Successful black man where have you been?
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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Trump has been in office. He went into hiding.
Venezuela.
There are no successful black men, and we'll prove it by making sure they leave the country.
I missed this guy!
I remember when memes were just a picture of a duck with wheels or a gif of a dancing baby.
Alright Gramma, let's get you back to bed
There was a time when all memes were demotivational posters.
Despair.com (apparently still around!) was my go-to back in the day for those
I miss those
It was a more civilized age back then…
We where supposed to build the future.
Got addicted to memes instead.
Sorry Gen Z
But those memes though
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I CAN'T HANG IN THERE TIL FRIDAY
THAT'S OK, YOU'RE WORKING SATURDAY TOO
There was a time when all memes were le text
I am le tired of that.
Well go take a nap, and then le text all the memes
What the fuck did you just call me? *holds up spork*
There was a time before that too.
Yeah plain text based & image only memes
I put on my robe and wizard hat, that dancing baby gif, all your base, etc
There was also some push back on posting images with text embedded because it makes the text unsearchable/not compatible with screen readers at the time/forced font and color that can make it harder to read, but then the image macro sites took off that made it simple for anyone to create from a template and there was no turning back
there was also the motivational poster era, the "wut" year, whatever ytmnd was/is...
I’m surprised that All Your Base hasn’t made a comeback. I figured with the broken English, catchy phrase, and danceable tune it would surely trend again.
I dunno if it's gonna take off (every zig)
It has no chance to survive
A simple crop turns it into a modern meme
Where I go when I feel sick
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Back when racism was at least thinly veiled...
I miss the veil
I always saw it as mocking racists, but with the power of hindsight I guess it’s a real Schrödinger’s racist situation.
Dumbasses not understanding irony, same as it ever was
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BUY PIZZA
PAY WITH SNAKES
There was a time when memes were just dudes fighting snails in the margins of medieval manuscripts.
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Speaking of ancient memes I showed this to my teen the other day and they didn't even begin to understand.
Hmm, wired earbuds (RIP) and the phone with buttons dates it a bit, but captchas are still around, and infidelity. Although, I'm seeing less and less of the distorted text kind these days.
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I had to blow the dust off this one https://conanzeromus.ytmnd.com/
Jesus Christ, I can't believe ytmnd is still around
Memecenter dweller?
All good with these coming back, but let's keep the racist puffin in the past.
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