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Antique Memes Roadshow

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[–] [email protected] 167 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Philosoraptor is 15 years old, Bad Luck Brian and Success Kid are 12 years, but Doge (without that background) is 10 years. Best I can do is $3.50

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doge (without that background) is 10 years.

The last one is a mix of doge and advice dog, which is almost 18 years.

One might say a forgery

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

almost 18 years

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bad Luck Brian and Success Kid are 12 years

Bad Luck Brian looking old af was in a recent "The General Auto Insurance" commercial.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

First, I'm amazed no other insurance company has thought of this.

Second, Bad Luck Brian can deliver his lines better than Shaq.

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[–] [email protected] 152 points 1 year ago (8 children)

2000s internet was simpler times

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm the original creator of the "Still waiting on OP" meme from The Shining and have a mildly interesting story behind its creation if anyone would care to hear.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In 2014 these were already old I think

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Just add a new "ten years ago memes looked like this" frame to it every decade.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Were these popular in 2014? I feel like these were more like 2010. I could be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think they were still lingering around somewhat. I just cleared off my old laptop last night and found advice animal memes from 2014 on it. I'll probably drop a few of the better ones in 196 on Monday, maybe I'll spread the love to antique memes roadshow.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I remember a time when they weren't even called memes. They were just "image macros."

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (13 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

This is more like 18 years

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Truly it was a golden age

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

These weren't even what we called "memes" back then (closer to twenty years ago).

These were image macros or caption images. A meme back then was usually a phrase or saying like Over 9000 and other crap like that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro that's like 15 years ago

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Raptors are extinct by now

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Memes are not macro images.

[–] JackbyDev 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone down voting doesn't remember that this phrase itself was a meme at the time.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doge is the best meme ever created and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meet me behind the backstop after school. Be there or be square.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wasn’t that like 15 years ago. 10 years ago was gamergate

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Modern memes are not nearly as good imo.

Edit: these

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Modern memes are incomprehensible, just take a random picture and slap some completely unrelated text on top of it. Or maybe I'm just too old to get it. 🤷

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Its funny how AI in 2024 can't come up with content as amusing or original as shitposts cooked up by teenagers from over a decade ago.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These memes are most definitely older than 2014.........

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I still like them, honestly...

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