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Something Awful Forums and Early Meme Generation (2000–2008)

Something Awful Forums and Early Meme Generation (2000–2008)

  1. Something Awful website launches as comedy hub

    Labels: Richard Lowtax, Something Awful, Comedy site

  2. Paid forum accounts begin, shaping community norms

    Labels: Something Awful, Paid membership

  3. Image macros emerge as a forum feature

    Labels: Image macro, Something Awful

  4. "All Your Base" spreads through early web culture

    Labels: All Your, Something Awful

  5. Forum culture crystallizes around "Goons" identity

    Labels: Goons, Something Awful

  6. Photoshop Phriday becomes a weekly remix tradition

    Labels: Photoshop Phriday, Something Awful

  7. Screenshot playthroughs set the stage for Let’s Plays

    Labels: Screenshot playthroughs, Something Awful

  8. Uwe Boll invites Lowtax to publicity boxing matches

    Labels: Uwe Boll, Richard Lowtax

  9. Lowtax fights Uwe Boll in Vancouver exhibition bout

    Labels: Lowtax, Uwe Boll

  10. "Let’s Play" term takes hold on Something Awful

    Labels: Let s, Something Awful

  11. Boatmurdered demonstrates collaborative Let’s Play storytelling

    Labels: Boatmurdered, Dwarf Fortress

  12. Early meme-generation era matures into wider web influence

    Labels: Something Awful, Meme culture