Miss Sweater Girl of 1956. I almost won this title myself one year and would have except for three things: 1) I’m not a girl 2) I don’t wear sweaters 3) My man-boobs failed to impress the judges. That still hurts, man. Straight up jury-rigged bullshit!
Best vintage memes: O rly owl, numa numa, hampsterdance, caramelldansen, sparta remixes (the peak of this one was definitely “no, this is patrick), weegee, cdi zelda, over 9000, and, of course, longcat
its incredible that these are now vintage memes
The person I was vagueblogging about before began her incredibly hateful rant with “I am absolutely not intolerant of homosexuals.” She then proceeded to unleash some of the worst bile I’ve seen in person.
I have a friend from the vintage community who’s an evangelical Christian. She’s a good friend. We talk about a lot of things. She does not call herself an ally to the LGBT movement, and she has confided in me that she does not feel equipped to support it because of her religion.
And yet she is one of the most unfailingly kind people I’ve ever met, to people of all stripes. She has a trans woman friend of whom she speaks highly, and not just in a “she’s one of the good ones” way. She has never remotely slut-shamed openly polyamorous, premarital-sex-having me. She’s posted about the importance of intervening in anti-LGBT bullying and of loving one’s children unconditionally. In other words, she is a better ally than many self-identified allies.
This is why I’m wary of placing emphasis on saying all the right things. On bearing all the right labels. Of construing your support in the exact right ways. Often, when you’re worrying about that, you’re thinking too abstractly. In “movements” rather than in people. So you support a movement or you don’t - big deal. I care about whether you support the actual human beings the movement is purporting to help. That’s it. It doesn’t matter what you call yourself if you treat people with respect.
It’s easy to convince yourself you’re a good person for holding all the correct meta-level beliefs while being patently nasty on the object level. Both levels matter, but one is far likelier than the other to make a real difference in others’ lives. I would one million times rather have a friend whose meta-level beliefs I found questionable but who was kind and generous in practice than a friend who said the right things but didn’t walk the walk.
OK I have watched MANY videos and here it is for all you kids to learn your viral/meme video history, here are some premium vintage meme fodder:
Hampster Dance (1998)
Rejected (2000)
All Your Base (2001)
Tidus Laughing (2001)
The End of the World (2003)
Badger Badger Badger (2003)
Hyakugojyuuichi!!! (2003)
GI Joe PSAs (2003)
Llama Song (2004)
Banana Phone (2004)
Ddautta (There She Is!) (2004)
Charlie the Unicorn (2005)
Cillit Bang (2006)
Caramelldansen (2006)
Metal Gear Awesome (2006)
Leekspin (2006)
Marissa Stole the Precious Thing (2006)
The Mysterious Ticking Noise (2007)
Powerthirst (2007)
Paffendorf (2007)
Splash Attack (2007)
Caipirinha Dance (2007)
I Take a Potato Chip… (2007)
Nico Nico Douga Medley (2007)
Ronald McDonald Ran Ran Ru (2008)
Danjo (2008)
Giga Pudding (2008)
The Ultimate Showdown (2008)
Balsamic Vinegar (2008)
Sakura-Con Commercial (2009)
Shamwow (2009)
Slapchop (2009)
OK GO- Here It Goes Again (2009)
Stu Making Chocolate Pudding at 4 AM (2010)
HEYYEYAA (2010)
Galo Sengan (2011)
There are probably more that I’m missing. Some of these videos are part of a series (GI Joe, Potter Puppet Pals) and I didn’t count shitty videos like those idiot laughing babies.
Oh my fucking god, I was a retro memer
I can’t believe we’re already calling Charlie the Unicorn vintage, I feel so old
Charlie the Unicorn would be in 6th grade if it was a person.
GLORIOUS.
The ultimate showdown was 2005 dude do you really wanna upset Neil Cicierega that way
All hail albinoblacksheep for being the birthplace of memes….
im not petty and i dont see the point in holding a grudge. Anyway would you like to come into my cellar and taste a fine vintage
me in a silly hat, completely wasted: boy would i!
My favorite thing about Kylo Ren’s lightsaber was that J.J. Abrams said it doesn’t work properly because it’s a really old and outdated design.
He’s basically a space hipster using a shitty lightsaber because it’s vintage.
tommy and billy dressing up as each other for halloween and spending the whole night doing terrible impressions of one another always trying to embarrass and one up the other
He spends the evening hitting on Teddy who tries to spend the evening hiding from him.
date a vintage cactus who puts ‘these aren’t really randomly generated’ in the dictionary just to fuck with people
i didnt realise this was posted by shitpostgenerator and i sat for like 10 minutes trying to work out wht this post meant
I love vintage stuff but I’m so glad I can enjoy them in the 21st century with my iphone, wifi and slightly more human rights
somebody gets it.
