Tell me…Have you seen the marvelous bread fish? Swimming in the ocean water?
I don’t get this. And I’m le tired.
I’ll take a nap.
AND VIRE ZHE MISSILES!!
Domo arigato.
Kilroy!
Kilroy was here
Damn, an even more ancient meme
I think that’s cute they think those were the first memes.
I think it’s meant to imply that this is among the first era of memes, not that it’s the first.
Hey guys… remember Newgrounds? Heh… Remember Spoony? Hehe…
“the first memes” yeah right
The Hampster Dance meme happened 5 years before the Badger meme.
Whoever made that gif should be punished.
It’s Hampster, because it’s in honor of Hampton the Hampster.
Also, did you know where the Hampster dance is from, as music? I was today years old when I learned this.
Also fine, but I guess what I was trying to express is that memes have existed forever and any claim that this is the “first” one is just silly.
Also relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1phCytJyg
I just want to say, all you degenerates in this thread, you are my people. Thank you for remembering the terrible shit we shared.
Thanks, now I have that freakin’ song stuck in my head.
And fuck I feel old now. Get off my lawn!!!
I’m still stuck on CAT. Imma kitty cat. And I dance-dance-dance, and I dance-dance-dance
And I meow-meow-meow, and I meow-meow-meow-
Why do you think the web was born? Porn porn porn!
And NOW I have that song stuck in my head. You people are terrible for my productivity … of reading random Lemmy posts.
A song stuck in your head?
Allow me.
Reading about the Hampster Dance just now, I learned that it’s actually sampled from this. I was today years when I learned why it had always seemed so familiar when first hearing it.
I hate each and every one of you know. This is basically psychological warfare.
(I really don’t hate anyone and I honestly kinda like the hamster dance song).
I hate each and every one of you know.
The syntax is sort of weird. Does it imply I have multiple personalities? Or that you hate every one of the personalities I know about?
Punctuation matters. It’s the difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
No I was referring to the others that had suggested other ear-worms that I can’t get out of my head now. Sorry for the confusion.
And if I had an uncle Jack, I’d probably do both? Just kidding, he could likely get down on his own.
(Ok this was funny in my head… I’m weird)
Yeah I got that. But I woke up somewhat drunk and had some… musings.
(Ok this was funny in my head… I’m weird)
Me too man. Me too.
I am too old to remember this
Yeah, I came here to say that the first generation of memes is 10 years older than this new stuff from the 2000s
Now get off my lawn
I put on my robe and wizard hat.
Dasus slaps foggy around a bit with a large trout.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue?
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Weebl released a video on youtube marking the 20th anniversery of badger badger badger a while ago, he released one for the 15th too and the 10th
The first? Idk about that, im 27. And am well aware of memes prior to my existance. The oldest i can think of is the dancing baby meme.
Or more relavent to this would be the hamster dance
Memes are also not inherently digital. Going back to the definition set by Richard Dawkins (trans-hating bigot he is), a meme is anything that “conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation.” Perhaps that’s a bit broad of a definition compared to what we conventionally think of as memes, but it’s how we got to where we are.
People in ancient Egypt building pyramids and obelisks because someone before them built pyramids and obelisks is a meme. Cathedrals being built in much the same way throughout Renaissance Europe is a meme.
But those examples aside, there are still a few pre-internet examples that would still resonate more with the idea of memes as we know them today. Kilroy was Here is considered a meme and goes back to World War II. Or a bit before that, this “How you think you look” cartoon which I am not entirely sure was overly meme-like in its day but certainly feels relatable today.
But even slogans or popular sayings could be considered memes; if we consider internet terms/phrases like “pog” or “Are ya winning, son?” or (dating myself) “I can haz cheezburger?” to be memes, what about pre-internet sayings like “Luke, I am your father,” “It’s just a flesh wound,” or “Where’s the beef?” Or going way, way back, what about saying “Break a leg” before a performance, or “All the world’s a stage,” or even “Carpe diem”? I think one could make a case for just about any repeated and widely understood concept, really.
The picture is missing two badgers (sing the song in your head and count).
Good God, this takes me back to middle school when we were obsessed with this song/chant/animation (what even was it?)
