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minus-squareeatham 🇭🇲@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·2 years ago4999BC is 1 year after 5000BC
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·2 years agoI get that, but I don’t get the joke. Is the joke that after bows were invented, people started using them?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 years agoThe joke is that the format of this is normally Thing began in X People in X - 1 So when you first see it you’re like “haha, but wait that’s a bow…” then you remember “ah yes, it’s BC”
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down2·2 years agoOh ok, so it’s a play on an existing meme format. I’m not a memexpert so didn’t understand the joke.
minus-squareGeriatrickid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 years agoI’ve also never seen an original of the format this is from, glad I wasn’t the only one confused
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoMy dumbass trying to remember how history works from 10+ years ago
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThis was more than ten years ago!
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s a meta meme, playing off of the format that usually has people doing something silly before the time something was invented. But it’s backwards because it’s BC. Examples:
minus-squareelectrogamerman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThis format is hilarious, it should have its on sublemmy
minus-squareexoplanetary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoI think the joke is that people who don’t know how years work would think 4999 BC was before 5000.
minus-squareEvokerKing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI think he is trying to use c/memes as r/technicallythetruth.
4999BC is 1 year after 5000BC
I get that, but I don’t get the joke. Is the joke that after bows were invented, people started using them?
The joke is that the format of this is normally
So when you first see it you’re like “haha, but wait that’s a bow…” then you remember “ah yes, it’s BC”
Oh ok, so it’s a play on an existing meme format. I’m not a memexpert so didn’t understand the joke.
I’ve also never seen an original of the format this is from, glad I wasn’t the only one confused
It’s all good
My dumbass trying to remember how history works from 10+ years ago
This was more than ten years ago!
It’s a meta meme, playing off of the format that usually has people doing something silly before the time something was invented. But it’s backwards because it’s BC.
Examples:
Thanks!
This format is hilarious, it should have its on sublemmy
I think the joke is that people who don’t know how years work would think 4999 BC was before 5000.
I think he is trying to use c/memes as r/technicallythetruth.
More antimeme than anything