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The 'Wyoming Doesn't Exist' Meme Traced Back To Garfield
Original: Myth That Wyoming Doesn’t Exist Began With A 1989 ‘Garfield’ TV Cartoon
Cowboy State Daily reports that the running joke that Wyoming does not exist can be traced to a 1989 Garfield television cartoon, in which the state was portrayed as fictional or empty. The gag has since spread into internet meme culture, with many people repeating the claim without knowing its cartoon origins.
Why now: People are amused to learn a widespread internet meme has an origin in a decades-old Garfield cartoon.
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- Myth That Wyoming Doesn’t Exist Began With A 1989 ‘Garfield’ TV Cartoon · Cowboy State Daily
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