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my favourite story about old internet meems is that back in 2010, when ‘im 12 and what is this’ was somehow the funniest joke ever, people were getting banned on gaia online for saying it.  Gaia’s TOS says that you need to be at least 13 to use their site, so by saying ‘im 12 and what is this’ you were essentially admitting that you were underage and breaking the TOS. 

this is, regrettably, the only time a meme was actually illegal.