this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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Antique Memes Roadshow

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Giving you the backstory and appraisals of vintage memes!

Submissions should be vintage memes or commentary about vintage memes. Commenters are advised to appraise the internet value and provenance meme antiquities.

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[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 10 points 4 months ago

Lol what a tale! It's cool to hear the story behind the meme, thanks for sharing it.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

These goddamned memes still make me giggle.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago
[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

D A N K E Y K A N G

[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

This is still a meme in my household.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Wow this is some serious vintage memery. Nice work.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wish we had more CYOA books. Imagine if LotR was CYOA - that'd be sick.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They started making them again in 2016!

https://www.cyoa.com/

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Woah, they've even got a Tarot deck! Haha cool!

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I keep thinking it would be funny to make a throwaway D&D Character, perhaps an NPC, named Emma Gerd who talks this way.

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I'm so glad somebody else was compelled to post Hard & Phirm