The Before Time 

"The Before Time" is a reference to the 1966 Star Trek episode "Miri" in which the Enterprise encounters a planet inhabited only by children, due to a pandemic infecting and eventually killing all the adults. The children refer to "the before time" as the time when adults were present.

This episode was parodied in the South Park Episode "Wacky Molestation Adventure" in which the children claim to be molested and are subsequently removed from their adult guardians.

In 2020, the phrase has come to mean the time before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, when people could freely associate and go to bars and parties.

"In "The Before Time" we had a buffet lunch every day. Now we just stare at each other over zoom.

The Before Time by neurosmash September 8, 2020

The Before Time 

'The Before Time' is now used to reference the era proceeding the virus apocalypse of 2020.

While commonly believed to originate from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, this is a classic Mandela Effect misperception of history. No video exists of any character in the film ever using that phrase.

Rather, South Park Season 4, episode 16 parodies Beyond Thunderdome, and is the true origin of the saying.

In The Before Time we had an actual society. Jobs, parties, sports, schools, and other public gatherings were once normal and common.

The Before Time by 5PercentRainMan July 5, 2020

The Before Time 

Phrase from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, used by the children born after societal collapse in referring to the time before.

Also occurs in South Park's "Wacky Molestation Adventure," as a cultural reference to Mad Max, as the kids cause society to collapse in the episode after claiming that every adult in town molested them.

People were happy in the before time, the long long ago.

The Before Time by ItsnotFROMsouthparkmoron August 1, 2017

The Before Time 

A phrase referring to the age of mankind before the advent of the internet and/or before advanced data mining, search engines and online resources (especially Google, Wikipedia, etc.) made information widely available and convenient; i.e. when people had to do research manually via libraries, card-catalogs, paper books and reference materials such a Encylcopaedia.

Also jokingly referred to as "the before time, the long long ago" referencing the cultural memes of Star Wars and the 64th episode of South Park.

Well son, in "the before time", finding out answers to questions was a lot more difficult, it could take hours or even days to research topics and had to be done by physically going to a local library!

The Before Time by triple butt October 23, 2010

The Hand Before Time 

The Hand Before Time is a sexual act where a woman with a little T-rex arm gives a man an old fashioned.

That homeless lady outside the liquor store used her little gimp arm to give Steve a The hand before time.

The Hand Before Time by Ron J. Livingston December 14, 2010

In The Time Before The Light 

Lyrics to "Through The Fire and Flames", by Dragonforce.

On a cold winter morning
In the time before the light

In The Time Before The Light by XxDragonMast3rxX December 18, 2019

The Before Times 

Everything before about Feb 2020 when covid became a worldwide phenomenon

Tucker: Yo remember when we used to get drunk and hang?

Dave: Yea the before times were so dope
Dave and Tucker: *Silently think about how apocalyptic things are*

The Before Times by Well Education October 27, 2020