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[HiiiLife]

Chocolate rain

I move away from the mic to breathe in.

^lol.

 

[AppleSeason]

 

[paradise_circus]

Metal Gear Solid 2 taught me what memes are but I go with all bases are belong to us.
I learned it from Warcraft 3 and saw it frequently in forums and I had no idea what it meant

 

[Roberto Larcos]

I can has cheezburger?

This or numa numa guy for me.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Either the Dancing Baby or "Ate my balls" meme.

 

[ChryZ]

Definitely the dancing baby, urgh.

 

[Keio]

All Your Base

All the Newgrounds stuff

Hatten är din: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatten_är_din

 

[Spectone]

Maybe not a meme but

I remember in high school the maths teacher had found some graffiti which was the letters INXS. He went on this rant about who would write these letters and what did they even mean. Most of the kids laughed at him.

 

[Krejlooc]

 

[Eila]

Not realy the first one but here's an oldie:

 

[SliceSabre]

All Your Base Are Belong to Us is the oldest one I can think of.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Memes used to be so innocent.

 

[Jakten]

Aside from the Stussy S, Probably some early 90s Canadian PSA memes like 'Don't ya put it in your mouth' or 'Some people say that I eat too many chocolate bars or don't wash my face.' Basically all the early Canadian nostalgia memes that most Canadians seem to know

 

[Hours Left]

Aside from the Stussy S, Probably some early 90s Canadian PSA memes like 'Don't ya put it in your mouth' or 'Some people say that I eat too many chocolate bars or don't wash my face.' Basically all the early Canadian nostalgia memes

I smell burnt toast!

 

[Jakten]

I smell burnt toast!

ahaha exactly! Or, I can put my arm back on, you can't!

 

[wesleyshark]

 

[Hours Left]

ahaha exactly! Or, I can put my arm back on, you can't!

That's a good one. I'm partial to House Hippos too.

 

[manueldelalas]

You sir are a scholar. Kilroy FTW.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

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.

Memes are not at all an Internet creation. The Internet just made more people aware of the word, along with a flawed understanding of what it means.

Deep cut

 

[Carcetti]

A really memorable early one would be maybe... 'Hatten Är Din'?

 

[Creamium]

is what started it all for me.

 

[JordanN]

I remember all the Zinedane headbutt shops.

 

[KonradLaw]

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!

DnD and Monthy Python quotes and you didn't name "just a fleshwound"? SHameful

 

[BGBW]

Language

 

[KAOz]

This.

It fascinates me to no end. We drew the shit out of it. And we didn't have general internet-access back in the early 90s. And I'm from Sweden.
Saw it everywhere. Everyone drew it.

 

[BGBW]

The word meme internationally wasnt even use until 2 or 3 years ago.

I'd say 4chan was one of the outlets that made many aware of the term 'meme' and that site is over 10 years old now.

But the term itself was coined in 1976. We could have celebrated 40 years of meme this year!

 

[Accoun]

I remember it more like this, where the 'ends' of each side of the S look like they're wrapping around to connect in the back:

I used to staw long braids (even with corners) that way. I had no idea there was a symbol like that, until now.

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

Plus some of the Heyah mobile operator ads (and later some of the early Mumio ads for Plus), as far as ad-related memes go.

 

[BGBW]

In regards to the Super S, I've noticed that one thing that is never consistent is how people finish it. Some leave the ends open, while others draw a line, either diagonally or horizontally.

 

[Braag]

You're the Man Now Dog

 

[jblank83]

Hello my future girlfriend (1998)
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hello-my-future-girlfriend

All your base are belong to us (1998)
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us

Hamster Dance (1998)
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hampster-dance

But there have been "memes" longer than the internet has been around:

 

[Barrel Cannon]

As far as internet memes go.... numa numa dude and chin2

 

[Patrick S.]

All your base are belong to us.

 

[dark10x]

YTMND stuff like....

I love being the wild card

And

You're the man now dog

 

[Einchy]

YTMND is the shit cus this introduced me to the best band ever.

http://marscosby.ytmnd.com/

 

[Transistor]

The Dancing Baby

Shit was everywhere

 

[Cedric]

Only one I haven't seen mentioned yet is Salad Fingers. I don't know if it counts as a meme really, I only remember "I like rusty spoons".

 

[Jobbs]

I really hate this one.

The video was put out without the kid's knowledge or consent. He was goofing around with a camera not expecting anyone to see. He was reportedly traumatized deeply by the ordeal.

 

[Cepheus]

Badger, and whatever was on Memebase six or seven years ago. Probably just rage comics.

 

[AgentLampshade]

I always thought that 'S' was a badly recreated Suzuki logo.

 

[Krejlooc]

I really hate this one.

The video was put out without the kid's knowledge or consent. He was goofing around with a camera not expecting anyone to see. He was reportedly traumatized deeply by the ordeal.

He accidentally filmed over his highschool's basketball team's scout tape, hence how it was discovered.

 

[Timedog]

How is Dschinghis Khan a meme?

Anyway, all your base, and the mr t. ate my balls

Edit: OH YEAH HELLO MY FUTURE GIRLFRIEND THIS IS WHAT I SOUND LIKE

 

[Aurongel]

Numa Numa or that Tellytubby cocaine thing from Newgrounds.

 

[Zombine]

"It is the year of 2005-"

"Wuts yer name?"

"My name is Wolfman Bean-and I here in Illinois is gonna fuckin show you how this shit is done."

 

[captainpat]

wasssuuuppp

 

[BGBW]

How is Dschinghis Khan a meme?

It was a YTMND fad.

 

[ChackanKun]

wasssuuuppp

WAZZAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[LeonSPBR]

Numa Numa was the first I remember.

 

[natsuyasumi]

hamster dance
Hell-o my fut-ure girl-friend
Mr. T Ate My Balls

 

[Einchy]

I liked how not a lot of people used to be able to make gifs, so if you knew how to make them and gifed something funny, it would spread like wildfire.

Gifs used to be special, man.

 

[thebeeks]

Hello my future girlfriend and Bert is Evil.