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This meme jokes about Microsoft's failed attempt to launch Blinx the Time Sweeper as the official Xbox mascot to compete with Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic. The top section is a scan of a vintage Official Xbox Magazine cover featuring Blinx with bold text reading 'Mario, Sonic... Prepare for war BLINX IS HERE!', which was a real promotional announcement for the 2002 Blinx game. The bottom section shows official art of Mario and Sonic both laughing hysterically and pointing mockingly at the old announcement, referencing the fact that Blinx never gained mainstream popularity and was quickly forgotten as an Xbox mascot.

Microsoft Really Thought They Had a Mascot

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This edited meme uses a well-known scene from the animated film *Toy Story*, where the child character Andy tells his childhood toys he no longer wants to play with them. The face of the Andy character is overlaid with the Nvidia corporate logo, while the toys he is rejecting are covered with logos of Nvidia's long-time consumer graphics card add-in-board (AIB) partners: ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and Gainward. Logos for semiconductor companies ARM and Cadence are placed next to the Andy/Nvidia character, implying that Nvidia is shifting its business focus away from consumer graphics hardware to prioritize enterprise and AI chip partnerships with ARM and Cadence, referencing the widely discussed 'end of an era' for consumer-facing Nvidia GPU products sold via third-party manufacturers. The text at the bottom of the image reads 'I don't want to play with you anymore', emphasizing the narrative of Nvidia ending its relationships with its former hardware partners.

End of an Era: Nvidia Abandons Traditional Consumer Hardware Partners Meme

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The meme consists of a top text overlay placed above a photograph of a classic multi-color clickable ballpoint pen, a popular stationery item often used by children. All of the pen's color selection buttons are pressed down at the same time, resulting in every single ink nib being extended out of the pen's tip simultaneously. The text reads 'We all tried to push down every colour at once', referencing a widely shared, nostalgic childhood experience of testing what happens when you press all the buttons of this type of pen at the same time, a silly curiosity nearly everyone who used these pens has acted on.

Multi Color Pen All Buttons Pressed Relatable Childhood Meme

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This is a single-panel meme using the iconic 'Me and the Boys' template from the 1967 Spider-Man animated series. It shows four supervillains (Rhino, Vulture, Electro, Green Goblin) all grinning widely in a row. The text at the top reads 'When you and the boys see the meme that was popular when you first started using reddit', referencing the shared nostalgia long-time Reddit users feel when encountering old viral platform memes with friends who were also active on the site at that time.

Me and the boys seeing an old popular Reddit meme together

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This is a humorous meme consisting of a vintage photo of 1990s rave attendees at a crowded party, paired with text at the top reading 'People in 1997 when a robotic voice on the radio say "around the world" 130 times'. The joke references Daft Punk's iconic 1997 hit single 'Around the World', which repeats the eponymous phrase approximately 144 times throughout the track. The photo shows disoriented, visibly intoxicated partygoers with glazed expressions, some dancing with raised arms, which is used to mock how overstimulated and obsessed 90s rave culture was with the repetitive, catchy electronic track.

Dancing to a Daft Punk beat in 1997

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This meme is a screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter) user @mothcharm, whose display name is 'sword' with a trans pride flag and 'SHOP OPEN' tag in their handle. The post text reads 'internet going down, mutuals hop on', placed above a screenshot of the classic Nintendo DS local chat room selection menu. The menu shows four available chat rooms: Chat Room A has 3 of 16 possible users joined, Chat Room B has 1 user, and Chat Rooms C and D are empty, with buttons to go back or join the selected room. The joke plays on nostalgia for the Nintendo DS's local offline chat feature, humorously proposing that mutual close online friends use this old system to stay in contact when the wider internet is not working.

Invite mutuals to join Nintendo DS chat when internet goes down

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This is a two-part reaction meme. The top text poses the question "How are Harambe memes still popular?", followed by the label "Me:" to indicate the poster's reaction. The reaction image is an edited scene from the 1993 film The Sandlot: the ghost of Babe Ruth, originally in the scene, is edited to have the face of Harambe the gorilla, and glows brightly as he stands in a doorway facing a person whose back is to the viewer. The text at the bottom of the image reads "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die", implying that Harambe has become a legendary figure in internet culture whose popularity persists through memes years after his death.

Harambe Memes Stay Popular Because Legends Never Die

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This meme features top text reading 'Its Been Officially 10 Years Since Harambes Death' above a 3D rendered grey, bald human figure holding their chest, which glows bright orange and yellow to represent intense emotional pain or heartache. The figure has their head bowed, conveying a sense of deep mourning and sadness. The meme references the 10th anniversary of the death of Harambe, the western lowland gorilla who became an enduring, ubiquitous internet meme icon after his 2016 death at the Cincinnati Zoo, playing on the widespread collective internet nostalgia for the early 2010s viral cultural moment and the surprise at how quickly a decade has passed since the event.

Time Really Flew Bye: 10 Years Since Harambe's Death

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This is a memorial internet meme featuring the famous gorilla Harambe. He is depicted standing in clouds between two open ornate wrought iron gates, set against a bright blue sky with soft clouds and a sun glow in the upper right, evoking a heavenly afterlife setting. Text at the top of the image reads '10 Years Ago Today', while text at the bottom states 'Rest In Peace Harambe 1999 - 2016' marking the 10 year anniversary of his death.

Harambe 10th Death Anniversary Remembrance Meme

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This meme features a clear portrait of Harambe the gorilla overlaid on a waving United States flag background. White text at the top right reads "NEVER FORGET 5.28.16", referencing the date May 28, 2016 when 17-year-old gorilla Harambe was fatally shot by Cincinnati Zoo staff after a small child fell into his enclosure. Large text across the lower portion of the image reads "DICKS OUT FOR HARAMBE", the famous satirical tribute catchphrase that went viral immediately after Harambe's death and has remained a persistent internet meme reference. The meme was created to mark the 10-year anniversary of Harambe's death.

Never Forget Harambe 10 Year Anniversary Meme

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The meme features top text reading 'Millennials circa 2003 deciding to switch songs mid drive' above an edited image of SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob wears thick black nerd glasses, has an annoyed, bored expression, and is shown flipping through a CD binder. The joke references the early 2000s experience of listening to music in cars, where users had to carry and sort through physical CDs to change tracks, unlike the modern convenience of streaming services that allow instant song switching.

Millennials 2003 Mid Drive Song Switch Spongebob Meme

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This is a first-person POV meme shot from a low angle that emulates the perspective of a small child. In the foreground, a plate with partially eaten food rests on a blue swirly-patterned tablecloth, with a hand holding a spoon positioned over the food as if feeding the viewer. In the background, a man wearing a light grey shirt and jeans walks away near a bright yellow wall that has a framed portrait hanging on it. The joke relies on the relatable shared childhood experience of being a small child being fed by a parent, where the adult appears much larger and the viewer is positioned at a low height at the table.

Relatable POV Meme: You're 7 and your mom is feeding you

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