Remember LimeWire? It was ushered in during the golden age of peer-to-peer file sharing services, aka the year 2000, alongside other piracy sites like Napster and BearShare. And of course, you know The Simpsons, the cartoon that’s going on its 30th season and uncannily predicts real-world events.
Well, for whatever internet-logic reason, a wave of nostalgia is leading to a bunch of new memes that combine LimeWire memories with scenes from The Simpsons. The results make for some pretty niche hilarity.
https://twitter.com/mlle_elle/status/1053300484763799559
Using LimeWire was often risky business. Several of the LimeWire-Simpsons memes zero in on this, particularly the malware-laden, program executable (.exe) files poorly disguised as MP3s. Downloading “Numb” by Linkin Park was, somehow, the epitome of a bad LimeWire file experience.
https://twitter.com/_BensonHD_/status/1053044778378510339
Limewire memes give me life pic.twitter.com/RGDPBQII1V
— Mitch (@ConkyOCE) October 19, 2018
Why is Limewire this weeks meme? 😂 pic.twitter.com/SKZ631ZQrV
— Dodyy (@DodyTheAussie) October 19, 2018
Like most Simpsons memes, all it takes is an iconic scene from the show and a common experience to make an apt meme for this series.
https://twitter.com/GTMelhuish/status/1052883294843355140
Loving them and also any simpsons limewire memes flying around pic.twitter.com/UmzGEx8dlj
— The Chad Dutronc (@BobThorniley) October 18, 2018
LimeWire may be long gone now—and the Simpsons might not be around forever (or will it?)—but both will always live in the collective internet’s heart. And regardless, we’ll always have good memes.
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H/T the Verge