Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAn oldie but a goodiefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down110
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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-21 year agoWhoa, I think this meme has back pain at this point. Wasn’t this an email forward in its first incarnation?
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-21 year agoHonestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least. Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ : The first set of rules (1-23) was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers’ Digest. The second set of rules (24-53) is derived from William Safire’s Rules for Writers.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThat’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.
minus-squareangrymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoFirst time seeing lol
minus-squareangrymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFor every situation there is a related XKCD
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFor those who don’t get the reference
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI don’t mean that as any sort of a dig. I was just wondering at…well, I guess at how old I am.
Whoa, I think this meme has back pain at this point. Wasn’t this an email forward in its first incarnation?
Honestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least.
Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ :
That’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.
This meme is a millenial
I thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.
First time seeing lol
You are today’s lucky 10.000
For every situation there is a related XKCD
For those who don’t get the reference
I don’t mean that as any sort of a dig. I was just wondering at…well, I guess at how old I am.
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