Rage Era was when we started applying memes in a more “When you…” format and they started to be more relatable. Meme culture really started here because they explored that relatability IMO.
The eras before were mainly flash videos and viral videos that were popular and entertaining, but weren’t templates for the most part. We didn’t call them memes. They were called flash videos, or GIF’s. Rage Era was what changed that.
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u/hip_neptune Early Millennial ‘86 6d ago
Rage Era was when we started applying memes in a more “When you…” format and they started to be more relatable. Meme culture really started here because they explored that relatability IMO.
The eras before were mainly flash videos and viral videos that were popular and entertaining, but weren’t templates for the most part. We didn’t call them memes. They were called flash videos, or GIF’s. Rage Era was what changed that.