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@Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

An oldie but a goodie

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An oldie but a goodie

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@Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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    Whoa, I think this meme has back pain at this point. Wasn’t this an email forward in its first incarnation?

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      Honestly I have no idea anymore, I have seen it in a dozen forms at least.

      Edit: from https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/ :

      The first set of rules (1-23) was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers’ Digest. The second set of rules (24-53) is derived from William Safire’s Rules for Writers.

      • @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        That’s remarkable. Like an archaeological dig.

      • @ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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        This meme is a millenial

      • AFK BRB Chocolate
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        I thought I had seen it in high school, but that would have been before 86. Doesn’t surprise me that it predates viral email forwards though.

    • @angrymouse@lemmy.world
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      First time seeing lol

      • @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        3•2 years ago

        I don’t mean that as any sort of a dig. I was just wondering at…well, I guess at how old I am.

      • @TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee
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        3•2 years ago

        You are today’s lucky 10.000

        • @angrymouse@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          For every situation there is a related XKCD

        • @Masimatutu@lemm.eeOP
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          2•2 years ago

          For those who don’t get the reference

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      deleted by creator

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