kind to rock stars when they hit middle age. Axl goes from a size 28 waist to looking like any other good old boy who spends his time sitting on a bar stool at the local bar. Linda Ronstadt goes from being something that men drooled over in the 70s to a fat ass in the 2000s. This is why they need to fade away once they hit 30 or 40.


8 posted on 06/08/2016 3:03:32 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Yeah...middle age sucks...metabolism Slooows way down...

There was a time, Friday or Saturday night a case of beer, a giant roast beef sub, munchies glory...

Now, at 57 years, I look at fattening food, I gain weight...

9 posted on 06/08/2016 3:05:41 PM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone..)
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Axl needs greasing !!!


10 posted on 06/08/2016 3:07:23 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Linda Ronstadt broke my heart the way time dealt with her. She was always a heart throb of mine despite being one of the stupidest liberals of all time.


11 posted on 06/08/2016 3:09:16 PM PDT by pallmallman (Q)
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She had a beautiful voice.


12 posted on 06/08/2016 3:11:17 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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And don’t forget cute and perky Sally Struthers! She went from a 60’s tv pin-up to South Park parody.


13 posted on 06/08/2016 3:12:13 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Linda Ronstadt goes from being something that men drooled over in the 70s to a fat ass in the 2000s.

Half the guys I knew in college (and even a lot in law school) had her poster up in their dorm rooms. But Ronstadt's ancestry is half-Mexican, and middle age is generally unkind to Mexican women's physiques.

14 posted on 06/08/2016 3:12:56 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Except for Keith, of course!


15 posted on 06/08/2016 3:14:49 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

She has Parkinson’s Disease.


16 posted on 06/08/2016 3:15:08 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

If Axl sings better sitting, which he almost certainly has lately, then he can stay on that throne without ever getting up as far as I am concerned.


17 posted on 06/08/2016 3:17:40 PM PDT by erlayman (yw)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure he’s crying all the way to the bank.


18 posted on 06/08/2016 3:26:36 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Mick Jagger still looks pretty damn good for his age.
Then again, he’s been a health nut for the last 40 years.


19 posted on 06/08/2016 3:28:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Maybe it was being a liberal windtunnel that did in Ronstadt’s looks. Raquel Welch, half Mexican, has turned to pro-life and other moral themes as she grew older, is about 75, and still quite, ummm, well-preserved.


20 posted on 06/08/2016 3:30:41 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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