FIRST MEME EVAAA??? 🤯

meme lords and ladiesssssssss

ready to travel back in meme time?

grab your nearest cat pic and let's goooo

today's burning question:

what was the world's first meme? 🤔

spoiler: it's not grumpy cat 😿 

(sorry, kitty)

it's 1921, you're flipping through a magazine

suddenly, you see... a meme?! whatttt?

yep, before tiktok, before myspace

(remember tom? he was everyone's friend)

there was... the OG meme

drum roll, please... 🥁

"how you think you look when a flashlight is taken"

vs

"how you really look"

(scroll below to see the meme 😳)

this gem appeared in a 1921 issue of

"the judge" magazine

it showed a dapper gentleman

next to a, well, not-so-dapper version

(1921's version of instagram vs. reality)

but wait, there's more!

(there’s always)

this wasn't just any meme

it was a split-panel meme!

yep, our great-grandparents were

meme-ing before it was cool

now, you might be thinking:

"but what about cave paintings?"

"weren't they like, prehistoric memes?"

well, young padawan

memes need to be shared and replicated

to reach true meme-hood

and unless cavemen had a secret

stone age pinterest we don't know about...

(caverest? pintestone?)

...our 1921 friend takes the cake

or should we say, takes the meme?

so next time you're scrolling through

endless cat videos and "distracted boyfriend" variations

send this issue

to your friends or lovers or partners (or your boss)

(prettyyy pwease 👉️👈️ )

and there you have it, chaos lovers!

the memetic truth about memes

stay curious, stay viral

and always keep your memes... chaotic!

chief meme archaeologist and chaos coordinator

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