Internet Nostalgia
Here’s the Final Internet Nostalgia Column
It’s about the journey, not the destination.
For nearly a year now, every Friday we have published Internet Nostalgia, a look back at memes, weird stories and curious online oddities that illustrate just how much this Internet world is constantly changing, and changing us along with it. We did 29 of them, and we’ve had a grand time doing them. But last week, we wrote about a random teenager who was discovered at Target and became a famous Twitter celebrity for about a month or two, and as much fun as that story was, when you’re writing about Alex from Target it’s a good sign that your Friday rubric is just about out of gas.
We’re starting a new Friday rubric next week that we hope you’ll like, but until then, here are our five favorite Internet Nostalgia pieces during this whole run. And you can find the entire archive right here.
“Our viral moments always feel fleeting, like they evaporate the minute we stop thinking about them. But they don’t. They people involve keep on living their life. And sometimes it changes them, and…
