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  • erichw1504, on 08/07/2008, -0/+43I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
  • ssavoy, on 08/07/2008, -16/+49Never gonna give you up.
  • LeviTheSmith, on 08/07/2008, -0/+32she said you're moving with your aunty and uncle in bel-air
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -6/+31Never gonna let you down
  • quomen, on 08/07/2008, -0/+18This was a triumph.
  • svivian, on 08/07/2008, -0/+17And why is "Garfield Minus Garfield" on there? It's a cool concept, sure, but it's no meme.
  • ninjarabbits, on 08/07/2008, -2/+16Never gonna run around and desert you
  • wastern, on 08/07/2008, -2/+15Never gonna say goodbye
  • Raiper, on 08/07/2008, -0/+13I'm making a note here, huge success.
  • bryano, on 08/07/2008, -2/+15Never gonna make you cry
  • ultralights, on 08/07/2008, -3/+15so where are the 2 girls with 1 cup?
  • vickers500, on 08/07/2008, -0/+11It's hard to overstate my satisfaction...
  • pandaplaya, on 08/07/2008, -0/+10Aperture Science - we do what we must because we can.
  • Phennim, on 08/07/2008, -1/+11This reminded me to visit homestarrunner once again... it's been a while.
  • pckbeta, on 08/07/2008, -0/+10For the good of all of us, except
  • chadisawesome, on 08/07/2008, -0/+8looks like you automatically fail
  • metroidragon, on 08/07/2008, -0/+7You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.
  • megamod, on 08/07/2008, -3/+10no pedobear either? =(
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+7The ones who are dead. But theres no sense crying over every mistake
  • Ridesabike, on 08/07/2008, -2/+9Inacurate, "The cake is a lie" meme is listed in Jan 07 when the Portal wasn't released untill Oct 07. There are other mistakes there, I'm sure, I just dont have any evidence.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)
  • smacksaw, on 08/07/2008, -10/+17I still can't find the "***** you, two of my friends died" one. Buried.
  • betheturtle, on 08/07/2008, -0/+6And the science gets done.
  • psylemon, on 08/07/2008, -4/+100 diggs is a new meme.

    It killed two of my friends.

    It was a trap.

    They tried to fight back but all their base was belonged to digg.

  • Piontek, on 08/07/2008, -4/+9BUT WILL IT RUN CRYSIS??!?
  • nads, on 08/07/2008, -3/+8Firefox Download Day and The Last Lecture are Internet memes? :s
  • inactive, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4And you make a neat gun
  • benroy, on 08/07/2008, -2/+6Good idea.
    But what a completely broken presentation.
    Keep It Simple Stupid!
  • freeth1nker, on 08/07/2008, -1/+5So where does the discussing of internet memes fit into the timeline?
  • zaduma, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4for the people who are still alive.
  • scooterbaga, on 08/06/2008, -10/+13http://www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Int ...
  • coviecarbine, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3But does it run Crysis?
  • metroidragon, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3Ya, that LIST must be missing OVER NINETHOUSAAAAND memes.
  • Ingestre, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3they did mention rickroll.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3@Bonehead

    I still have a Commodore 300 baud modem in storage.

    /goes to buy a walker and a case of Geritol
  • Jams, on 08/07/2008, -3/+6Where is the "Nintendo SIIIIXXTYYY FOUUUUUURRRR!" ?
  • Fergi, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3Pedobear is definitely on there.
  • VSKBadCRC, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3Agreed, the display window was entirely too small, had to watch YouTube videos with about 20% of the window cut off, and the timeline bugged out on me more than once, where all the stuff would dissapear and the only way to fix was to reload the page.
  • ligyron, on 08/07/2008, -2/+4What a fail first comment
  • LeonHRodriguez, on 08/07/2008, -1/+3Oh, it's not going anywhere; trust me.
  • sysop073, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2Deluded digger is deluded
  • Rainemaker, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2Easy late 90's
  • CopernicusCenji, on 08/07/2008, -3/+5...and speaking of 4chan (in b4 rules 1 and 2), they don't get a mention? Sure, they can't reference all of the *chans (most have been mostly fail anyway), but 4chan was responsible for at least half of the ones after 2005. *****. Also, buried for referencing "LOLcats" as a meme, but totally ***** skipping "Caturday", which spawned that *****, godforsaken website.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2WAY earlier than that.
  • MrSketch, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2There are other mistakes too. I knew about 'All Your Base' in college, probably around junior year, so I know it existed by at least 1998ish, and I graduated Dec 2000 so it definitely existed by then, far before the Sep 2001 it claims.

    I also think goatse was before the Jan 1999 date as well.
  • Caleb83, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2I can only remember the poster of bert as bin laden. The population wouldn't have understood what that meant on september 10th.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2Of course you're not going to find it. No one gives a ***** about short-lived digg memes that don't catch on or spread anywhere else.
  • str1fe, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2it was a lie

    it could blend

    it couldn't run crysis

    it was in ur digg ***** ur mind

    it will never give you up
  • Elliuotatar, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2The Website is Down is listed as coming out yesterday, but I first saw that at least a week ago.
  • Impius, on 08/07/2008, -1/+3***** you! Memes killed two of my friends!
  • comradeTJH, on 08/07/2008, -2/+4No in Soviet Russia...?
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