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[–] Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have no chance to survive make your time.

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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 30 points 4 days ago (3 children)
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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 82 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I had the pleasure of dropping this in a work context not that long ago:

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 days ago (3 children)

One time I made my husband a valentine's card that said

"Roses are red, violets are blue, all my base are belong to you."

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Made me think of XKCD 550:

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 135 points 5 days ago (3 children)
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[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 73 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whenever I want to sum up what capitalism is all about.

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[–] Chef@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] dumples@piefed.social 79 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Science Dog

This is still my favorite meme.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 72 points 5 days ago (9 children)
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[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 84 points 5 days ago (8 children)
[–] vapordays@leminal.space 41 points 4 days ago (3 children)
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[–] lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

AoE and AoE2 still having an active player base and community makes me so happy. AoE2 is truly a timeless game

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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 65 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Whenever I'm somewhere I haven't been

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I think NT era?

Btw, what was this show again?

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 81 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I still use this on occasion when my wife's cooking or ~~is~~ has a snack I want.

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm surprised not to see ceiling cat here so..

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[–] micgerne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 87 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

i still reply 14/f/cali anytime asks me my age.

and thats from like..the early/mid 90s. before memes as we knew it were a thing.

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[–] SirLeToet@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

These fine owls are still living rent free in my head.

But the worst are probably Goatse, 2girls1cup, 1guy1jar, all the nazi ascii stuff. Modern day memers have it easy.

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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Does telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl count?

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 55 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)
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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago (6 children)
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[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 49 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

This is the one that comes to mind. I love the work of Allie Brosh, it was cool to see one of her drawing becoming a meme.

And the "A Lot" monster too:

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[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 65 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Badger Badger Badger

The post received more than 1.1 million views in less than 20 years.

I love how the optics have changed over the years...

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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 13 points 4 days ago

Leeeerooooy jenkins!

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm just commenting here because every single popular post I commented on this community was magically deleted several days later and I'm too lazy to go parse the modlog to see if its mods being dumb or people deleting their own posts for no reason.

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Risitas will always be funny

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[–] BigTrashPanda@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Aight. I put on my robe and wizard hat.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The OG memes don't even need text.

[–] EarWorm@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (7 children)
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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 50 points 5 days ago (13 children)

All your base are belong to us

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I use this with my wife and kids all the time. They don't even get the reference.

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[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Forsooth! This tapestry hath been altered. My knowledge doth derive from the stitching, as well as having observ'd many such forgeries in mine time.

The Bayeux Tapestry is probably one of the oldest memes (or at least the base for a set of memes) still in use in the digital age. So many earlier others based on wordplay or written text in general are probably incomprehensible now except to specific Tolkienesque ancient language nerds, since modern languages have mutated so much since medieval times, and are therefore lost.

Second place may belong to the Cool S.

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I cast magic missile at the darkness.

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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's got to be the helicopter dog.

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