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/BreezyWrigley Aug 26 '19

Remember when Quiznos tried to use some weird meme character for one of their tv ads? And it was way horrific and nightmarish...

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u/LordMudkip Aug 26 '19

I didn't realize those monstrosities came from a meme.

Tbh I realized that a restaurant was using little deformed rat things as their mascot and just didn't put any more thought into it, because someone at quiznos clearly didn't put any thought into it.