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RE: {Pedantic} How To Meme
exactly, the meme is the viral image, not some text based joke lol, inertia was wrong
the first meme was killroy was here according to some but there's been plenty more
the bible is a meme, jesus is a meme
the letter A and arabic numbers are a meme
the alphabet from the phoenicians are THE meme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
This actually may have been the FIRST real meme in modern times simply because it was during a time when people were actually traveling around the world en mass for w2 and there was a lot of commotion, i remember seeing this in a bathroom in the london museum in 2006, so yeah its crazy how the same social stuff online now was visible with newspapers and diffusive paper information blah blah blah blah
Kilroy was here
Kilroy was here is an American symbol that became popular during World War II, typically seen in graffiti. Its origin is debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle became associated with GIs in the 1940s: a bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with his fingers clutching the wall.
"Kilroy" was the American equivalent of the Australian Foo was here which originated during World War I. "Mr Chad" or just "Chad" was the version that became popular in the United Kingdom. The character of Chad may have been derived from a British cartoonist in 1938, possibly pre-dating "Kilroy was here".