Before 2003ish, they were called “fads”! At least on YTMND, and SA.
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jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoMemes weren’t a thing in 92. Or their rough equivalent certainly weren’t called memes.
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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No but there was ASCII art and image macros. They just didn’t really have a name.