• samus12345@lemm.ee
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          2 days ago

          2003 internet was worlds different than mid-90s. I definitely don’t think of them as the same eras.

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            2 days ago

            But people will in another few eras. I’m sure the people in the 1600’s viewed the people in the 1400’s to be vastly different, but yet- they both make up a part of the Renaissance Era.

            Additionally; I think people are taking this meme WAY too seriously.

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              2 days ago

              Well, yeah, when nobody’s alive who experienced it it’ll be different, but that time hasn’t come yet!

              Nobody’s taking it seriously - it’s just fun to point out the young whippersnappers who weren’t around for 90s internet thinking as far back as they can remember was “first.”

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      3 days ago

      I think it’s meant to imply that this is among the first era of memes, not that it’s the first.