Historical Record
Origin
The term emerges on 4chan as a humorous twist on "internet" — early web culture's playful self-deprecation made manifest. Urban Dictionary entries from the era define it as a "more retarded" version of the web.
Adoption
Online communities, navigating the post-Y2K digital landscape, begin coining "Interbutt" as shorthand for the increasingly chaotic web experience.
Cultural Shift
Humor like "Interbutt" becomes a coping mechanism — a way to navigate the internet's increasingly cluttered and absurd landscape. The joke becomes the point.
Definition
"A series of tubes." "The more retarded version of the web." Reflects a cultural moment when the internet was becoming ubiquitous yet remained a chaotic space filled with proto-memes.
Before Memes
This came before memes went mainstream. Early ASCII art and jokes set the stage. "Interbutt" was part of the first wave of internet humor — the kind that didn't need to be explained because if you got it, you got it.
documentation of events as they occurred • historical accuracy: probable
The Connection Layer
THE BRIDGE
These memes each had their moment across different internet eras. Buttcoin, Testicle, Fartcoin, Uranus, and Titcoin all emerged from the chaos, humor, and collective absurdity of online culture. But none of them spread without the original pathway that connected people to them.
That pathway was Interbutt.
In the early days, communities used "Interbutt" as a tag and reference point across primitive forums and early social platforms, a way to navigate and share meme culture. It functioned like underground infrastructure for internet humor. Interbutt was never the flashiest meme, but it served as the connective tissue where Buttcoin gained traction, Fartcoin resonated, Uranus circled back, and the rest took root.
The joke became real when someone posted "How to mine Buttcoin for Uranus" and listed Interbutt as the Wi-Fart link in the setup.
That moment crystallized what Interbutt always was: the connection layer, the bridge, the network itself.
We are all interbutts whether we like it or not.

THE MOMENT IT ALL CLICKED
we are all interbutts
Evidence of Interbutt


Urban Dictionary, July 2006
THE ORIGINAL DEFINITION


@venetia_a, June 2009
PHRASE OF THE DAY


@ZengdaWei, October 2023
HISTORICAL ACCURACY


Penesis, Chapter 1
SACRED TEXT • 15 YEARS AGO


r/Buttcoin, 7 years ago
INTERBUTTS (HEH)


@hyoribo_m3lly, March 2022
NETWORK OF CONNECTED BUTTHOLES


Anonymous, December 2015
WINS SO MUCH INTERBUTT XD


@noneisahero, April 20
BUTTCOIN MINING GUIDE


The Reveal
INTERNET EXPLORER → INTERBUTT


Brain Expansion
INTERWEB → INTERWEBS → INTERBUTT
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Post Generator
Your favorite meme? Yeah, that went through $Interbutt first with all the other interbutters.
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Meme Arena
Vote on which memes earn the Interbutt Approved stamp. 100 net votes = legendary status.
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Hall of Fame
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