Keanu Reeves gets a URL shortener in his honor, can stop being sad and get back to being excellent

Remember the day that this photo showed up and Keanu Reeves, famous actor and musician (and the star of one of our all-time favorites, Johnny Mnemonic) changed the internet forever by becoming a very clever meme? Well, something else good has come out of it: a URL shortener, kea.nu. Created by Shane Snow, the money earned from the temporary ads served on the shortened URLs goes to cancer research, and we can continue to keep this meme at the forefront of our minds as we move into the fall. One of our favorite products of the "Sad Keanu Reeves" phenomena is below, and for the record: we're pretty sure the guy was just enjoying his sandwich.

[huskie fluff Posted Jun 22nd 2010 10:51AM]

i dont get it. and why is there a bird taking a crap (from what it looksl ike)

[hammydbest Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:03AM]

@huskie fluff its international cheer up keanu reeves day... because of that picture... well at least it was last week :S

[huskie fluff Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:05AM]

@hammydbest i still say that birds crapping on his dreams and hopes ^^

[Dshark Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:08AM]

@huskie fluff That would be its leg. It's walking not crapping. Bird crap white, not brown.

[huskie fluff Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:09AM]

@Dshark maybe it ate some bad seeds. you never know

[cjwild Posted Jun 22nd 2010 1:28PM]

@Dshark

is it though? entirely? ALL bird crap? hmm...

[RJMajestic Posted Jun 22nd 2010 2:56PM]

@huskie fluff

Uhhh… birds have to poop too, it's not just a dog thing.

[RJMajestic Posted Jun 22nd 2010 3:05PM]

@Dshark

There is a lot of bird crap that is not white, and huskie fluff didn't specify that the birds leg appeared to be poop, so you shouldn't assume that is what he was referring to. Statistically, there isn't much reason to be sure the bird is not in the process of pooping. I believe they are laying eggs 10% of the time, and pooping 90% of the time.

[PlatinumSkeet Posted Jun 22nd 2010 10:52AM]

I wonder if the first picture is if he didn't take the red pill....

[EI8HT Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:58AM]

@PlatinumSkeet

once i took a little blue pill and it had the exact opposite effect for me and the girl i was with.

[windywoo Posted Jun 22nd 2010 10:53AM]

Johnny Mnemonic is underrated. It's not a masterpiece but it has so many crazy SF ideas crammed into it that critics wouldn't get it anyway.

[fourthletter Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:08PM]

@windywoo Nope it's just awful.

[lividmonkey Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:22PM]

@windywoo Read the short story, Johnny Mnemonic or any of William Gibson's other books. There are a lot of plausible future tech ideas in there. That's why he is the father of cyberpunk. But, the books are 1000x better than the movies.

[Zzephyr Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:36PM]

@lividmonkey

Oh, heck yes. Gibson's books are most excellent!

[windywoo Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:59PM]

@lividmonkey Well of course I've read Neuromancer and The Difference Engine. I really should have read more though.

@fourthletter wtf are you doing on a tech website? Probably looking for Apple news.

[Angry russian Posted Jun 22nd 2010 1:17PM]

@lividmonkey
Gibson? Father of cyberpunk my ass.
Phillip K Dick, bitch!

[gatoloco Posted Jun 22nd 2010 1:49PM]

@lividmonkey
Johnny Mnemonic is a film based on "We remember it for you wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. You should read more from him, I'm sure you'd like Dick.

[windywoo Posted Jun 22nd 2010 2:39PM]

@gatoloco I'm pretty sure Total Recall is the film based on that book.

[gatoloco Posted Jun 22nd 2010 3:35PM]

@windywoo
You're right! Sorry windywoo, got caught up in the wordplay joke... (such as it was). Hey, when is a movie of Neuromancer coming? That would kick ass!

[Jukah Posted Jun 22nd 2010 4:36PM]

@gatoloco
I love Dick.

[Balboa Posted Jun 22nd 2010 10:53AM]

that bird gets me everytime

[za7ch Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:07AM]

@Balboa
Me too. :)

[From My Cube Posted Jun 22nd 2010 10:58AM]

11 pages of pics http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/911102-pics-sad-keanu-dedication-thread/

[Wiggy Fuzz Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:12AM]

@From My Cube

http://i.imgur.com/fHAjG.jpg

this :)

[Zylam Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:22AM]

@From My Cube

Haha thanks, Keanu's super sick!

[Plazmic Flame Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:27AM]

@From My Cube

LMAO!! Those pics are hilariousssssssss.

[fokka Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:41PM]

@From My Cube i love thhe one on the skyscraper

[leigh Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:41PM]

@From My Cube *spits out drink* o m g l o l

[thisNthat Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:20AM]

Maybe this could cheer Kea.Nu Re.Aves up a bit:

http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129203314510825008.jpg

[richb93 Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:38AM]

This is one I made: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/331/sadkeanugtx480.jpg :D

[Lombas Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:46AM]

Someone can elaborate more in the matter? I don´t know this "very clever meme"...
thks :-)

[FNi Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:21PM]

The picture looks like it was taken in England. That's probably why he looks so sad.

(and that's coming from somebody who lives there)

[juvenescence Posted Jun 22nd 2010 5:31PM]

@FNi looks more like new york to me.
he does have an apartment near central park

[lividmonkey Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:25PM]

He's reflecting on Theodore Logan and realizing you can never go back.

[Jomah7777 Posted Jun 22nd 2010 1:15PM]

uhhh ok...i guess

[macgregger Posted Jun 22nd 2010 4:01PM]

i found waldo

[firethorn Posted Jun 22nd 2010 5:47PM]

somehow my first thought regarding the Keanu Reeves link shortener was that they'd named it "wh.oa"...
but yeah, that doesn't really relate to the guy being sad at all.

[tumped Posted Jun 22nd 2010 6:01PM]

I'm with Keanu ! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcsemGUl0xM

[LoganJ Posted Jun 23rd 2010 1:12AM]

You can thank Reddit