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13 Ancient Memes For A Little 2010s Dose Of Humor
As William Faulkner wrote in the 1951 novel Requiem for a Nun, "The past is never gone. It's not even past." This statement is as true of American history and human beings, which are Faulkner's central themes, as it is of memes.
Memes are always changing, but they never really go away. The internet is an ever-churning content machine that forgets as fast, if not faster, than it creates anew. But those old memes are never gone, and they live on in different ways.
It's important to look back at where we came from to understand where we are and where we're going.
That's what this retrospective collection of ancient memes, reposted on the Twitter account Old Meme Archive, means to do. You'll meet old friends like Yao Ming Face, Rage Comics and that Horse Head Mask. These were crucial parts of a culture whose echoes still resound today, revealing a past that is, in fact, not even past.
Every Middle School Had At Least One Horse Head Kid
(Source: Twitter)
This was an interesting cultural moment, and it preceded the series BoJack Horseman, oddly enough.
The Apocalypse Arrived Already
(Source: Twitter)
Remember 2012? When people thought the apocalypse would come because of the Mayans and not because of… well… us?
Vintage Memer Bieber Hate
(Source: Twitter)
The strong, irrational hatred of Justin Bieber was an essential part of a certain segment of meme culture. Who knows why we needed to hate him so much? It just had to be that way.
