Winnie Dunn: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

Winnie Dunn, who has loved the internet since ‘before memes were memes’. Photograph: Sandhya Dusk Devi Nand

Cheezburger was my introduction to the internet. Back before memes were memes. From there it was a rabbit hole full of 4chan trolls, pasta of the creepy variety, Wholockians tumbling in Tumblr, “fluff” emanating out of fanfiction.net, Rickrolling around YouTube, liking Facebook pages about “Taking Your Girl to Macca’s Cause She’s the One”, and men on Vine sitting five feet apart because they’re not gay. The internet just kept growing … Instagram. Twitter. Snapchat. Tinder. Bumble. TikTok. Stories. Reels. Shorts. ChatGPT. Every now and again before doomscrolling, I ask myself … “I Can Has Cheezburger?”

1. Put your back into it