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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 97 points 1 year ago (9 children)

2007 wasn’t early internet lol.

Early internet’s most famous meme was probably either hamster dance or dancing baby. All Your Base wasn’t long after.

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That toaster cat shitting rainbows!

Edit or the beep beep frog with the schlong

Edit edit: guess that last one was a whole video...not a meme

[–] UndefinedIsNotAFunction@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Re: peanut butter jelly time - my 8 year old picked it up somewhere along the way and is one of his favorite songs now.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Between All Your Base Are Belong To Us and Peanut Butter Jelly Time, you guys are giving me a trip down memory lane! Or down CanIHazCheezburger and Shoop Da Whoops (although those are more recent, I believe)

[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nyan Cat

That's quite recent still tho

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago

See the edit edit edit edit...

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean there were even fax machine "memes". Checkout Faxlore if you weren't around at the time.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you, I had forgotten some of the memes and jokes from that era.

[–] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

even this is pretty late-stage flash content. We must go deeper.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I miss the days of looping flash videos. The Badger Song, The Llama Song, Magical Trevor, etc. Those defined my childhood.

[–] TimoBRL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers mushroom mushroom

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Here's a llama, there's a llama and another little llama

[–] keefshape@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Nuhuh.

True early internet meme was pics from Madonna's coffee table book. Iykyk.

For sure dancing baby. Was shared as an attachment on emails even before YouTube was a thing

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ron Livingston playing piano as a cat.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was imitating this video which went viral before his.

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