572

submitted 1 week ago by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

26 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

A+

Is there a name for a rememberrey like this, but it is a very specific meme crossover?

Like, a t-shirt with the Mario font but the text is bros before hoes, or something mainstream pumpkin spice like that. That's a normal crossover.

I only like crossovers when no one else in my life will understand them, whatever you call them.

[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Niche crossover?

[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I also want the description to only be understood by the in group.

Like saying 196 to someone, or reciting the pillars poem, or the 40k mechanius creed.

[-] nul@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I enjoyed hearing about meme crossovers in a recurring Reply All segment where they would take a host who didn't understand a complicated Tweet and break down all the pieces.

Here's an excerpt that stuck with me:

PJ: Dog underscore rates. Ok. So, there is a--there is a Twitter account, uh, that has over 2 million followers.

ALEX BLUMBERG: Ok.

PJ: And it is devoted to rating peoples’ dogs,

ALEX BLUMBERG: Rating them.

PJ: Yeah. So like, scale of one to ten?

ALEX BLUMBERG: Ohhhh.

PJ: Except they always give them above 10. Like, every single time. Um, can I just show you the best moment in WeRateDogs™’ history? Where a guy got angry, that he thought the ratings system was skewed?

ALEX BLUMBERG: Uh, so, this guy Brant?

PJ: Yeah.

ALEX BLUMBERG: He was like, "@dog_rates You're rating system sucks! Just change your name to cute dogs!" And then WeRateDogs™ wrote back: "Why are you so mad, Bront?" And then he said, "Well, you give every dog 11s and 12s, it doesn't even make any sense!" (laughing) That's a guy who is not in on the joke.

PJ: Yes.

ALEX BLUMBERG: (laughing) And then WeRateDogs™--and then WeRateDogs™ says, "They're good dogs, Brent." Brant: "It's a cheap gimmick!" WeRateDogs™: "Well Brint, (laughing) the people love it and I'm doing it for them, not you." Uh. Brent: "All I'm saying is you could have real legitimate ratings instead of every just saying (laughing) every dog is a 10, 11, or 12"