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[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

God damn I laughed till I cried when I first saw this… would have been like 2007?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

A pristine example of 2000's era internet humour. Note the self-indulgent repetition, the demotivational formatting, and the whimsy unalloyed by irony or self-deprecation. The creator would have had no stubble, denim pants that touch the ground and are usually wet, and hope for the future. It would have been quite the sight.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The creator would have had no stubble, denim pants that touch the ground and are usually wet, and hope for the future.

I wonder if we were the last unsullied generation who were allowed to have regular childhoods without the weight of soul crushing despair over the future.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Say instead, one of the few in history.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

Coming soon to a natural history museum near you.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I saw it on fark.com a long time ago.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago

I saw it on /b/ in the early to mid 2000s!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

That’s where I first saw it as well.

Duke sucks!

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

There's something about dogs that is just awesome. This seems to capture it nicely

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 21 hours ago

This is one of my favorite things the Internet has ever produced.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 21 hours ago

I recall a skydiving vulva