10 years ago, Charles Ramsey saved 3 women... and gave this legendary interview.. Which became an early internet meme

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[–]bife_de_lomo 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

10 years ago.

Early internet meme.

So which is it?

[–]Tom_BombadilBombadildo[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Dunno. When did memes first become a thing?

[–]bife_de_lomo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Memes in the original sense, as in the transfer of cultural information, were first proposed by Dawkins in the mid 70's, so in that way they have always been around.

But in terms of internet memes, Mike Godwin from the EFF was talking about them in the mid 90's, and the dancing baby and hamsters were in Ally MacBeal in the late '90s. Lolcats and that style of meme probably came out in 2006-2007, so 2010 is quite late to talk of "early" internet memes.

But the interview was amazing!