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Jeff Goldblum Is Watching You Poop — viral internet meme from 2002, early 2000s
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Jeff Goldblum Is Watching You Poop
Origin Story
An image macro series that began with a Geocities page in October 2002. It used a still of Jeff Goldblum from The Fly and was originally meant as a bathroom-stall joke, with the idea that the celebrity was 'watching you poop.' It helped establish an early meme template built around the snowclone format 'X is watching you Y.'
Era: early-2000s
Broadband was arriving. Flash animations on Newgrounds, AIM away messages, and Kazaa downloads defined daily life. Memes spread through forums and email. The internet felt like a secret club.
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