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Knowyourmeme is very late to the meme game. Entire civilizations of memes flourished and decayed on 4chan, fark, Slashdot, YTMND, and the bare metal internet lo

Knowyourmeme is very late to the meme game. Entire civilizations of memes flourished and decayed on 4chan, fark, Slashdot, YTMND, and the bare metal internet long ago. Bonsai Kitten is lost to the ravages of time.

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
I suppose if by "lost" you mean "extremely well documented with 457 thousand views" then yes, Bonsai Kittens are lost forever?
ooterness 3y ago
"Ah, you think dankness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dank; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the memes until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!" -Fark, probably
bowsamic 3y ago
> Bonsai Kitten is lost to the ravages of time. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bonsai-kittens https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bonsai-kittens
- ModernMech 3y ago
  I liked it better when the internet was made of cats. Now there are too many dogs and it's not as fun.
  - Tijdreiziger 3y ago
    http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/447/yesthisisdog.jpg http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/447/yes...
- thih9 3y ago
  Some external links in that article were mildly disturbing to me, bonsai babies in particular, I do not recommend clicking randomly.
- jprete 3y ago
  Ah, back when people believed things they saw on the Internet.
jj999 3y ago
What is the bare metal internet? Is it a series of tubes?
- yellowapple 3y ago
  An information superhighway, if you will.
  - falcor84 3y ago
    Is that what it was like before it was (re-)made of cats? https://youtu.be/zi8VTeDHjcM?si=ZSQ7tFjidj0BlZhf https://youtu.be/zi8VTeDHjcM?si=ZSQ7tFjidj0BlZhf
- gorkish 3y ago
  In the before times it was once sunny and warm; then the clouds came.
Tao3300 3y ago
> Entire civilizations of memes flourished and decayed Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US"
- tiffanyg 3y ago
  I was millimeters away from responding w/ the pure inanity of "So can I. Once, anyway." But, your citation of OG meme-master Shelley inspired me to do better (18th century, and already prognosticating the rise of "CATS" - legend). I refrained. ;)

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago

I suppose if by "lost" you mean "extremely well documented with 457 thousand views" then yes, Bonsai Kittens are lost forever?

ooterness 3y ago

"Ah, you think dankness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dank; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the memes until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!" -Fark, probably

bowsamic 3y ago

> Bonsai Kitten is lost to the ravages of time. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bonsai-kittens https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bonsai-kittens

ModernMech 3y ago
I liked it better when the internet was made of cats. Now there are too many dogs and it's not as fun.
- Tijdreiziger 3y ago
  http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/447/yesthisisdog.jpg http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/447/yes...
thih9 3y ago
Some external links in that article were mildly disturbing to me, bonsai babies in particular, I do not recommend clicking randomly.
jprete 3y ago
Ah, back when people believed things they saw on the Internet.

jj999 3y ago

What is the bare metal internet? Is it a series of tubes?

yellowapple 3y ago
An information superhighway, if you will.
- falcor84 3y ago
  Is that what it was like before it was (re-)made of cats? https://youtu.be/zi8VTeDHjcM?si=ZSQ7tFjidj0BlZhf https://youtu.be/zi8VTeDHjcM?si=ZSQ7tFjidj0BlZhf
gorkish 3y ago
In the before times it was once sunny and warm; then the clouds came.

Tao3300 3y ago

> Entire civilizations of memes flourished and decayed Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US"

tiffanyg 3y ago
I was millimeters away from responding w/ the pure inanity of "So can I. Once, anyway." But, your citation of OG meme-master Shelley inspired me to do better (18th century, and already prognosticating the rise of "CATS" - legend). I refrained. ;)