JarJarBinksKisser
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Back before 2010 we didnt even call them memes
They were "Fads" like
All your base are belong to us, Conan is..., This is Sparta!, The internet is a series of tubes, O Rly?, Ya RLY, WTF BOOM, What is Love, Running in the 90s, Rick Rolled, Bubb Rubb "Tha whistles go WOOO" Brian Peppers
testzero
Should've used Impact font
VariousEdibleFoodstuffs
In my day we used to call em flat freddies
poscduke
The important thing is that I had an onion on my belt
whitefoxkei
Nowadays these kids just take screenshots of the Twitter and the Tumblr and call it a meme. No effort.
TvoroyrarButtFella
Yellow fatty memes
qtRaven
mandy009
Rodltwo
Brightamethyst
FrankBrayman
This looks shoped. I can tell by the pixels and from having a few shops in my time...
TCooley79
Chaaaaaarrrllie
kernell32
The choo choo shoe
qtRaven
smithenheimer
I was about to say, where are the demotivational posters? Have we forgotten the old ways?
kamosey
*checks belt onion
shimmernshine
Headin' out Shelbyville way, are ya?
NapoleonTrousersnakeBonaparte
ChrisThrasher
Jesus. Hello 2007-08.
Ferrous
I fucking loved this meme. I have probably 100 of them but they're on an external hard drive I havent touched in a decade.
Kwaipuak
Gotta old hdd with a folder called "funny pics" from like 99-05...
Kwaipuak
Should do some men archaeology
Woahcarrot
GUYS a kid asked "I can has remote?" to me, so I replied "I can has cheeseburger?" and no one understood T_T
Itsjustmesomeguy
"So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time"
PullShporttel
I definitely remember browsing image macros on memebase.com in 2009, so I'm pretty sure they were called memes before 2010.
baraseth
Shoop da woop, anyone?
somethingdark
I'mma chargin' my lazer!
whitefoxkei
DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSBLAAAAARRRGH!!!!!
krystalevenstar
They were memes then too (except Milhouse, Milhouse will never be a meme.), at least circa 2005ish 4chan
ChonkyChungus69
Nobody likes Milhouse.
chainmaille
Milhouse is not a meme, but "Milhouse is not a meme" is a meme.
gonergoner22
IIRC they were known as memes on SA in 2003 if not before.
GCRust
Demotivational Posters.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
On the Cheezburger Network?
XanCrews
I see I have found another ancient soul.
qtRaven
cellocalypse
Oh hello 2008, good to see ya
WhitePoetWarlord
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
LuLuPennyAndOdium44
Hello this is dog
Degia
No, John. You are the demons
QuartetOfNerds
Yes! Haven't seen this referenced in years!
Qpnao
Sometimes I still say it and people look at me
Qpnao
CrispHorseBeans
Surprised I never saw this with 35mm film artifacts added.
OverMyDadBody
Henlo gog!
itsjustabeaver
DO A BARREL BRIAN PEPPERS. YTMND.com messed up my mind as a teenager
CrimeBrulee
My fav https://itssweetyoulllikeit.ytmnd.com/
XanCrews
Of course YTMND messed it up. You should have been on the far superior PTKFGS.
StontiumJaguar
I was old enough to see Moon man being racist but too young to know it was Mac Tonight.
youreathing
YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG!
PeteThePerv
fucking brian peppers
AlkeneThiol
1) Having a ytmnd user as a room mate must have been so annoying. I feel so bad for my room mates at the time just hearing "Captain Jean Luc
AlkeneThiol
2) Picard of the USS Enterprise." Over and over. "Punch the keys for God's sake"
lilbrother
Ahhhhh! Now it’s in my head!
AlkeneThiol
3) I really enjoyed the YTMND form of memeing. It was a fine art that modern memes and gifs have integrated somewhat
skipweasel
Mmm, steamed memes.
StevieTheAussie
Memed hams.
AFistfulOfDollHairs
Steamemed
WeAllLiveInAUserSubmarine
Stmeames
GINGIVITISSS
Hmm yes, you say steamed memes yet these are obviously reposts.
JakSandrow
You know, the- One thing I should- - Excuse me for one second
gerschmann
AURORA BOREALIS?!
DazeHudson
At this time of year?!
Targe0
The "I Haz Bucket Saga" was always my favorite.
DukeDarkwood
Noooo, they be stealin' mah bukkit!
whitefoxkei
Targe0
Oh there's a much longer version then that one.
MarielleCandan
You can't say that and not provide proof!
Targe0
Ask and you shall receive.
MarielleCandan
I had not seen all of them, thank you!
SmokyDoggg
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JLB36602
The term "nickels" being shorted from "Nicholas Cages," which was too much to type at the time on a flip phone in exchange for all THE BEES!
jimfalconer611
Well anyway, I had an onion on my belt! Which was the style at the time
littlemachete
ChonkyChungus69
ditetraconta
Getthatbucheinmybelly
Why do I watch the whole the thing every time is posted...
SarcasticBon
UncleMartha
kikkoman
The Game
Mooxim
Mother fucker
whitefoxkei
Fuck you!
catsandbeerandbeerandcats
LuLuPennyAndOdium44
hoopsnek
‘Image macros’ we called ‘em...
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
Bumperstickers for a short while, depending on the site
RealRaceRiotsAreAboutGettingBlueshelledInMarioKart
I miss demotivationals...
Shpadoinkleman
Which was the style at the time!
mutedia
they should still be called internet memes.. I'm more annoyed by the corruption of the word troll.
benburckhardt
we called them gifs.
pareidoliaperson
Now say it faster! Sounds like meme am I right?
Wozzup
Also honourable mention of rage comics (troll face, like a boss, etc..) which in many ways were the first internet memes to be called memes.
PyroDragon
Because the Weebs had stolen our word for Memes! I chased 'em to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles.
flamingflamingo
Oh yeah, macros! I remember that. I resisted calling them memes for a long time. Memes were just repeated jokes.
Richarmeleon
I am the right age to remember image macros and actually being suspicious of YouTube links. Heck, I remember AOL keywords.
OutOfBort
'Cause the kaiser stole our word for meme.
JarJarBinksKisser
I had no idea we even had a name for that. Was truly wild west times. Points for you
WilliamWeird
And before image macros, we had "internet references"
hammersquirrel
docchloroplast
This. “Fads”, OP? I’ve never heard them called that.
DarkUranium
Richter12x2
I miss this owl. Also the drama prairie dog
NotTinyPancakes
and pancake bunny
MyFeebleTurtleDuck
Oolong!
DrunkenMarineBiologist
Back in those days, image macros had pictures of cats on em. "Gimme 5 cats for a cheezburger" you'd say
DarkUranium
SeriousCloud
"i can haz 5 fuve cats"
Soufange
Everyone here has fan fiction on quizilla they would murder an old lady to keep hidden
ManOCheese
TheWorldAccordingToAtlas
Surprised this hasn't been baleeted yet.
NapoleonTrousersnakeBonaparte
Asadsadsadclown
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/396/589/5fa.jpg
mooncow0275
Thank you for calling the internet. Love Strongbad
BobaFettApproves
*stwwongbayadd
zephyruk
Email emal wut wut the email
ronlybonly
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1. You may not have understood what I just said, but that's because I was speaking TECHNOLOGY.
embodymentofgattaca
Squeak suiddly doo! I'm The Cheat! Not from school! Mooooooooo - Homestar
poscduke
The system is down?
DukeDarkwood
The Cheat... is GROUNDED.
DeadyBearr
Yeah it ran on flash and flash is no more.
therealzombiejesus
Hes referencing something that was on the site... not that its not accessible anymore. Which it is. On youtube
therealzombiejesus
https://youtu.be/JwZwkk7q25I
therealzombiejesus
The system is down, the system is down. Best song
ameranthe
I dunno, the Trogdor song was pretty good too... Nah, The system is down was the best.
redpandabanana
LIMOZEEN!!!
PatrickDiomedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeRNP5E6n4I
ameranthe
That works a little too well together!