this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 year ago
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I definitely remember seeing the original meme somewhere no later than 2003

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw it on the SA foums in one of the Photoshop Phriday theeads

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a hunch it was the usual suspects

[–] llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think I saw it first on Fark, which definitely dates me.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Oh man this has been burned into my brain. Wish I could remember calculus or something instead 🤣

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

A true classic.

[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It's more likely than you think.