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[โ€“] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turns out letters were like tweets back then lol

[โ€“] flora_explora@beehaw.org 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

That's not totally untrue. Iirc the first cat memes were postcards people send each other at the beginning of the last century. I guess the difference is that postcards and letters only reach a single address, tweets can reach many people at once

For more info: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240923-100-year-old-cat-memes-that-predate-the-internet?_bhlid=1c058316a20fc3e97842651e2c5adcfa06ced996