Antique Memes Roadshow

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A simpler time (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/antiquememesroadshow

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 months ago (18 children)

I'm the original creator of the "Still waiting on OP" meme from The Shining and have a mildly interesting story behind its creation if anyone would care to hear.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I would like to hear!

[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 months ago (13 children)

This is a mildly interesting story at best.

In 2010 I was working at a video rental store (RIP) and got access to new movies before they were available to the public. Every day I'd grab one, and every night I'd stream them online for 4channers on /tv and /r9k. There was a chat built into the stream and we had a lot of fun for months and months, hanging out watching movies and chatting. It built a pretty big following. Think Twitch before Twitch existed.

One night there were no new movies so I grabbed The Shining. We watched through it, and when that scene came on the screen I paused it to take a closer look. We joked and carried on about it in chat, and I screenshotted it and opened Photoshop and made the meme then and there. Everyone loved it. Several folks posted it on 4chan boards and it took off in a big way. We finished the movie and had a great night.