The older the internet gets, the more it's like a city that keeps building on top of its own ruins. What's is your favorite bit of internet archeology if memes are like artifacts and relics?

"Road work ahead" is quoted about half the times I drive anywhere

It's probably gone for good by now, but there was a goth person with a page on Geocities that went by Cryptsie, their grave yard self portraits were 100% pure gold!

I miss Grumpy Cat, it reminds me of a simpler time.

This has a couple lol

Accurate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0ot9iJm_k

Milhouse

not a meme dot jpeg

Any of the rage face/troll face reaction memes.

I read this question as, “What is your favorite dead name?” and I was very confused.

any of the old flash animations from rathergood.com

I guess my answer would be "Tenochtitlan".

I sure hope it does!

Oh this is crunchy.

RIP the Aztec Empire

The wojacks are their cousins.

you have no chance survive make your time

Maybe that frog on the unicycle.

I know, but they're not the same. They seem... Low effort in comparison, and the wrong kind of over the top.

The rage face and troll face ones often look like those gross out frames from Cartoon Network.

I "miss" Jeff K. He was a stupid asshole, but that was the point.

So many references from the pre-youtube era occupy a permanent part of my brain.

Arrowed

Schfifty Five

Peanut butter jelly time

Scumbag hats

TGS is one of my favorite internet series of all time.

I’m in my 40s and Homestar/TGS/Sbemail quotes are more of my vernacular than I even know. I’ll watch an old toon with my partner and they’ll be like “THAT’S WHY YOU SAY THAT IN THAT WAY?!”

They weren’t called memes back then, but probably fgsfds, Mr T Ate my Balls, “for dinner,” is duck, bring back snacks

Looking on YouTube, I don't think that the Zero Wing meme is, in fact, dead. It's still up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg

And there are still people making stuff based on it.

"All Your Base Are Belong To Us – 25 Year Anniversary Remake" from seven months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVooIaTtW2k

"All Your Base Are Belong To Us — 2026 AI Remake" from 4 days ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhXCGmIuI60

I have to stop myself from making references, because it's so old that they don't land anymore.

O shit waddup

Homestar Runner is an inside joke that everyone is in on.

RIP

Ding! Fries are done!

I miss video games.

Somebody set up us the bomb

WOE UNTO THEE

searches

"Cryptie"?

https://web.archive.org/web/20001119220400/http://members1.visualcities.com/cryptie/

Doesn't look like archive.org got the images, though.

I miss my mom

Err ... Mah ... GERD!

The flash animation A frightened boy will always be in my heart.

Late 360 Shove-It to Boneless!…’d

It's dot com!

The leet haxor Jeff K?!? Dang. That's a deep cut!

PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!

Schwan, doo, doo and a hief...

Pushing will protect you at the bottom of the stairs

MY SPOON IS TOO BIG!!!

Wow. It has been a long time.