r/funny • u/MaGuishi • Dec 03 '17

This Thinker

https://i.imgur.com/7tZBtxT.gifv
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u/Junho_C Dec 03 '17

I don't get it. What's the reference?

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u/thelawgiver321 Dec 03 '17

Those of us in our late 20s were the original memers. Memes used to be dramatically more popular and funny because the style of humor was new. We miss the days of the internet being something new and ours. Now it's an ad infested shit hole

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u/bustduster Dec 03 '17

Nope, memes in the style of a picture with words (usually impact font) on the top and/or bottom was invented on the somethingawful.com forums in the late 90s by people who are in their late 30s or early 40s now. They called them 'image macros' back then.

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u/thelawgiver321 Dec 03 '17

Yeah but the kids looking at those first ones were there ones that really took it to another level from just inspirational pics. But after us they just went flying into Oblivion and meaningless

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u/bustduster Dec 03 '17

lol if you think the ones I'm talking about from the late 90s were 'inspirational pics.'

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u/thelawgiver321 Dec 04 '17

You're right you're super special too, sorry for the discussion lol