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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

i don't know if it's me getting old or if gen z/α are getting desperate for memes. it's not funny, interesting or communicating anything. i thought hawk tuah was the jumping the shark moment but Jesus this is even worse.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Really? We all celebrated a dancing banana when we were their age. The Internet is a strange and wonderful place.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you were 42 when the dancing banana was popular, then you're old as fuuuuuuuuuuuccck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gen Z is not 42?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but I am and I made this meme.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

So it's not even a Gen Z meme then. Lol that's hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

well there was some effort there, and the internet was new. this is like "why did the chicken cross the road" becoming the most popular joke.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

New generation isn't as good as old generation, a tale as old as time. If our ancient forebears ever come back we'll all be drooling idiots compared to them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not a subscriber to juvenoia; I concede that possibly some of the things I don't understand are due my own distance from the youth and their culture, and that's fine...

It's just that here it seems like I'm not really missing anything. it's just lame and people are clingimg random shit thinking it's funny just because it feels like an inside joke.

or in the case of hawk tuah, a very mundane blonde woman making a mundane sexual reference a bit out of the ordinary... it's a bit like saying "nice" to any mention of 69 except without any hint of the irony.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

We're all just looking for some kind of escape. Sometimes it's the Pirates of Penzance and sometimes it's cheering for the orb.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is your idea of a good meme so we have a frame of reference to compare to

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

one that feels naturally evolved rather than forced. or one that has literally any meaning or purpose.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm solidly a millennial and I think it's hilarious. I also enjoy Smiling Friends so maybe I just like bizarre humor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I feel like it has weird millennial humour vibes to it. I hate it.