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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days 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 2 days 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.

Say instead, one of the few in history.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Coming soon to a natural history museum near you.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

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

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

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

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That’s where I first saw it as well.

Duke sucks!

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

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

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

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago

I recall a skydiving vulva