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Videos the Net Has Forgotten  Once upon a time, in a darker age,
the world did not know Maru (who is now a hero to all of us here
at Switched). We were unfamiliar with 'David After Dentist,' and
how awkward some family photos were. But no longer are Net jokes
and viral videos the exclusive domain of in-the-know college
kids and über-nerds. Now, even CNN knows the truth behind
keyboard cat. In 2009, the world went viral, passing around
nonsensical streaming video, sharing the power of Susan Boyle
and the energy of JK's Wedding Dance.  Yet, in periods of
reflection, it's always valuable to return from whence we came.
Though the '90s had small hits and cheap thrills like the
Hamster Dance, it was the year 2000 that really laid the
groundwork for the LOLing we'd do for the rest of the decade.
Many of these became memes -- Internet jokes or ephemera that
took on lives of their own -- while others have gone the way of
dial-up and Geocities. Then, there's