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Internet Explorer Discontinuation Funeral Meme

The meme uses the iconic funeral scene from *Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare* that features the famous 'Press F to Pay Respects' interactive prompt. Uniformed honor guard soldiers have had their heads edited to be replaced with logos of popular modern web browsers: Opera, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, standing to mourn the discontinued Internet Explorer, whose logo is displayed on a memorial portrait next to the casket. The text at the top of the image reads 'He was the worst, but he was family', which humorously references the widespread public perception of Internet Explorer as a slow, poorly performing browser that was nevertheless a core nostalgic part of many people's early internet usage experiences.
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He was the worst, but he was family

Overview

The meme uses the iconic funeral scene from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare that features the famous 'Press F to Pay Respects' interactive prompt. Uniformed honor guard soldiers have had their heads edited to be replaced with logos of popular modern web browsers: Opera, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, standing to mourn the discontinued Internet Explorer, whose logo is displayed on a memorial portrait next to the casket. The text at the top of the image reads 'He was the worst, but he was family', which humorously references the widespread public perception of Internet Explorer as a slow, poorly performing browser that was nevertheless a core nostalgic part of many people's early internet usage experiences.

Origin notes

This meme was created and circulated shortly after Microsoft officially ended all support for the Internet Explorer browser in June 2022, as a humorous tribute to the discontinued software. It is a remix of the widely recognizable 'Press F to Pay Respects' meme originating from the 2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare game. This specific version of the meme was sourced from the X.com (formerly Twitter) user account @meme.jpg via an RSS feed.

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