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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The joke is that the format of this is normally

  • Thing began in X
  • People in X - 1

So when you first see it you're like "haha, but wait that's a bow..." then you remember "ah yes, it's BC"

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh ok, so it's a play on an existing meme format. I'm not a memexpert so didn't understand the joke.

[–] Geriatrickid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've also never seen an original of the format this is from, glad I wasn't the only one confused

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My dumbass trying to remember how history works from 10+ years ago

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

This was more than ten years ago!