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[Tall4Life]

Man, reading this thread is making me so nostalgic for these old memes, they were so good.

Member when we didn't make memes about dead gorillas? I member.

 

[Noisepurge]

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.

i don't get it, it's an S?

I vote Whazzaaaaaaa -too. Probably my earliest.

 

[Cappa]

I don´t think its been mentioned but the Techno Viking I still love to this day.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Isn't "Kilroy was here" considered like the original modern meme? It originated during WWII.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Man, reading this thread is making me so nostalgic for these old memes, they were so good.

Member when we didn't make memes about dead gorillas? I member.

Nostalgia is a hell of a thing. They would be just as funny/unfunny if they were new memes.

 

[sphinx]

what about the earliest internet videogame memes you remember?

as far back a I can go, probably the "Iwata drop the bomb" guy? that pic was used probably in the early-mid 2000's during the gamecube days.

 

[Krejlooc]

Isn't "Kilroy was here" considered like the original modern meme? It originated during WWII.

"Foo was here" predates "Kilroy was here." "Foo was here" goes back to WWI.

 

[Tall4Life]

Nostalgia is a hell of a thing. They would be just as funny/unfunny if they were new memes.

Eh, meme culture and what became a meme was different back then. As were GIFs.

 

[biggersmaller]

 

[Silent Chief]

"What's up, doc?" or "Killroy was here".

Early 1940s for both.

 

[Lothar]

All your base are belong to us. The last one that was any good.

 

[sp3ctr3]

All Your Base Are Belong To Us

 

[Kinyou]

Man, reading this thread is making me so nostalgic for these old memes, they were so good.

Member when we didn't make memes about dead gorillas? I member.

Wonder if there'll be a "Stranger Things" thirty years from now that relies on meme nostalgia

 

[gaugebozo]

Besides the preinternet ones, rejected by don hertzfeldt. "My spoon's too big!" https://youtu.be/3yH4h73RDeE

Edit: forgot Hamster Dance!

 

[TapeDispenser1000]

This was from the dial up era.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Eh, meme culture and what became a meme was different back then. As were GIFs.

My point stands. They're just as funny/unfunny as new memes.

 

[Dangerblade]

l33t 5p34k

 

[OnkelC]

same for me.

 

[Skux]

Star Wars Kid videos. One of the first true memes in that it wasn't just a funny clip but one that people started remixing with other things (eg other fight scenes from Star Wars, the Matrix etc).

 

[Jimnymebob]

I think it'd be between Peanut Butter Jelly Time, Hamster Dance, or Numa Numa for me. At least if you're just counting internet stuff.

 

[Diddy Kong]

y u no guy

 

[Venture]

"Kiss my grits!"

or

"Sit on it!"

Those were big when I was a kid.

 

[choco-fish]

No ones mentioned the Insanity test, The flash video of the car, acompinied by made up engine sounds. the soundtrack used were later re-purposed as the crazy frog.

 

[gutter_trash]

this !

 

[Monochromaticx]

the rick roll. it was everywhere.
All Your Base

 

[_Nemo]

O Rly, Big Cup of STFU, All your base.

 

[Zakalwe]

Also the 'Cool Story bro' replies. Though nowadays thats an automatic ban.

Came her for Orly the Owl. First page worked its magic.

 

[Zaphrynn]

PEN15

I hope one day someone will crack the code of the mystery S.

 

[PandaShake]

How about do people remember what meme used to mean? Now it's anything that's text over a picture. You don't just make memes, but the word has changed I guess.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Does The Picard Song count?

 

[Lord_Balkan]

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

Thanks, I want some Milka now.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

All Your Base Are Belong To Us
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Screamers
L337 5p34k
Numa Numa
O RLY?

 

[Wowfunhappy]

The correct answer is Spam.

Everyone remembers it, because it's still in use today.

 

[wetflame]

Probably The Fear from b3ta:

 

[MattKeil]

In terms of internet memes? Dancing Baby, those stick figure kung fu animations, and Mr. T Ate My Balls. All from 1995.

 

[HStallion]

wasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssup!

 

[Vince_Russo]

t3h buttsexxorz

 

[Hexa]

Boxxy

 

[Hesemonni]

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

Oh shit that was good. Was it before or after badger badger?

 

[ratcliffja]

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

 

[Alexlf]

For the original definition of meme, I'll go with creating fire.
For the "trendy" definition, the "S" people have been posting (Seriously, what even is it?)
For something on the internet, Eternal September.

 

[Shig]

Not the earliest, but this one spawned tons of imitators for a while there: http://niggastolemybike.ytmnd.com/

Time Cube is always good for a laugh. I always think of it when I'm reading jeff_rigby's posts for some reason, haha.

 

[Kurita]

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

Same in France

 

[Anth0ny]

O RLY

numa numa

all your base

you're the man now dog

 

[choco-fish]

Probably The Fear from b3ta:

The FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!

So much of b3ta or content originally made by b3tans has already been mentioned in here. They were true pioneers of the internet meme.

 

[Davey Cakes]

All Your Base, easily.

Unless O RLY is older.

 

[McMoneyman]

This was from the dial up era.

I remember my dad showing me this in like... early 2000s? Thought it was the funniest shit I've ever seen.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Numa Numa was the first time I actually payed attention to these things when I was younger.

 

[Pickman]

Does the Ooga Chaka dancing baby count?

 

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