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What, this is considered old now? Old memes aren't even images, they're just ASCII art. Also HTTPS wasn't a thing back then. Everything on the web transferred in cleartext, which is pretty crazy from today's perspective.
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Back in… (counts on fingers)… early 90s… I used to take typewriter classes in Junior High, and we would do ascii art right before holiday breaks.