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Badger, badger.... (lemmy.world)
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[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 97 points 1 month ago

In the year 2100 on my 120th birthday, looking to the adoring eyes of my decedents.

"I was there, at the beginning, it was glorious and it was terrible, we had Charlie the Unicorn and Nyan cat, but also there was two girls and one cup....those days are gone now; forgotten the memes have morphed and combined new ones have spawned, the originals are no more"

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 37 points 1 month ago

Remember goatse? Wasn't that a cute rabbit?

[-] Catoblepas 21 points 1 month ago

No, that was a shock site. Youโ€™re thinking of Lemon Party.

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, that was the 2001 election webpage. You're thinking of tubgirl.

[-] spooky2092 11 points 1 month ago

No, that was a shock site. You're thinking of Blue Waffle.

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[-] Redredme@lemmy.world 76 points 1 month ago

I don't get this. And I'm le tired.

I'll take a nap.

AND VIRE ZHE MISSILES!!

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 64 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Remember when the Dancing Baby was on Ally McBeal? Pepperidge Farms remembers

Edit to add a link to David Hasselhoff's 1997 cover of Blue Swede's cover of BJ Thomas's "Hooked on a Feeling"

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[-] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago
[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Domo arigato.

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[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 44 points 1 month ago

Internet was much better when it was just Star Wars Kid and All your base.

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿด ๐Ÿคฉ

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 34 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿ‘…๐Ÿด ... There is not a raisin emoji.

[-] Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

โœŠ๏ธ๐Ÿด

๐Ÿ›ฉ

๐Ÿด

โœŠ๏ธ๐Ÿ†

Or something like that

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿคฎ

๐Ÿซต๐Ÿค”

๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ™ˆ

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿญ

๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ‹

[-] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿด
๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธโ€โžก๏ธโžก๏ธ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿช
(๐ŸŒ†๐ŸŒ‡๐ŸŒ‰)
โ˜๏ธ๐Ÿค“ ๐Ÿช>(๐ŸŒ†๐ŸŒ‡๐ŸŒ‰)
๐Ÿคซ๐Ÿ‘ฉ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿด

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[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 41 points 1 month ago

Dunno maybe this was localized but

Tunak Tunak Tun was declared the anthem of my California middle school computer graphics class. Lots of FlashMX tribute animations and such.

It apparently went way beyond that, as we saw the Draenei rocking that dance in WoW: Burning Crusade. :D

It still freaking slaps. :D

It was a great time for foreign music, as Gary's silly dance and lip sync to the "numa numa" song was proliferating everywhere.

I wonder if a lot of this was from all the fun file sharing and explosion of P2P networks going on? I don't miss how easy it was to catch malware but I do miss some very particular feeling about those days...

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[-] Gustephan@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago
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[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I just want to say, all you degenerates in this thread, you are my people. Thank you for remembering the terrible shit we shared.

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[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

I think that's cute they think those were the first memes.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

That badger animation is from 2003. "First memes," my ass!

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[-] udon@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

"the first memes" yeah right

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[-] LoreSoong@startrek.website 26 points 1 month ago

The first? Idk about that, im 27. And am well aware of memes prior to my existance. The oldest i can think of is the dancing baby meme.

https://youtu.be/eyR6O0eHz-o

Or more relavent to this would be the hamster dance

https://youtu.be/6WpMlwVwydo

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Memes are also not inherently digital. Going back to the definition set by Richard Dawkins (trans-hating bigot he is), a meme is anything that "conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation." Perhaps that's a bit broad of a definition compared to what we conventionally think of as memes, but it's how we got to where we are.

People in ancient Egypt building pyramids and obelisks because someone before them built pyramids and obelisks is a meme. Cathedrals being built in much the same way throughout Renaissance Europe is a meme.

But those examples aside, there are still a few pre-internet examples that would still resonate more with the idea of memes as we know them today. Kilroy was Here is considered a meme and goes back to World War II. Or a bit before that, this "How you think you look" cartoon which I am not entirely sure was overly meme-like in its day but certainly feels relatable today.

But even slogans or popular sayings could be considered memes; if we consider internet terms/phrases like "pog" or "Are ya winning, son?" or (dating myself) "I can haz cheezburger?" to be memes, what about pre-internet sayings like "Luke, I am your father," "It's just a flesh wound," or "Where's the beef?" Or going way, way back, what about saying "Break a leg" before a performance, or "All the world's a stage," or even "Carpe diem"? I think one could make a case for just about any repeated and widely understood concept, really.

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[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 month ago
[-] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐Ÿ”Š๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ“ž

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[-] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

I have no idea what the snake and mushrooms are and I was born before the internet existed, so itโ€™s not only kids.

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[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Hey guys... remember Newgrounds? Heh... Remember Spoony? Hehe...

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[-] crayolaswift@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

I vaguely remember the Harry Potter one?

Potter, Potter, Potter Weasley, Weasley Snape! Snape!

[-] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Snape, snape, severus snape- DUMBLEDORE

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[-] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I am too old to remember this

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[-] jayemar@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago
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[-] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago

Weebl released a video on youtube marking the 20th anniversery of badger badger badger a while ago, he released one for the 15th too and the 10th

[-] androogee@midwest.social 15 points 1 month ago

I've seen Weebl videos. I've seen them with my eyes.

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[-] hark@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I've fallen and I can't get up!

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

You went back too far man! Pull back! Pull baaaack!

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[-] drool@lemmy.catsp.it 18 points 1 month ago
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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 16 points 1 month ago

New grounds flash games

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Why do you think the web was born? Porn porn porn!

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[-] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

And this looks like old Tumblr, where by around the 12th reply the original post would be completely indented out of sight.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

Weegee (Luigi) is having its time in the sun.

[-] LoreSoong@startrek.website 14 points 1 month ago

Lets see how many oldies are here. No repeat users

DIE MONSTER!

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Thanks, now I have that freakinโ€™ song stuck in my head.

And fuck I feel old now. Get off my lawn!!!

[-] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I'm still stuck on CAT. Imma kitty cat. And I dance-dance-dance, and I dance-dance-dance

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