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[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 7 points 3 months ago

In case anyone wants to know why, IIRC that format was popularized online by the Despair Inc demotivational posters of the 2000s.

demotivating poster that reads “mistakes: maybe the purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others”

Which themselves satirized the banal and pompous business inspo decor of the dotcom six sigma era that was ubiquitous on the walls of fart whiffer conference rooms, executive offices, and the like.

motivational framed picture placed that reads “IMAGINATION: What we can easily see is only a small percentage of what is possible.Imagination is having the vision to see what is just below the surface; to picture that which is essential, but invisible to the eye.”

[-] wurstgulasch3000@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago

Oh man I thought six sigma was a funny thing that 30 rock came up with, but it's actually real?

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's really, and is still very much a thing.

And they really do have a "belt" system. Because of some bullshit ai had to do at an old job, I'm a Six Sigma Yellow Belt. I've never had my time wasted more.

[-] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

John Stewart slow clap gif

[-] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Somehow, much like the show itself, this meme refuses to die. A real winner

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 points 3 months ago

I have a flash drive somewhere with a bunch of demotivational posters on it. One day, I'll stop being lazy and find it.

[-] whimsy@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

But how do you find the motivation to find them

[-] Reiea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Oh no. An I old now?

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

[-] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

And back then they weren't called "memes" but we called them (de)motivational pictures

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Can I haz cheeseburger? XD

[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What, this is considered old now? Old memes aren't even images, they're just ASCII art. Also HTTPS wasn't a thing back then. Everything on the web transferred in cleartext, which is pretty crazy from today's perspective.

[-] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

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