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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

AYABTU is older than 2004, isn't it?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Closer to '98/'99, and was alive still in 2000 but was already fading out by 2004.

Source: oldness.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here I got us some ibuprofen.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

At least 4 years older

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There were T-Shirts with Zero Wing quotes on them in 2001, so yeah