Back when racism was at least thinly veiled...
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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I miss the veil
There was a time when all memes were demotivational posters.
Despair.com (apparently still around!) was my go-to back in the day for those
I miss those
It was a more civilized age back then…
There was a time when all memes were le text
I am le tired of that.
Well go take a nap, and then le text all the memes
There was a time before that too.
Yeah plain text based & image only memes
I put on my robe and wizard hat, that dancing baby gif, all your base, etc
There was also some push back on posting images with text embedded because it makes the text unsearchable/not compatible with screen readers at the time/forced font and color that can make it harder to read, but then the image macro sites took off that made it simple for anyone to create from a template and there was no turning back
I’m surprised that All Your Base hasn’t made a comeback. I figured with the broken English, catchy phrase, and danceable tune it would surely trend again.
there was also the motivational poster era, the "wut" year, whatever ytmnd was/is...
Successful black man where have you been?
Trump has been in office. He went into hiding.
Venezuela.
I remember when memes were just a picture of a duck with wheels or a gif of a dancing baby.
Alright Gramma, let's get you back to bed
I wasted untold hours on the old quickmeme site.
I missed this guy!
