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Ok but like not r(ul)eally ... unless? (i.ibb.co)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You miss one day of the internet and nothing makes sense.

Can someone explain the joke, please?

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Gotcha.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thanks. That explains very little, but I’ve accepted that this is how gen z uses the internet.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I believe it's parodying the manic pixie dream girl trope where some magical girl seduces your vanilla ass into doing molly and banging, but OP is even more vanilla so really just wants pain meds and cuddling. Idk I am also an old now.

[–] Sombyr 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Gen Z here.
People liked being part of in jokes nobody else understood. Eventually it evolved into creating jokes even you yourself weren't in on just to confuse the fuck out of people. Brings the satisfaction of seeing people not understanding the "in" joke and the additional satisfaction that they never will be in on it either.
The "that explains nothing" feeling when you see the origin is part of the joke.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

That was a thing when I was in 4th or 5th Grade.

A few people would be in on it. The victim comes over and the instigator tells a stupid pointless joke, and everyone laughs. The outsider either laughs along and is mocked for being a brownnoser, or they look confused and are mocked for not getting the joke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The Markiplier E is the most poignant example I've seen of this phenomenon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Pain meds and cuddling sounds like the perfect maniac pixie dream girl!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I'm so old lol

But yeah there's not much to explain with a shitpost

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So many memes...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Meme culture is so cringe, yet I participate

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It's 2024 and there isn't much that isn't cringe