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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•2 years agoI get that, but I don’t get the joke. Is the joke that after bows were invented, people started using them?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoI think the joke is that people who don’t know how years work would think 4999 BC was before 5000.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoI think he is trying to use c/memes as r/technicallythetruth.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish47•2 years agoThe joke is that the format of this is normally Thing began in X People in X - 1 So when you first see it you’re like “haha, but wait that’s a bow…” then you remember “ah yes, it’s BC”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink44•2 years agoOh ok, so it’s a play on an existing meme format. I’m not a memexpert so didn’t understand the joke.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-22 years agoI’ve also never seen an original of the format this is from, glad I wasn’t the only one confused
minus-squareDreamButtlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoMy dumbass trying to remember how history works from 10+ years ago
minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPlinkfedilink27•2 years agoIt’s a meta meme, playing off of the format that usually has people doing something silly before the time something was invented. But it’s backwards because it’s BC. Examples:
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoThis format is hilarious, it should have its on sublemmy
I get that, but I don’t get the joke. Is the joke that after bows were invented, people started using them?
I think the joke is that people who don’t know how years work would think 4999 BC was before 5000.
I think he is trying to use c/memes as r/technicallythetruth.
More antimeme than anything
The joke is that the format of this is normally
So when you first see it you’re like “haha, but wait that’s a bow…” then you remember “ah yes, it’s BC”
Oh ok, so it’s a play on an existing meme format. I’m not a memexpert so didn’t understand the joke.
It’s all good
I’ve also never seen an original of the format this is from, glad I wasn’t the only one confused
My dumbass trying to remember how history works from 10+ years ago
This was more than ten years ago!
It’s a meta meme, playing off of the format that usually has people doing something silly before the time something was invented. But it’s backwards because it’s BC.
Examples:
This format is hilarious, it should have its on sublemmy
Thanks!