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[-] amio@kbin.social 74 points 8 months ago

"Gimme five lolcats for a demotivational," we'd say...

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

I wore an o’rly owl on my geocities.

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 21 points 8 months ago

We couldn't has cheeseburgers, because of the war.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

I’ll do you one better than the other guy.

It was “because of teh war.”

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

We couldn’t has cheeseburgers, because ~~of the war~~ war was beginning.

FTFY

[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Which was the fashion of the time…

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 56 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

We used to call em "demotivationals." You'd say "post your best demotivational" while posting yours, which we all did. Those were the good old days.

[-] flicker@kbin.social 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Now we called them demotivationals because they were made in reaction to motivationals, which were all the rage in Shelbyville. And one demotivational was worth ten motivationals. 'Gimme one for the ten,' you'd say, and you would post your motivationals so the wizards of memes could photoshop them, or you might say "shop." Which was the style at the time.

You could always tell a shop from some of the pixels, or from seeing quite a few shops in your time. Whichever was easier.

(I put way more effort into this than it called for.)

[-] grahamja@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago

I enjoyed this a lot, thank you for the nostalgia.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago
[-] TALL421@lemmy.one 22 points 8 months ago

Damb. rip bottom text.

[-] N0body@sh.itjust.works 46 points 8 months ago

I tied a ROFLcopter to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to make a shitpost cost a cheeseburger, and in those days, cheeseburgers came with pictures of cats on 'em. "I can has cheezburger," you'd say.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Never could remember that cos I had so much trouble trying to hold all those pesky limes

[-] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

So this is what the retirement home is going to be like for us? Just fondly remembering old memes while we drift into the void.

[-] flubba86@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yes please. Sign me up.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 27 points 8 months ago

That's just a holdover from Demotivational posters.

[-] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Which were a parody of the motivational posters.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Which was the fashion at the time.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Is that not the reference?

[-] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Reminds me of the "when you see it, you'll shit bricks" pictures.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

A more civilised meme for a more civilised time. ;p

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

This is brilliant.

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