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This is the earliest memory i have of seeing a proper meme (lemmy.world)

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[–] morganth@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There was a show at the NYC Fringe Festival, “I can haz cheeseburger, the musical”, that focused on the walrus’s quest to find his bucket. It wasn’t good exactly, but it was very of its moment.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The Lolrus.

(It's actually an elephant seal, iirc. Although some follow-up memeages are of walruses.)