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minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoAnd “Kilroy was here” is a meme that predates computers
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIt’s possible Kilroy predates the Roman Empire. And he will certainly be here after the heat death of the universe.
minus-squarei_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoI need more backstory on that one! I’ll search the web, but I definitely heard that name before and never knew who he was!
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here It’s one of the earliest memes from graffiti done by allied soldiers
minus-squarei_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoHehe wow! Quite some history there! Turns out I knew “him” from Styx!
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAnd as I recall that concept album was about being forced to conform in an authoritarian state.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoAnd it’s a great album to this day.
It predates youtube
And “Kilroy was here” is a meme that predates computers
It even predates me.
It’s possible Kilroy predates the Roman Empire. And he will certainly be here after the heat death of the universe.
I need more backstory on that one! I’ll search the web, but I definitely heard that name before and never knew who he was!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
It’s one of the earliest memes from graffiti done by allied soldiers
Hehe wow! Quite some history there!
Turns out I knew “him” from Styx!
And as I recall that concept album was about being forced to conform in an authoritarian state.
And it’s a great album to this day.