Alivrah@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months 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-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down144
arrow-up1396arrow-down1message-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 · 10 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·10 months agoMemes are as old as humanity, so Internet memes are as old as the Internet, starting ca. 1993.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months 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-squareTrail@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI thought that was a monty python bit?
minus-squareVashti@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months 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.
Memes are as old as humanity, so Internet memes are as old as the Internet, starting ca. 1993.
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.