Not all of it was video
The internet was sharing things long before it was uploading them, and it never stopped sharing things that are not clips.
Images and animations people rebuilt in their own words, over and over.Memes
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Grumpy Cat
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We Are Number One
- Lolcat View original
- Dancing Baby Look
- Trollface Look
- This is fine Look
Flash cartoons, pages that would not leave you alone, and things that only ever existed in a browser.The early web
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The End of the World
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Animator vs. Animation
- Nico Nico Douga The story
- The Trojan Room coffee pot The story
- Hampster Dance The story
- Hot or Not The story
Single images the whole internet argued about.Photographs
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Grumpy Cat
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- The Oscar selfie Look
- The Dress View original
- Doge Look
- Ecce Homo of Borja Look
- Bernie Sanders' mittens Look
Things somebody typed that went further than anything they filmed.Posts
- The :-) emoticon Read
- Instagram egg View original
- Damn Daniel Read
- Make.Money.Fast The story
- Covfefe Read
- Looking for a Man in Finance Read
People worth following and ways of posting, rather than any one post.Accounts and styles
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Lil Bub
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- Copypasta The story
- Boo The story
- r/AmItheAsshole The story
- Shitposting The story
- Horse_ebooks Read
Things with no single original, because everybody made their own.Trends and challenges
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Rickrolling
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Khaby Lame
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Harlem Shake
- Dancing Pallbearers View original
- The hashtag View original
- Hatsune Miku The story
Laws, effects and habits: things the internet noticed about itself and gave a name to.Ideas the internet named
- The GIF View original
- Eternal September View original
- The Streisand effect Read
- Chinese Internet slang View original
- Reblogging The story
- Moo Deng Look
Audio and lines that outlived whatever they came from.Sounds and sayings
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The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
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Golden
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Despacito
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Pretty Little Baby
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Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday
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Ai Se Eu Te Pego
Broadcast moments the internet kept after the broadcast ended.It happened on television
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Too Many Cooks
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Never Say No to Panda
- Dean Scream The story
- I'mma let you finish The story
- Left Shark The story
- Democracy Manifest Source gone
Stunts, fiascos, revolts and the moments that turned into a story.Things that happened
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The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
- The GameStop short squeeze View original
- The Tumblr adult content ban The story
- The Reddit blackout The story
- Boaty McBoatface The story
- Fyre Festival View original















