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Stretching the definition of an antique "meme", but here's an image from 2016 about a message board gag in 2006. (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world

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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There was a whole collection of "hacker" programs seemingly exclusively made and used by 12.5-13.5-year-olds that did these things. AOHell was the most well-known.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

That was me! I was those kids! We had crews and handles (tags?) And the whole thing!

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And then you look at 12 year olds now and they don’t even know how to save files, or type properly on a keyboard.