The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 7 months agoA simpler timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1989arrow-down117
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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoRickrolling itself doesn’t count, it has to be with that specific song. So your clan member was ahead of his time!
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI mean, it’s still just a bait and switch. I never really got why doing it with Rick Astley was groundbreaking.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoI’m interested in the oldest still-used internet memes, regardless of their quality. Bait and switching itself has existed forever.
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoIs linking a Rick roll a meme? I thought memes were reused images with text, guessing the definition is shifting. I saw someone calling numa numa a meme the other day.
Rickrolling itself doesn’t count, it has to be with that specific song. So your clan member was ahead of his time!
I mean, it’s still just a bait and switch. I never really got why doing it with Rick Astley was groundbreaking.
I’m interested in the oldest still-used internet memes, regardless of their quality. Bait and switching itself has existed forever.
Is linking a Rick roll a meme? I thought memes were reused images with text, guessing the definition is shifting. I saw someone calling numa numa a meme the other day.