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minus-squarelustyargonian@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·3 days agoTurns out letters were like tweets back then lol
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 days agoThat’s not totally untrue. Iirc the first cat memes were postcards people send each other at the beginning of the last century. I guess the difference is that postcards and letters only reach a single address, tweets can reach many people at once For more info: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240923-100-year-old-cat-memes-that-predate-the-internet?_bhlid=1c058316a20fc3e97842651e2c5adcfa06ced996
Turns out letters were like tweets back then lol
That’s not totally untrue. Iirc the first cat memes were postcards people send each other at the beginning of the last century. I guess the difference is that postcards and letters only reach a single address, tweets can reach many people at once
For more info: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240923-100-year-old-cat-memes-that-predate-the-internet?_bhlid=1c058316a20fc3e97842651e2c5adcfa06ced996