Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoWoW'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 everywherewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down18
arrow-up1276arrow-down1external-linkWoW'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 everywherewww.pcgamer.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squaremolten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·10 days agoWish leeroy wasn’t staged man. Biggest disappointment.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agoWe’ll always have the memories from before we knew.
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agoYeah, often learning anything more than the meme itself is that way, if only because you often find out about the rather sad route many of those early viral meme people went down.
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoThe internet: manufacturing ‘spontaneity’ for laughs and karma for the past 30years.
Wish leeroy wasn’t staged man. Biggest disappointment.
We’ll always have the memories from before we knew.
Yeah, often learning anything more than the meme itself is that way, if only because you often find out about the rather sad route many of those early viral meme people went down.
The internet: manufacturing ‘spontaneity’ for laughs and karma for the past 30years.