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-square74fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down140
arrow-up1366arrow-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-square74fedilink
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.
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.