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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 47 points 1 year 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 42 points 1 year 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 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

This was more than ten years ago!