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All Your Base Are Belong To Us
2001early-2000sClassicGaming
2001
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All Your Base Are Belong To Us
📖 Origin Story
Born from a famously bad English translation of the 1989 Japanese arcade game Zero Wing. The phrase 'All your base are belong to us' became one of the earliest and most widespread internet memes, spawning thousands of image macros and flash videos in 2001.
🕰️ Era: early-2000s
The wild west of internet culture. Dial-up connections, Flash animations, and email chains defined this era. Memes spread slowly but burned bright.
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