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gnex30 t1_jc4tcyk wrote

Reply to comment by scottmogcrx in A sand sculpture I made this afternoon by skabobbin

I regret getting this reference.

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Benyed123 t1_jc68sy1 wrote

This is a reference?

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NineMinded t1_jc6olgt wrote

You sweet summer child

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Benyed123 t1_jc6oqt5 wrote

Is it actually referencing something or are they just calling the word “goatse” a reference?

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gnex30 t1_jc7geea wrote

Alas, I am older than the internet. I lived through the dark days of old. A lawless and unfiltered time, a time when the only limitations were your imagination and your 14.4kbps dial up modem. I saw great meme empires grow into dominance and then crumble into dusk like ancient civilizations. In the early days of memes, there were no rules, anything and everything was attempted, and whatever went "viral" (before this term existed) is what later shaped the entire internet. Cats mostly, but other things too. Darker things. Much much darker than cats even.

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