this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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Antique Memes Roadshow

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[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Lol what a tale! It's cool to hear the story behind the meme, thanks for sharing it.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These goddamned memes still make me giggle.

[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

D A N K E Y K A N G

[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

This is still a meme in my household.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Wow this is some serious vintage memery. Nice work.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish we had more CYOA books. Imagine if LotR was CYOA - that'd be sick.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They started making them again in 2016!

https://www.cyoa.com/

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Woah, they've even got a Tarot deck! Haha cool!

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep thinking it would be funny to make a throwaway D&D Character, perhaps an NPC, named Emma Gerd who talks this way.

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'm so glad somebody else was compelled to post Hard & Phirm