@Alivrah@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoIt's actually wholesome that early internet most famous meme/ viral video is a song about "never giving someone up and never letting them down"message-square76fedilinkarrow-up1442
arrow-up1442message-squareIt's actually wholesome that early internet most famous meme/ viral video is a song about "never giving someone up and never letting them down"@Alivrah@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-square@Clent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 year agoYep. Really comes down to how you want to define “internet meme” – memes do not need a visual. One of the oldest memes I can think of is the term spam. It dates back to Usenet.
minus-squareVashtilinkfedilink2•1 year agoIt was, but in its sense of flooding with unwelcome online content, it was a Usenet meme first. Goes back to the green card spammers.
Yep. Really comes down to how you want to define “internet meme” – memes do not need a visual.
One of the oldest memes I can think of is the term spam. It dates back to Usenet.
I thought that was a monty python bit?
It was, but in its sense of flooding with unwelcome online content, it was a Usenet meme first. Goes back to the green card spammers.