Internet and Egypt

I made this image to make a commentary on how the internet puts a lot of noise and distraction between what is really important in the world. I think it is important to realize that while internet memes are a source of culture today, it becomes a problem if we're all looking at the latest Hipster Ariel no one is paying attention to international crises. While I love Hipster Ariel ("I love the sea / It was too... mainstream") it is completely irrelevant to much of anything.

The linguistic meaning of this piece, "Meanwhile, on the internet" is meant to starkly contrast the image on the top panel of Egyptians protesting. They are essential because they juxtapose the kitten with the social activism.
There are two major coded iconic meanings here. First, the Egyptians on the top represent more than just the social unrest in Egypt, they also stand for all important global events that we miss because our own social media. The kittens represent all of the internet distractions, including Facebook, Tumblr and other memes.
The style of the image is also very meaningful because I wanted to make it actually look like the standard image macro. I used the different panels with no gradients or anything fancy and used Impact font to emulate macros.

As much as I love memes, they often have little to no point, and I hope that this image shows this.