The older the internet gets, the more it's like a city that keeps building on top of its own ruins. What's is your favorite bit of internet archeology if memes are like artifacts and relics?

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[–] 4 points 1 week ago* (5 children)

The concept of memes predates the web actually. Might be older than the Internet too, I forget when it was coined.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Correct, the concept existed academically since 1976. However the term didn't enter common usage until a little later into internet culture being a thing.

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