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I think that's cute they think those were the first memes.
That badger animation is from 2003. "First memes," my ass!
First ERA of memes is implied.
That is one meme. It is quite fair to say someone who doesn't remember badger badger wasn't around for anything before that either.
this is the most Eternal September thing I've ever heard
I think it’s meant to imply that this is among the first era of memes, not that it’s the first.
You're still thinking way too late in the game. It's not even really among the first internet memes. But as far as memes go generally it's bee hundreds of years. We just didn't call them that in wider speech.
And the Renaissance Era went from the 1400’s to the 1600’s.
I think we have a bit of slack to play with here.