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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[–] 133 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

O RLY?
It's the only meme I have ever truly loved.

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  • [–] 122 points 1 week ago* (25 children)

    So many references from the pre-youtube era occupy a permanent part of my brain.

    Arrowed

    Schfifty Five

    Peanut butter jelly time

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  • [–] 52 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    I’m in my 40s and Homestar/TGS/Sbemail quotes are more of my vernacular than I even know. I’ll watch an old toon with my partner and they’ll be like “THAT’S WHY YOU SAY THAT IN THAT WAY?!”

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  • [–] [S] 48 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Homestar Runner is an inside joke that everyone is in on.

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

    The system is down. There's a swiss cake roll in your motherboard.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    TGS is one of my favorite internet series of all time.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    I have to stop myself from making references, because it's so old that they don't land anymore.

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    "Wave of babies!" Might be the most dangerous vocal stim in my brain that doesn't seem that offensive on the surface because there's no curse words or slurs, yet I can't say it nearly as often as I want to because seriously...!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago*

    H*R has irreparably ruined my vocabulary. I'll often say "ooh, dere is two of dem!" whenever there are unexpectedly two of something, and "NOOOTHIIING!" when I check outside for a package and it's not there yet. Also "ARROW'd" as above.

    I also often say "hellot" instead of "hello".

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  • [–] 108 points 1 week ago (7 children)
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    I still talk like this sometimes

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Honorable mentions: I miss rickrolling and ytmnd

    :rickroll: 1
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    The link is different now.... I don't like this. I don't like this at all.

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  • [–] 90 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

    Pretty sure this is actually older than Keyboard Cat.

    Edit:

    Ok so, this whargarbl is 2008, technically, keyboard cat was first uploaded in 2007, but it didn't "become a meme" untill somebody else used the clip at the end of another video, for comical effect, in 2009.

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

    I'd forgotten about that brief period where we all put giant black frames around all our memes. Feels classier. It was hell on the printer ink though.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    When I was young and that video was new, one weekend I went to hang out with a bunch of friends. They were all quoting it and I hadn't seen it. I was real worried about Al's butt until someone showed me the video.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Ok first off.... Badger badger badger not being mentioned in this thread is a crime

    But this one still gets me

    https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/283749

    And this one

    https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/radiostar

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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    Newgrounds is down for maintenance! Status 2026-10-28 18:06 UTC We're waiting on a drive replacement that's taking longer than expected. We will hopefully be back up soon.

    Newgrounds seems to be down right now but I'm kind of surprised a single drive can take out the site. Is it all hosted on a single server node?

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  • [–] 57 points 1 week ago* (8 children)

    4|_50, 1 |_1|<3|) |_337 5|>34|< /\/\0|`3 7|-|4|\| /\/\057 533/\/\3|) 70.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    we miss relatable Moomin Memes :(

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    Made it onto Ally McBeal TV show, which was the hot show at that time.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Lots of waddle touching in that show

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