• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    1 year ago

    Not just Millennials. That title set me off as a Gen-X.

    Before the internet the most common quote bomb was any Monty Python line…and to their credit, that is still active and effective.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, first memes were my boomer uncle emailing my boomer dad video attachments. I remember a parody of the Budweiser wassup thing with orthodox Jews delivering whitefish.

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          Memes like Kilroy was here and that fancy S everyone drew in grade school were around before the internet.

          Meme theory is actually really interesting. The Internet just supercharged how fast new memes can propagate.

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      All my friends can quote Holy Grail but not so much Flying Circus (besides all the most popular lines). Some that I’ll always say to myself like a psychopath:

      “‘Oh, an hoop’”

      “Caribou… gorn”

      “Oh you’re no fun anymore”