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New ad reunites Millennials’ favorite memes from the early internet and its nostalgic bliss

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If you’ve been yearning for the old days of the internet, you’re not alone. A recent Firefox ad has asked us to leave Google Chrome behind, with its intrusive tracking and AI features, for a web that’s a little freer, a little more fun, and a lot weirder. 

To do this, the campaign reunited some memes you might not have thought about in years, but that are certainly still living somewhere in the recesses of your mind, rent-free. 

We’re talking Overly Attached Girlfriend, Dancing Matt, Apparently Kid, Tay Zondaday of “Chocolate Rain” fame (my personal favorite), and a slew of other internet celebrities circa the early to mid-2000s. Back when Firefox was king of the web browsers, boasting 32% of internet users. 

Here’s the full lineup, courtesy of Mashable:

Overly Attached Girlfriend

Where the Hell is Matt?

All of these legends are pushing for an internet that doesn’t constantly track your every move or try to “profit off........

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