# All Your Memes Are Belong to Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613 "2013-04-02T10:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/1 "2013-04-02T10:38:04Z")
Has the Internet been around so long that I can get nostalgic for old memes? Apparently so. With Youtube’s April Fool’s Day joke of shutting down to judge the best video of the last 8 years, I got around to thinking about old popular videos and memes from before Youtube. [All Your Base Are Belong To Us](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us) immediately sprang to mind. This was one of the first eye-opening internet cultural memes for me. What memes are your favorites? Overused and outdated memes are welcome in this thread. If you need to get started, there’s a partial list on Wikipedia[here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena). ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/2 "2013-04-02T10:54:09Z")
I miss dancing baby gifs on Geocities… ETA: And [dancing badgers](http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/3 "2013-04-02T11:32:10Z")
That wiki list was a fun read, some good ones I forgot about are: [Michelle Jenneke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgmYutL9W0) the beautiful dancing hurdler Goatse recreations done in Ascii art (not linking in case of redirects) Auto-tuned versions of the [girl who can’t sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzfJ_AGKvI) Downfall parodies including the clever one where the actor who played Hitler is interviewed and the interview gradually becomes a parody ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/4 "2013-04-08T20:40:49Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > With Youtube’s April Fool’s Day joke of shutting down to judge the best video of the last 8 years, I got around to thinking about old popular videos and memes from before Youtube. [All Your Base Are Belong To Us](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us) immediately sprang to mind. This was one of the first eye-opening internet cultural memes for me. > > What memes are your favorites? Overused and outdated memes are welcome in this thread. I have at least three - and possibly more - shirts that reference _Zero Wing_ in some form or fashion, and I still wear most of them. I even got repped once on Slickdeals just for [working in a _Zero Wing_ reference](http://slickdeals.net/f/2553421-Chase-125-for-opening-a-Checking-account?p=36130585#post36130585). Lately, my son and I have traded working off references to [“over 9000” from _Dragonball Z_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7O5JY4uh-I), even though we both absolutely _detest_ that show. … and [Chuck Norris](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7062429#post7062429) (this one’s a two-fer, as it also references _Zero Wing!_) shows up in conversation at least once each day. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/5 "2013-04-08T20:49:12Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > I miss dancing baby gifs on Geocities… > ETA: And [dancing badgers](http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) of course. dancing badgers? I’m sure you meant [dancing hamsters](http://www.findmyhosting.com/web-hamster/) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/6 "2013-04-08T21:37:24Z")
I still like the “All Your Base…” video because of the music. I used to enjoy it more when I didn’t know a thing about Photoshop and thought these folks were wizards. 🙂 Another oldie favorite is [Leeee-roy Jenkins!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/7 "2013-04-08T21:42:39Z")
[Jennicam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley) of course. Better than Dancing Hamsters, because there was always the chance we’d see her naked. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/8 "2013-04-08T22:21:30Z")
[I KISS YOU!!!](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-kiss-you) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/9 "2013-04-08T22:23:14Z")
One of the first I recall was Mahir and his website where he wrote “I kiss you!” Googling, I see that he’s got his own website “i [kissyou.org](http://kissyou.org)” with links to a book, a TV show and a movie. Sigh. Anyway, [here’s](http://www.ikissyou.org/MahirPage.htm) the original. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/10 "2013-04-08T22:46:42Z")
The Cuppycake song: [The Cuppycake Song - Amy Castle age 3 (Original video) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Z6pWhM6TA) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/11 "2013-04-08T22:50:23Z")
**You have reached the end of the Internet. Please turn around and go back.** ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/12 "2013-04-09T17:55:18Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > [Michelle Jenneke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgmYutL9W0) the beautiful dancing hurdler I totally missed that before, so thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/13 "2013-04-09T22:51:08Z")
[Hatten är din](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgdfcKtRQW8) [absurd.org](http://web.archive.org/web/20061109062511/http://absurd.org/a.html) [Lobster Magnet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hzBh0J1YFU) Don Hertzfeld’s _Rejected_ is something my friends and I still quote from. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/14 "2013-04-09T23:24:24Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > I miss dancing baby gifs on Geocities… > ETA: And [dancing badgers](http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) of course. > [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > That wiki list was a fun read, some good ones I forgot about are: > [Michelle Jenneke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgmYutL9W0) the beautiful dancing hurdler > Goatse recreations done in Ascii art (not linking in case of redirects) > Auto-tuned versions of the [girl who can’t sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzfJ_AGKvI) > Downfall parodies including the clever one where the actor who played Hitler is interviewed and the interview gradually becomes a parody Your first link sucked ass, but your second redeemed you. (the first link redirected me the first time, a second, impartial click of my pasted link here, brout me the badgers.) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/15 "2013-04-09T23:37:50Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > Auto-tuned versions of the [girl who can’t sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzfJ_AGKvI) > Downfall parodies including the clever one where the actor who played Hitler is interviewed and the interview gradually becomes a parody What I don’t get about those are, why would someone record that and then say “Hmmm, ya know what I should do with that, put it on youtube”. ---
**Author:** ![EatTheSun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@EatTheSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EatTheSun)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/16 "2013-04-10T00:48:44Z")
For an exhaustingly thorough list of memes (even really obscure ones), nothing beats [Encyclopedia Dramatica](https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Category:Memes). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/17 "2013-04-10T07:52:17Z")
The bizarre “Weeeee! (Gonads and Strife)” flash video: (spoilered since it’s somewhat NSFW) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0p-U1LBbQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0p-U1LBbQ) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/18 "2013-04-10T07:57:10Z")
I still, frequently, have recourse to “I’m in ur noun, verbing ur noun” on occasion. Only with people who can be trusted to get it, of course. Thank God for geeky spouses 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/19 "2013-04-10T08:12:50Z")
A few more: The [dramatic prairie dog](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs) \*still \*cracks me up! [Tron Guy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Maynard) South Park actually got its start as one of the first internet viral videos, before it was ever turned into a TV series. The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs Santa) - spoilered because NSFW: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQczYEeB2w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQczYEeB2w) (there’s also “Jesus vs Frosty” which was made even earlier) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613/20 "2013-04-10T16:46:29Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > The bizarre “Weeeee! (Gonads and Strife)” flash video: > (spoilered since it’s somewhat NSFW) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0p-U1LBbQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0p-U1LBbQ) That certainly reminds me of rathergood with [We Like the Moon]([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZNEXrElw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZNEXrElw)"We Like the Moon) [Gay Bar](http://rathergood.com/gaybar) [Punk Kittens](http://rathergood.com/punk_kittens) [Viking Kitten](http://www.public.asu.edu/~mharp/viking_kittens/VikingKitten.htm) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-straight-dope/654613.md?page=2)