Antique Memes Roadshow

Philosoraptor is 15 years old, Bad Luck Brian and Success Kid are 12 years, but Doge (without that background) is 10 years. Best I can do is $3.50

2000s internet was simpler times

I'm the original creator of the "Still waiting on OP" meme from The Shining and have a mildly interesting story behind its creation if anyone would care to hear.

In 2014 these were already old I think

I remember a time when they weren't even called memes. They were just "image macros."

The internet peaked in 1999

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/000/999/AllYourBaseAnimated.gif

This is more like 18 years

Where did we go wrong??

*15

Truly it was a golden age

These weren't even what we called "memes" back then (closer to twenty years ago).

These were image macros or caption images. A meme back then was usually a phrase or saying like Over 9000 and other crap like that.

Memes are not macro images.

Bro that's like 15 years ago

Doge is the best meme ever created and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

Wasn’t that like 15 years ago. 10 years ago was gamergate

Modern memes are not nearly as good imo.

Edit: these

Its funny how AI in 2024 can't come up with content as amusing or original as shitposts cooked up by teenagers from over a decade ago.

These memes are most definitely older than 2014.........

I still like them, honestly...

I used to frequent imgur's user-sub back then. I never made a front-page post, but I did get top comment of the day once. I nearly earned the green giraffe token. Over time the community grew more cringey by the week, and devolved into selfies and sob stories. I made the switch to reddit and never cared about karma again. What a time.