flipoont t1_j01sdb5 wrote on December 13, 2022 at 1:39 PM

Killroy was here.

Owolfs OP t1_j01uj96 wrote on December 13, 2022 at 1:56 PM

Yes!

Though, I was actually influenced by the after effects shy button, which again seems to be a reference to that.

Laringar t1_j01w5up wrote on December 13, 2022 at 2:09 PM

Hooray for one of the first memes, from before even Arpanet existed.

Poes-Lawyer t1_j02fu5m wrote on December 13, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Yeah, like 30 years before Arpanet

FargusDingus t1_j02ho1e wrote on December 13, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Glad to see this recognized by others.

acewing t1_j02oono wrote on December 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM

There's a bar in Bloomington Indiana at IU named Kilroy's with the meme as its logo. Allegedly, it was founded in the 1940s after vets came home and brought their meme with them.

plantmic t1_j02qgsn wrote on December 13, 2022 at 5:41 PM

I just spent a good minute finding the name of this! Some of my dad's schoolbooks from the 1960s have it drawn on.

BaldusCattus t1_j0508pv wrote on December 14, 2022 at 2:45 AM

In the UK those faces are/were known as a "chad". The Kilroy message was different and seen without a chad as often as with one.

Not correcting you or offering any particular wisdom, just cultural differences :)