this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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Back when meme transmission was "hey, did you get that e-mail? I'll forward it to you the next time I log on"
Back when your grandma would print out an email chain letter and bring it to your house.
When I got this back in the day the subject line was something like:
Fw: Fw: Re: Fw: Fw: ad infinitum