this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
370 points (100.0% liked)

90s Memes

358 readers
52 users here now

The Memiverse:
!y2k_memes@quokk.au
!philosophymemes@quokk.au
!sigh_fi@quokk.au

founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS
Deceptichum@quokk.au
370
they were (quokk.au)
submitted 1 month ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/90s_memes@quokk.au
53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Did you read the article? It was barely used until 2000.

[–] Natanael 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Well excuse me for being from the Nordics where it was adopted early

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just saying it doesn’t work as a reason to abbreviate everything in this meme. 🤷‍♀️

[–] Natanael 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These TVs coexisted with abbreviated texting in Sweden