this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2024
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Antique Memes Roadshow

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Remember when You used to see pictures like this and laughed at the thought of someone posing for it. Or wondering how it happened. Now we just assume it's AI and move on.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A lot of these ancient weird memes were photos from GISHWHES.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Never knew about this. Shame it ended, I would like to participate.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I have a feeling it will come back. Misha has been dropping hints for a while. If it does and you decide to join, be sure to join up with a local group or drag your family and friends into it - it's way more fun with a big group of people.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Or even just “some influencer did this entirely for likes.”

[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Obviously the thing that makes least sense in the image is Darth Vader visiting the beach. All that coarse sand, it gets everywhere!

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

He doesn't like it!

[–] borf@lemmynsfw.com 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

1999 called, they want their demotivational poster back

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Uh, where do you think you are

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mr. Big Stuff

Who do you think you are?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

🎵 You're so drunk. You probably think this drink is about you 🎵

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought this was the YMCA.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's fun to stay at the

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

Call them back and tell them I want my youth back!

[–] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Great. Now I feel old.

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This makes perfect sense. Darth Vader just wants some high quality H2O.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

He's literally from a desert planet and his family farmed moisture. I guess you never really get used to the abundance of water...

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

The dark side of going to the beach

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for a genuine laugh!

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I miss this time in my life!

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 2 years ago

https://www.danielbozhkovart.com/darth-vader

I don't find the mentioned video clip however.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I set this as desktop background on the navigational workstation on this ship I worked on in 2008.