On one had, responding like that is definitely a sign that it’s not going to work. On the other hand, that’s a perfectly normal feeling for a person who doesn’t live their life on the internet.
When you have to explain 10 years of Internet history to explain a level 5 meme to your normie friends…
And what these youth do not understand is that we revolutionaries were there on the ground when Level I began ✊😔
I mean, how is it any different than referencing movies, music, TV shows, stand-up comedy, or any other piece of pop culture?
Would referencing a movie somebody hasn’t seen before make you terminally in-theater or something? Though, having said that, I am now going to take every opportunity I can to work the phrase “terminally in-theater” into my daily life anytime somebody mentions a Marvel movie or something.
Twenty plus years we could have shared pop culture. If it was on the radio or popular cable TV, maybe many people saw it. But now there’s too much information, period. Everyone specializes. If you expect people to know their memes, you’re pressuring them to consume the same media they do. Not cool.
So, float the meme, why not. But expect it to flop. Be happily surprised when it doesn’t.
This is true but also the way her date phrased the response was pretty rude af. If someone references a movie I don’t know, I don’t go “La-dee-da, look at Mr. Film Buff over here,” since that would be fucking rude (and I also like films, but that doesn’t mean I know most of them).
I would probably instead say, “Is that a movie you like? Should I watch it?”
Indeed, play it as a conversation deepener
Sure, and it’s fine when a meme flops. But this person was apparently being an asshole about the entire concept of memes.
My wife is into things I’m not into. Sometimes she even drops references to those things into conversations that I don’t get. You know what I don’t do? I don’t say, “So, I’m supposed to memorize all these TV shows in order to have a conversation with you?” That’s being a jerk, and completely unnecessary. I just kinda politely smile and nod, and move on.
I agree, you shouldn’t expect people to understand every reference you make. My statement was more about how the quote in the pic and, to a much lesser extent, the comment above both seem to view being introduced to a new thing by someone you like as sort of a bad thing. The quote in the photo especially is a red flag of not caring about the things the people you care about are into.
Obviously not everybody is going to be familiar with the same media as you. But if somebody gets upset with you because you quoted a joke from a source that they’re unfamiliar with, that’s on them, not you.
It’s not. If you’re really into pop culture and you frequently make such references then someone who is not will have a hard time communicating with you.
It’s not about internet culture being bad, it’s about the communication gap between people with very different cultural references.
Depends on how obscure a meme is. At least with people in their 20ies, even the ones who arent internet people will know the more popular memes
Unless it’s badger, badger, badger era. These kids don’t even know about Trogdor, the Burninator.
I was a kid when that came out and definitely only know it because of “AntiqueMemes” content lol
Did you know Homestar Runner at all?
Used to watch Homestarrunner on dial-up.
Would take about 20 to 30 minutes to load a 3-4 minute toon.
Don’t miss that part of internet antiquity.
I do miss when videos used to fully buffer though! Now, if I have a crappy connection and I pause to let the video load, it mostly doesn’t.
I always thought it was the same thing as Homestuck and avoided both!
Oh, you missed out so much. Fortunately, the site is still mostly usable, though last time I checked, the games did not work.
TROGDOR
I’ve seen things, seen them with my eyes
What?
That is definitely not true these days. Too much internet out there.
how to not pass the vibe check
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Shaka, when the walls fell
Picard, hands on face
Tembah, his arms open
Data, fully functional.
I like to imagine they always take a little pause to raise their eyebrows and tilt their head when they say “fully”.
Screw those functional people, all my homies are terminally online messes
I appreciate people like this because they let you know right from the start they arnt worth your time.
This guy definitely read “The Game” and thought he was successfully negging
The Game Trilogy was a great read 👍 (books Game, Buzz, Bubble)
If they make me leave, I would say it’s very successful
If I keep showing you memes and you don’t get them, I will start to question if you are even a human being since most memes are relatable to simply being human. Like, even a normie should relate to generic memes.
Unless they don’t understand how to read the format
The using eyes to see colors format?
How dare you be so demeaning to colorblind meme-enjoyers
Blind memes are not as punchy
Its a meme you dip
“Oh, you gave them a name?”
If you don’t have in-jokes with the homies tf is up with you? Thats basically memes in a nutshell, though obv some memes are more localized to particular ingroups then others so I can understand the flipside… Spiders georg vs. jolly ranchers vs. todays main character sounds incomprehensible except to the right intersection of three websites (though with cross pollination being what it is you may only need one.)
hierogoofics
Memes in a nutshell called meruses, and you can be infected by them.
What’s a… “Meh meh?”
I remember a native English speaker correcting my pronunciation of meme to maymay back in like 2015 and I felt so ashamed for pronouncing it meem back then… I didn’t have friends who were into memes yet and was very insecure. I think about her often.
I was corrected to meemee, and I too felt ashamed. Well, who’s laughing now?
It’s of the French extraction and derivation: it is pronounced
meh m
the correct pronunciation is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3gxpUbsTU
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Why do people add ‘rule’ after post titles?
You know the rules, and so do I.
(read the community rules)
So I’m supposed to memorise all your little community rules just to post here?
The “rule” in reference is if you visit the community you must post something before leaving. And titles are hard.
Edit: wait —
Important to add that, originally, this was the only rule in 196 (although the mods of this community have made other rules for more transparent moderation)
No no no. You can just post and hope that it complies with the rules that you didn’t read, and then if someone takes it down, you have the choice to either complain or cope.
No you should know the rules of each community you are posting on.
Woosh
Rule rule
you didn’t memorize the little picture did you
No, but I admire the people who can memorize, recall and communicate by using the little pictures without the slightest effort. 😔
miss me with that tbh
the time stopped at that moment
The radio started streaming Darude Sandstorm
I was just having an argument with someone that got banned from a Lemmy instance because a meme from 30 years ago got him banned because the meme says " the man, the legend… "and op was a she/her, while she/her was ignorant of the meme she/her didn’t even bother to understand the old memes and got the dude a Perma ban from the Lemmy instance for " internationally misgendering " she/her. Moral of the story no matter what generation you are or how meme knowledgeable you may be there’s always a she/her that will hurt you with the ignorance badge.
