Ancient memes of yesteryear carry considerable nostalgia and humor, as well as wisdom. Like the carvings on ancient temple walls in Egypt, Babylon or Rome, when we lay our eyes upon Rage Comics, the past comes alive again.

Just like members of a fire responding to breath, what once was flares up and enters the world again because, in truth, it never really left.

These ancient memes are still circulated and reposted, although the internet they came out of (and the clunky old laptops and early-generation smartphones) they were first posted on are long gone.

Whether it's old nostalgic games like Club Penguin or the formative experiences of the Zoomer generation before everything that has changed, these ancient memes carry the taste of a time that was and a world that has vanished but whose traces can still be found in our souls and in our online spaces.