Wren to [email protected] • 3 months agoBadger, badger....lemmy.worldimagemessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up11.2K
arrow-up11.2KimageBadger, badger....lemmy.worldWren to [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square244fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoAnd “Kilroy was here” is a meme that predates computers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoI need more backstory on that one! I’ll search the web, but I definitely heard that name before and never knew who he was!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here It’s one of the earliest memes from graffiti done by allied soldiers
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoHehe wow! Quite some history there! Turns out I knew “him” from Styx!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoAnd as I recall that concept album was about being forced to conform in an authoritarian state.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoIt’s possible Kilroy predates the Roman Empire. And he will certainly be here after the heat death of the universe.
And “Kilroy was here” is a meme that predates computers
I need more backstory on that one! I’ll search the web, but I definitely heard that name before and never knew who he was!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
It’s one of the earliest memes from graffiti done by allied soldiers
Hehe wow! Quite some history there!
Turns out I knew “him” from Styx!
And as I recall that concept album was about being forced to conform in an authoritarian state.
And it’s a great album to this day.
It’s possible Kilroy predates the Roman Empire. And he will certainly be here after the heat death of the universe.
It even predates me.