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The Picard Maneuver to Antique Memes [email protected] • 2 months ago

There was a time when all memes were image macros like this.

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There was a time when all memes were image macros like this.

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The Picard Maneuver to Antique Memes [email protected] • 2 months ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    6•2 months ago

    BUY PIZZA

    PAY WITH SNAKES

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    13•2 months ago

  • @[email protected]
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    Successful black man where have you been?

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      Trump has been in office. He went into hiding.

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      14•2 months ago

      Venezuela.

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        There are no successful black men, and we’ll prove it by making sure they leave the country.

  • @[email protected]
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    I wasted untold hours on the old quickmeme site.

  • Rokin
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    19•2 months ago

    I missed this guy!

  • @[email protected]
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    2•2 months ago

    Memecenter dweller?

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮
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    I wish I had saved some of the super niche memes from back in my days on the Penny-Arcade and usenet forums I frequented in the late 90’s up until about graduating high school. I suspect many of them would be confusing as shit even when they weren’t in-jokes centered around those specific communities just because they’re like ancient Egyptian to these more 18th century aged memes.

  • @[email protected]
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    30•2 months ago

    I remember when memes were just a picture of a duck with wheels or a gif of a dancing baby.

    • @[email protected]
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      9•2 months ago

      I remember when we sent memes via fax…

      • @[email protected]
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        My ancestors inscribed memes on big-ass boulders.

    • @[email protected]
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      4•2 months ago

      Alright Gramma, let’s get you back to bed

      • @[email protected]
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        2•2 months ago

        You used to have to call the internet on the phone!

  • @[email protected]
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    73•2 months ago

    There was a time when all memes were demotivational posters.

    • @[email protected]
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      Despair.com (apparently still around!) was my go-to back in the day for those

    • @[email protected]
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      4•2 months ago

      I CAN’T HANG IN THERE TIL FRIDAY

      • @[email protected]
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        4•2 months ago

        THAT’S OK, YOU’RE WORKING SATURDAY TOO

    • @[email protected]
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      I miss those

      • Mîm
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        It was a more civilized age back then…

        • @[email protected]
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          We where supposed to build the future.

          Got addicted to memes instead.

          Sorry Gen Z

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            Wait, TikTok wasn’t supposed to be the whole future? /s

          • Mîm
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            Ate too many Avocado Toasts for it and forgot to shake the job tree with all the jobs for us.

          • @[email protected]
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            6•2 months ago

            But those memes though

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  • @[email protected]
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    There was a time when all memes were le text

    • @[email protected]
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      What the fuck did you just call me? *holds up spork*

    • @[email protected]
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      I am le tired of that.

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        12•2 months ago

        Well go take a nap, and then le text all the memes

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    5•2 months ago

    You’re the man now dog

    • @[email protected]
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      4•2 months ago

      I had to blow the dust off this one https://conanzeromus.ytmnd.com/

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        Jesus Christ, I can’t believe ytmnd is still around

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          Was obsessed back in the day.

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    There was a time before that too.

    • @[email protected]
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      Yeah plain text based & image only memes

      I put on my robe and wizard hat, that dancing baby gif, all your base, etc

      There was also some push back on posting images with text embedded because it makes the text unsearchable/not compatible with screen readers at the time/forced font and color that can make it harder to read, but then the image macro sites took off that made it simple for anyone to create from a template and there was no turning back

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        there was also the motivational poster era, the “wut” year, whatever ytmnd was/is…

      • @[email protected]
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        I’m surprised that All Your Base hasn’t made a comeback. I figured with the broken English, catchy phrase, and danceable tune it would surely trend again.

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          I dunno if it’s gonna take off (every zig)

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            It has no chance to survive

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              Make your time.

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    Speaking of ancient memes I showed this to my teen the other day and they didn’t even begin to understand.

    • @[email protected]
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      Hmm, wired earbuds (RIP) and the phone with buttons dates it a bit, but captchas are still around (and infidelity). Although, I’m seeing less and less of the distorted text kind these days.

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        I haven’t seen a captcha like that in years and my teen didn’t even understand it as a captcha at all. If you’re still seeing those I’m definitely curious where.

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          Uhh, I’m thinking I’ve had to fill them out to read scientific papers at some point recently. Maybe other more web 1.0 type pages, although most of them are moving over to the Cloudflare JavaScript checkbox service.

  • Flax
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    A simple crop turns it into a modern meme

    • @[email protected]
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      Where I go when I feel sick

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        deleted by creator

    • @[email protected]
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      15•2 months ago

      me getting married

      • Flax
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        1000074465

        Me watching your wedding

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      Ah yes, people used to break the internet, now we’re breaking real life.

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    All good with these coming back, but let’s keep the racist puffin in the past.

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