15 Signs Improved by Hilarious Graffiti from Ace of Base. 7 Memes That Went Viral Before The Internet Existed. In the very likely case that you're on the Internet right now, you already know what a "meme" is.
But you may not realize that the concept -- a meaningless phrase, image or joke getting repeated endlessly for no reason at all -- predates the Internet generation by a long shot. Although it was more difficult for a phrase or image to "go viral" before all this technology, pointless memes still found their way to every corner of the globe. Such as ... When you consider how many people spent their time either killing or getting killed during both world wars, it's easy to see how the issue of graffiti would go largely overlooked. Which is why, after the dust settled, people all over the world began to wonder who "Kilroy" was and why he had graffitied the hell out of their continents. Stencil generator.