WoW’s Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet’s oldest memes, turns 20 years old—and after looking back on what we wrote in 2005, I feel like we’ve failed Leeroys everywhere

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internet’s oldest memes

2005

Dancing baby would like a word

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Yeah, dancing baby was 1996, 9 years before 2005, which is an eternity in internet years. Leeroy is one of the internet’s older memes, sure, but way too new to qualify as one of the oldest.

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Yeah that’s maybe youtube’s oldest meme (probably not), not the internet.

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One of. Not the oldest meme, one of the oldest.

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Dancing baby was way before youtube existed

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There was a lady lawyer show on TV called ally mcbeal and she was like crazy or something and used to hallucinate the dancing baby. I don’t remember it that well as it was an old people show and I was a kid but yeah way before youtube

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Dancing baby was everywhere, truly the first Internet driven viral phenomenon. And yes, it did feature in Ally McBeal which was a huge TV show mid-late 90s which goes to illustrate how truly viral the dancing baby meme was at a time where Internet usage was still limited to only a minority of people with access to desktop computers.

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I meant leroy, not the baby.

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Oh, sorry. Context is not my strong suit

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Chewbacca would like a word.

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Chewbacca ate my balls.

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You get it

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All your base are belong to us.

Make your time…

ms.lane

Mushroom Mushroom

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Dancing baby was a mere screensaver, no?

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Lol for real… This title made me feel old

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one of

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10 years…

Something Burger 🍔

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10 years between Dancing Baby and Leeroy Jenkins

WoW’s Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet’s oldest memes, turns 20 years old—and after looking back on what we wrote in 2005, I feel like we’ve failed Leeroys everywhere

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WoW’s Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet’s oldest memes, turns 20 years old—and after looking back on what we wrote in 2005, I feel like we’ve failed Leeroys everywhere

WoW’s Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet’s oldest memes, turns 20 years old—and after looking back on what we wrote in 2005, I feel like we’ve failed Leeroys everywhere