Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAn oldie but a goodiefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down110
arrow-up1515arrow-down1imageAn oldie but a goodiefiles.catbox.moeMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-211 months agoWhoa, I think this meme has back pain at this point. Wasn’t this an email forward in its first incarnation?
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-211 months agoHonestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least. Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ : The first set of rules (1-23) was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers’ Digest. The second set of rules (24-53) is derived from William Safire’s Rules for Writers.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoThat’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoI thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.
minus-squareangrymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoFirst time seeing lol
minus-squareTheGreenGolem@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYou are today’s lucky 10.000
minus-squareangrymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoFor every situation there is a related XKCD
minus-squareMasimatutu@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoFor those who don’t get the reference
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI don’t mean that as any sort of a dig. I was just wondering at…well, I guess at how old I am.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agodeleted by creator
Whoa, I think this meme has back pain at this point. Wasn’t this an email forward in its first incarnation?
Honestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least.
Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ :
That’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.
This meme is a millenial
I thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.
First time seeing lol
You are today’s lucky 10.000
For every situation there is a related XKCD
For those who don’t get the reference
I don’t mean that as any sort of a dig. I was just wondering at…well, I guess at how old I am.
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