• Actionschnils@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    Some Millienals complain about “brain rot content”, but likewise speaking of the badger as the “Meme of the year” tells enough

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      4 days ago

      Yes and no. We definitely had brain rot content. Charlie the Unicorn also comes to mind, or Fingertips. But it was nowhere near as widespread, popular, or in such vast quantities as today. The internet is more accessible than ever with the advent of smartphones in everyone’s pockets and social media is ever-expanding no matter how much people complain about it. And meme culture exploded because of that.

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        2 days ago

        I had to explain Charlie the Unicorn to my SO, whose native language is French. That was very awkward.