fellow Hexbear user ennemi just posted about Chuck Norris jokes, and it got me thinking about excavating the early Web 2.0 days. Remember in the mid 2000s, early 2010s, when mustaches and bacon were like the peak of online humor? I also seem to remember epic saxophone solos and Chuck Norris in the mix. Did that whole ethos go on to inform reddit culture? It’d be interesting to see an infographic showing what memes/jokes contributed to the discourses of online platforms today (though also very cringe, lol)
I remember when reddit was that ugly Digg knock-off.
I remember recognizing Digg usernames of people I knew in highschool while browsing Digg and not already knowing they were on Digg. It was wasn’t even “that’s the same as their AIM username”, it was just obvious it was them and confirmable by the contents of their other comments and you kind of knew who spent too much time online and who barely understood the internet exists.
