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Is there a name for these old memes? Vintage memes? Antique memes?
by staticautomatic 6y ago
Is there a name for these old memes? Vintage memes? Antique memes?
- jareklupinski 6y agoclassic memes
- CompuHacker 6y agoFads. Not derogatory, this is what they were called at the time.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThe term "meme" for such internet things started in the early 90's. https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/ https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/
- JimiofEden 6y agoThis is true, but colloquially they were known as fads. At least on YTMND, 4chan, SA, or any other major hub in the late 90s/early 00s
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- ArnoVW 6y agoAccording to Wikipedia : The word meme itself is a neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, originating from his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.[12]
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- deadmetheny 6y agoFads was a strictly YTMND term. On 4chan they were generally called memes, on SA they were image macros.
- hi5eyes 6y agoAncient memes? 90s? memes? https://twitter.com/oldmemearchive https://twitter.com/oldmemearchive
- bitwize 6y agoI believe the term of art is simply "old meme".
- seg_lol 6y agofond meme-ories.
- anigbrowl 6y agoDank memes, as in they are so old they have started to stink a bit (but also a backhanded compliment, like how 'badass' is actually pretty good)
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- Cthulhu_ 6y agoWhile I think AYBABTU is dank, dank memes refers to modern day memes that are both ironic, bad and absurd; see https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dank-memes https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dank-memes
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