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[ISOM]

Rickrolling.

 

[Permanently A]

Triforce on 4chan

 

[TickleMeElbow]

I don't know if it counts as a meme, but I remember this site called Bertisevil.com that had a bunch of pictures of Bert from Sesame Street doing evil shit.

 

[StarSketch]

That badger song.

I HATED that song.

Jesus, just thinking about it got it stuck in my head.

BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

But, like, modern memetics? Demotivational posters and Advice Dog.

There we go.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

I remember dancing baby, all your base, barrel roll, etc., but O RLY stands out to me for some reason as some kind of origin point.

 

[SoulUnison]

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG!

 

[Lake Effect Kid]

Rickroll
All your base
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYY Mmmmm JEEEEEENNNNNNKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Oh, and;

 

[Breads]

Not going to mention things like gang signs or schoolyard myths... but actual internet memes.

For me it's the goon's call sign.

DO YOU HAVE STAIRS IN YOUR HOUSE?

 

[Media]

Trying to recall old memes is like trying to remember a dream.

Other than the dancing baby, "all your base are belong to us"... I guess?

These are mine.

And goatse

 

[Rexatality]

Numa numa.

 

[itwasTuesday]

and weeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Jobbs]

They set us up the bomb

All your base are belong to us

that one

 

[Randam]

Lolcatz
Bananaphone

 

[tsumineko]

Chocolate rain

 

[213372bu]

Creepy Ugly Girl, meatspin, and the ebaumsworld badger thing.

 

[grandjedi6]

It's not the earliest meme I can remember, but I've always had a soft spot for Leekspin: http://leekspin.com (2006 meme). Mostly because it was one of the first memes to have an effect in the real world but also because it paved the way for the monstrosity that was rickrolling. A good harmless yet destructive meme!

 

[Psamtik. Death's Demise]

Pardon me - would you have any Grey Poupon?

 

[nomis]

 

[hydrophilic attack]

badger badger badger badger

 

[Palmer_v1]

FRODO LIVES

 

[Shaanyboi]

Hated this...

Yup

 

[Kas]

It was either this or Brookers/Numa Numa guy. Those were my first internet ones

 

[aygomyownroad]

Yup the original. Don't know what it was either.

 

[Trance]

Some combination of All Your Base, Numa Numa, and Rickroll.

It never took off as a meme, but I used to loooove that How To Kill A Mockingbird book report flash animation.

 

[Palmer_v1]

Also, a really obscure one:


SATOR
AREPO
TENET
OPERA
ROTAS

 

[dreamcastmaster]

This, chad in 1980's

Wot no internet?

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

 

[besada]

Godwin's Law, probably. One day on Usenet, no one had heard of it, the next someone was dropping it in every conversation.

Pre-internet, there was Murphy's Law and all it's infinite iterations.

 

[Firestorm]

"THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES" from The End of the World

I still say "But I am le tired" as a response to things.

 

[HotHamBoy]

 

[SapphiCine]

Jeez, hard to say. I'm sure if I revisited classic YTMND I would recognize some.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Does anyone remember watdog.gif? It was a staple GAF gif back in the day, but I can't even find it now.

iirc, it was a golden retriever photoshopped onto some kind of kitchen appliance, bobbing up and down while "wat" flashed in random places on the image.

There may have been an earlier incarnation - a still image - but I don't remember what it looked like.

 

[Evo X]

We used to draw this on all kinds of things (back in the 80s) and I don't think any of us knew what it actually was.

On my world, it means hope.

 

[rec0ded1]

 

[NoblesseOblige]

We used to draw this on all kinds of things (back in the 80s) and I don't think any of us knew what it actually was.

I grew up assuming it was a symbol for the local state university because everyone just refers to the school as 'State'. But then I learned it exists like everywhere.

 

[tolkir]

xD

 

[geardo]

That dumb ass dancing baby meme. That was in the nineties still I think. The first one that I enjoyed was all your base which was early 2000's if I recall correctly.

 

[sinxtanx]

handshakes are still as popular as ever

democracy is another good meme

 

[BigDes]

Not even Doom music.

Which will forever be a memory I wish I could purge

 

[ivanthebearable]

The weird ass Quizno's Subs commercial with those Furby things.

 

[woopWOOP]

Does that fake 'penguin tripping a penguin' video count as a meme, because that's what I immediately thought of

Oh wow it even has variations

 

[KonradLaw]

This damn Milka add from early 2000s . It had the phrase "and the groundhog sits and wraps them in silver" in polish that sentence sounds a lot funnier and it went into everyday language as descpription of something ridiculous. It's still widely used, despite the fact that milka chocolate no longer gets wrapped in silver

 

[ScientificPizza]

GI Joe PSAs for sure

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Or better yet, the oldest memorable one you remember. We all remember the dancing baby bullshit.

Mine: Dschinghis Khan - Moskau

http://youtu.be/BQAKRw6mToA

Macarena

Wait what?
Those are just funny catchy songs, not memes. I always thought meme is something that was born from internet media or the culture surrounding, those two songs were born in a society were internet was just being born or not even there yet.
I dont think just being super popular makes you a meme, if not spanish summer songs from the 90's wouldnt be songs, they would be memes, and that was never the case. The word meme internationally wasnt even use until 2 or 3 years ago.

 

[vern]

Lemon party I guess.

 

[mcz117chief]

meat spin

 

[DiscoJer]

Monty Python quotes

You could not play D&D without people constantly quoting Monty Python.

Knights that say "Ni"

European or African Swallow

Run away, run away.

Get the holy hand grenade.

Vorpal Bunny!

 

[nkarafo]

 

[MarioHead3]

Wait what?
Those are just funny catchy songs, not memes. I always thought meme is something that was born from internet media or the culture surrounding, those two songs were born in a society were internet was just being born or not even there yet.
I dont think just being super popular makes you a meme, if not spanish summer songs from the 90's wouldnt be songs, they would be memes, and that was never the case. The word meme internationally wasnt even use until 2 or 3 years ago.

Via Wikipedia:

A meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture".

It's not limited to the internet.

 

[Dunkley]

Chocolate Rain

*I move away from the mic to breathe in

edit:

↓ my man.