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Antique Memes Roadshow

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Giving you the backstory and appraisals of vintage memes!

Submissions should be vintage memes or commentary about vintage memes. Commenters are advised to appraise the internet value and provenance meme antiquities.

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[–] aulin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It annoys me that they specify humorous and internet, even if neither of them is required for something to be a meme. Any idea is a meme if it proves successful in spreading among other people.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

"I like Ike" was a meme from the election where Eisenhower became president.

[–] eeltech@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That could be covered by the 2nd definition, I just didn't think it was relevant here: