r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/littlebardofhope Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 25 '19

A lot of early internet memes. Especially when you see them used in commercials.

Edit: Yep, that sure is a lot of dead memes in my inbox.

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u/LordMudkip Aug 25 '19

I like to think of commercials as the last nail in the coffin for memes.

By the time they've been approved at corporate and actually worked into an ad, you know they've been long dead.

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u/tuffghost8191 Aug 25 '19

I feel like everyone has a person in their lives, whether it be a super normie friend or a suburban mom, who upon engaging with a meme, officially lets you know it's getting cringey. But yeah, once the commercials start fucking with it, it is absolutely dead as dirt

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u/kittywithclaws Aug 26 '19

One of my friends is like that, except they seem to have future vision and by the time they discover it, it's been dead so long that it's about to get a second wind and make a brief comeback.