this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never late. This one is completely new for me

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

Yeah same here. Anyone have some context or backstory with the meme so I too may partake in the funny?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been around so many sites trying to figure it out but the consensus is that no one really knows… it just kind of happened. It’s a legit photo and not shopped though

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

Thanks for sleuthing. At the very least, it’s pretty funny and I got a good chuckle

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-guy-holding-a-sewing-machine-in-front-of-a-ups-truck-accident-the-unexplainable-picture

looks like the whole point IS that it's just absurd, but real.

this is new to me too. I'm always up for a new-old meme! 🥰

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

looks like the whole point IS that it’s just absurd, but real.

incidentally, it looks like the academic papers published by the the guy in the photo are in that same category . . .

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I went to high school with this dude

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Do you have a story to accompany the photo?

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

If thats true, its frickin STORY TIME!

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

Not much to tell regarding the meme but I've known him since elementary school and he's a smart dude

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

Contact him and make him give an interview.

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

Super villain energy right there

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

Nostalgia. Feels good man.

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

Please explain. I don’t get the joke.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The joke is the absurdness of the photo.

Older memes were more simple, meant to be weird and bizarre cause it was different from what people were used to getting from traditional media like magazines and TV... Try not to overthink it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also shock/random humour was a lot bigger back then.

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

It's not too late, it's never too late

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

You are more likely too old for late memes. I happens to us all…