have given up looking for older versions to archive but if anyone knows how to search usenet communities that might be where the forum OOP got this from lives actually i’m pretty sure https://www.4-ch.net/dqn/index.html is the forum as it perfectly matches the description—all posts are timestamped 1993-09
People are starting to get weirdly mad about this so I will destroy the magic and just so that no, this post was not actually made in 1993, it comes from a forum where a big gimmick is that it is perpetually the September of 1993. The post is from like, 2012 or something.
MY ANTI DEPRESSANTS JUST KICKED IN ! FANTASTIC ! __ _______ ______ ╱ /\__/\ // ╲╲ ______⊂╱ ( ´∇` ) // ⊃ ||╲ フ 🡖 ,´__▔▔▔▔╱ ▔╱▔ ⌒▔▔▔▔╱▔▔▔▔ 🡖▔ ▔▔▔▔▔🡖 ▔▔▔▔ | ,╱_ _╱ /-o—/ ___ ╱▔▔╱ ___/\ | ▔ | /\__| ,========————´=============/⌒ ╲=/=======||🡖 || | __ | GAY! | __ " |⌒| |/ ___/| )╯ )|🞕|_∈≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡≡∋__|🞕|" __|| ╯ ╯__ -‒‒‒‒‒┘ ╯ ▔╲ ▔╲__╯▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔三三三▔╲ ╲__╯ ▔▔ 三三三三╯ 三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三 三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三三OOP tweet (they explain in this thread that it’s from circa 2012): https://web.archive.org/web/20220906064951/https://twitter.com/DoctorPazuzu/status/1462926690192084994
pastebin archive (mildly unsatisfactory recreation, for example uses the wrong character for the headlights instead of perhaps 日): https://web.archive.org/web/20230612015658/https://pastebin.com/raw/Qv6EQTc6%0A%0A
recreation credit: https://web.archive.org/web/20220315124958/https://www.reddit.com/r/196/comments/r130ll/comment/i0qri9l/
work of a fellow archivist: https://web.archive.org/web/20250216214945/https://nonexistentfandomsfandom.neocities.org/AAcats/posts/antidepressants
have given up looking for older versions to archive but
if anyone knows how to search usenet communities that might be where the forum OOP got this from livesactually i’m pretty sure https://www.4-ch.net/dqn/index.html is the forum as it perfectly matches the description—all posts are timestamped 1993-09cute redraw:
Fucking what.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
the internet is way more culture rich than we tend to think
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ah!! the fellow archivist is a blahaj user!! hi @outerspec@blorbo.social / @outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone if ur on here 😌