My 26 yr old sister still says things out loud like āermagerdā and ā___ ALL the things!ā Likeā¦is that whatās gonna happen to me?am I going to be 30 still saying stupid shit like O shit waddup! Are all the youngins gonna be embarrassed by my use of outdated memesā¦.how long until I myself am not Hip With Itā¦.how long until I am no longer a trendy memerā¦
my greatest fear honestly
Listen, I am 40. Ā I was around for the early internet of webrings and hamsterdance. Homestarrunner.Ā Those little cats in the boat singing to Immigrant Song.Ā Longcat. Ā Ceiling cat. Ā Radiskull.Ā Powerthirst.
So to me anything that is funny on the internet is, and always will be, cutting-edge and hilarious.Ā If itās funny the first time, itās funny the eleven thousandth time.Ā No exceptions.
I accumulate memes. Social media sites form actual strata in my soul, revealing my geological age in layers: Geocities, Myspace, Livejournal, Tumblr. Ā Memes encrust me, like jewels, just layer on layer of reaction gifs and shitposts, some of which I barely understand, but I refuse to let go of. Ā I cling to them, they are ever-relevant, undying.
You callow youths, who think in your innocence that that memes come and go, you are tepid fools who still smell of milk.
I am where memes go to die. I am where memes go to live eternal.
Someday, if you are lucky, you will join me.Ā Bring your breadsticks meme, your Spiders Georg, your Bode, your big mood, your Supernatural gifs, your oh worm.Ā Come with me and rejoice in pointless in-jokes and long-forgotten references.Ā Embrace your encyclopedic knowledge of comedy sites ca 2006 and come share the knowledge with us. Come with me and lik the bred.Ā Ā
You gotta.
āYou callow youths, who think in your innocence that that memes come and go, you are tepid fools who still smell of milk.ā
Put this on my headstone, underneath a picture of Ceiling Cat.
all your base are belong to us
old memes are the way to go. one person on the other side of the room gets it and your eyes meet, a knowing nod exchanged. you remember. you were there.
you lost the game.