We’re so busy talking about social media’s effectiveness in advertising and attempts at privacy that we forget about the fun stuff. Truth is, there have never existed better channels for broadcasting that priceless joke and transforming it into an eternal meme. Here’s a few humorous memories that deserve a place in the Social Media Hall of Fame.

Twitter:
@ferris_bueller: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss something. And boy, did you ever. On May 7th, the entire Ferris Bueller’s Day Off movie was replayed on Twitter, complete with Foursquare locations, twitpics, direct tweets to @Prin_Rooney, @sloanepeterson_, and @JeanieBueller, and a flat out amazing dialogue retelling the story. Ferris complained about receiving “save ferris” texts, tweeted a photo of Cameron wrecking his Dad’s car, and even received the Photogenic Foursquare badge.

@BoyInTheBalloon: While all news sources had their cameras pointed to the sky – fixated on the little boy who had supposedly climbed into a helium science experiment and was now flying across Colorado – all they needed to do was read his Twitter! As soon as the whole fiasco began, some funny guy was already tweeting under the guise of Falcon, the poor boy who truly lived up to his name. “Falcon” tweeted from the sky about his predicament, his thoughts on his crazy parents, and even the TV shows he was missing on his flight. And while we now know that Falcon wasn’t in the balloon after all, “Falcon’s” tweets will remain in infamy.

Conan O’Brien: He’s got over one million followers on Twitter. And he follows: 1. Conan O’Brien decided to follow a girl at random, and he’s forever changed the life of that girl (whom he describes as a lover of peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs). The best part? Now this random girl has 30,000 followers herself!

Facebook:
Can This Onion Ring Get More Fans Than Justin Bieber?: We all know that Justin Bieber fans are insane. And there’s millions of them, those preteen girls finding their way into our trending topics. Well, one kid decided it was time to make a difference. Facebook user Toby Brittan created a fanpage for an onion ring, in hopes of ousting Justin Bieber’s massive fan count. And, in just a few days, he succeeded. The last tally, before the Onion Ring page was mysteriously deleted by Facebook without the consent of its owner, was:

Bieber Fan Count: 1,648,758 fans
Onion Ring Fan Count: 2,152,536 fans

A huge victory for Bieber-hater’s everywhere. Unfortunately, this success started an incredibly annoying meme that consists of random inanimate objects attempting to defeat celebrities. Can this baby turtle get more fans than Miley? Can this Pickle get more fans than Nickelback? (It did.) Can this raw steak get more fans than PETA? The list goes on.

Skittles:
Trust me, we’re all for cause-based marketing and campaigns. Almost all of the top Facebook brands have at one point taken a try at Facebook philanthropy: KFC had its buckets for cancer, and countless organizations offer donations for fan-counts. But when Skittles gave it a try, they were perhaps… less ambitious. As soon as Skittles receives 100,000 likes (this is still in progress), they’ll send a guy to bowling school. That’s it. Yes, there are better causes out there, and Skittles doesn’t even hint at who this ‘guy’ is, but they’re set on sending him to some sort of bowling engineering college. And that’s just hilarious.

Lamebook: Why whittle Facebook down to a few comedic instances? Facebook has millions of funny interactions, and most of them are with our friends. Check out LameBook, where users can post screenshots of amusing Facebook gems. While some are user submitted comments of had-to-be-there jokes, most submissions are examples of the ridiculous. Yes, some people ARE that stupid, and LameBook is here to prove it.

Foursquare:
The Douchebag Badge: Think twice next time you’re about to check into that hipster place you love – you might just unlock the Douchebag Foursquare badge. Not only that, you’ll most likely automatically tweet about it to your Twitter followers, and your Foursquare friends will see your badge: a picture of a pink popped collar. Lots of people have complained, and even Dennis Crowley (head of Foursquare) said the badge might be popping up a little too much. For now, Foursquare has no plans to ditch the Douchebag, so be careful out there!

Tip For Tat: Foursquare has its share of user-generated humor. While most are area specific (like a few infamous artificial check-ins), a trend is a-brewin’: phony tips. While these tips are ranging from the comical to the absurd, the backhanded tip has proved extremely useful for the wandering consumer. Example: Buy the $5 milk at (some location), the outrageous $1.50 markup is tax-deductible! Foursquare has finally given the comedian (and more importantly, the critic) the perfect forum – where jokes can both make us laugh and even distribute some much needed and advantageous criticism. So be careful next time you read a Foursquare tip, that “secret menu” at a nearby establishment might just be a sarcastic slap-in-the-face to a hated restaurant.