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Antique Memes Roadshow

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[–] ConfusedPossum@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes can we do this

Can we bring back old memes from back when I was in the loop

Come join the antiquememesroadshow here!

For great justice!

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

2003, Jesus christ that song can't have came out that long ago

[–] Aremel@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This meme can vote

Edit: This song can vote

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, but 14 years ago was not 2003.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This meme did not first appear until 2009.

[–] flicker@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never did get tired of this format.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 9 points 1 year ago

Me too. I miss it

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was on one of the sites where this first took off. It was called lolbot.net and it was basically like funnyjunk. There were tons of sites like that dedicated to funny images. Images weren't called memes back then. Images contain memes. So the concept of "stealing memes" meant something different. If someone's home site came up with a meme, they didn't want people on other websites making their own original images using that meme. They were supposed to get their own memes instead. And they didn't want other sites memes stinking up the place either. Staredad was a pretty sore subject for a while because multiple sites and forums were being attributed as the creators. People were really territorial over web sites and their cultures back then. They still are but now that there's like three websites it's a lot different.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If that song is ancient, then that would mean that...

That song isn't that old!

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

20 years ago. There a kids bop version. Now go to sleep grandpa, it's getting late.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was just thinking that. A song from 2003 that was pretty much a earworm for like two years but then kinda faded away.

Will a young whippersnapper even know about Kelis?

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Kids these days like Wikipedia links.

Here fellow kids: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake_(song)

[–] lanolinoil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Noooooooooooooo

[–] Tehgingey@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

The wave of nostalgia that washed over me seeing this template. I remember making a few iterations of this myself back in the day.

Old meme, but it checks out.

[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This isn't even its original form. I believe this is, but I'm having trouble finding a better copy. Or maybe it's this post, though it isn't dated, but I find some very old references to it.