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1982·funny

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You might remember it as joke marker, Scott Fahlman smiley

The original post is no longer reachable.

This Moment began as a post on social media, not as a video upload.

  • SourceNot an upload originally
  • MediaNot held by ViralWorld

Three characters that solved the oldest problem in text, and are still solving it.

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What this was

A post, described as funny.

It first appeared in 1982.

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There is no original upload to identify: this Moment did not begin as one. ViralWorld holds no copy of it either — what it was, when it appeared and what people called it is the record.

Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This Moment began as a post on social media, not as a video upload.

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A post, described as funny.
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