this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2026
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[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 1 week ago (7 children)
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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Not really a meme but I lost my shit when I first saw this

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[–] Varesti@lemmy.zip 48 points 1 week ago
[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 week ago

Old meme about murder

The oldest meme on my phone from 2019

[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] lloyd4ever@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Meme from 2021 during COVID

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[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 38 points 1 week ago
[–] Chiahna@piefed.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not that old, april 2025, I got a new phone around that time

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[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 week ago

This has been sitting around since 2013.

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] libewa@feddit.org 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] hDGGgrLpg8nEucjxWnJz@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] trslim@pawb.social 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is the oldest screenshot of a meme I have on my phone. I probably have many memes that were made before this chronologically that I screenshotted at a later date, but I do not care enough to scroll through them all and find out

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[–] somebody_to_love@lemmy.today 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

There is a video upload limit so i can’t post all_your_base.swf, but it seems to like Afro Ninja

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[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

from 2021, I thought I had older but I must have purged.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.social 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Sheesh, all you young whippersnappers are really dating yourself.

Here's mine:

snail chariot

Also, let's replace "phone" with "device", mmkay?

edit: whoa, that's an updated version. I remember it saying CDs.

BTW there's some interesting variations:

americasaurus

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[–] kettuli@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Kayyy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Got some real Duckman vibes from this one.

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago

Idk if the first one counts so have two.

[–] IDew@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago
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[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Timely as we're getting into chilly weather up here and I live with teenagers. Though my kids wouldn't be caught dead in a winter hat.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Be careful it's an antique...

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[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 21 points 1 week ago

Cute because bunnies and stoned 🐰🍃

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[–] defrostedLasagna4921@piefed.zip 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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