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minus-squaregex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·3 months agoAnchorman came out in 2004, internet memes have existed way before that
minus-squareDookieman12@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 months agoYeah, they existed, but they weren’t mainstream and were mostly just simple image macros. In 2004, if you talked about memes in public, it meant you browsed 4 Chan or Something Awful, which made you a loser to most people.
minus-squaresik0fewl@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWe also didn’t carry computers in our pockets at the time.
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoCut OOP some slack. This was posted befkre chronology was invented
Anchorman came out in 2004, internet memes have existed way before that
Yeah, they existed, but they weren’t mainstream and were mostly just simple image macros. In 2004, if you talked about memes in public, it meant you browsed 4 Chan or Something Awful, which made you a loser to most people.
We also didn’t carry computers in our pockets at the time.
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Cut OOP some slack. This was posted befkre chronology was invented