• BigFig
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    3610 months ago

    It’s funny how many “most iconic” things I’ve never heard of until someone labels it as “most iconic”

    • Flying SquidOP
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      1610 months ago

      I don’t know what to tell you. Even if you’ve never seen the comic, “on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” is a really well-known phrase.

      • @[email protected]
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        910 months ago

        I’ve never seen the cartoon before or heard that phrase, either, and I’ve been using the internet for over 25 years.

        Apparently, this thing is the most iconic according to this one author.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          810 months ago

          Well I think ‘most iconic’ is typical journalistic hyperbole, but I would call it very well-known overall. Just type the phrase into a search engine.

          • @[email protected]
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            510 months ago

            I think most of the people complaining don’t seem to realize that this was a one-off in The New Yorker from before most people had the Internet, and not a currently running web series.

        • PugJesus
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          410 months ago

          “On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog” is a classic and well-known phrase, and I’ve been using the internet for nearly 20 years.

          Never knew it came from a cartoon, though.

    • @[email protected]
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      1010 months ago

      I didn’t think so, either, until I clicked on it and saw the cartoon, and immediately recognized it. I never knew it had a name, though.

      • snooggums
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        710 months ago

        I knew the saying, didn’t know it came from a comic or that it was called Cyberdog.

      • _justforfun_
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        210 months ago

        I’m still going with never heard of it. Apparently I don’t run in most iconic circles.

  • PP_GIRL_
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    2510 months ago

    the internet’s most iconic cartoon

    Source needed

    • @ryathal
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      1010 months ago

      The line is iconic, but I’ve literally never seen the comic from the article.

      Xkcd might be more iconic as a whole, but I can’t think of a single comic that approaches “on the internet no one knows your a dog” meme, but it’s clearly transcended its origin.

    • PP_GIRL_
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      510 months ago

      Ctrl+alt+del is more iconic than whatever this is

      Cyanide & Happiness is more iconic than whatever this is

      Fucking PizzaCakeComic is more iconic than whatever this is