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Reference rule (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by can@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 168 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 92 points 5 months ago

When you have to explain 10 years of Internet history to explain a level 5 meme to your normie friends...

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 5 months ago

And what these youth do not understand is that we revolutionaries were there on the ground when Level I began โœŠ๐Ÿ˜”

[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 28 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

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?"

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Indeed, play it as a conversation deepener

[-] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

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[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago

Unless it's badger, badger, badger era. These kids don't even know about Trogdor, the Burninator.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

I was a kid when that came out and definitely only know it because of "AntiqueMemes" content lol

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Did you know Homestar Runner at all?

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

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.

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[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 150 points 5 months ago

how to not pass the vibe check

[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 98 points 5 months ago

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

[-] wahooyeeha@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

Shaka, when the walls fell

[-] Arkaelus@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago
[-] 01101000_01101001@mander.xyz 30 points 5 months ago
[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 35 points 5 months ago
[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

I like to imagine they always take a little pause to raise their eyebrows and tilt their head when they say "fully".

[-] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 86 points 5 months ago

Screw those functional people, all my homies are terminally online messes

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 76 points 5 months ago

I appreciate people like this because they let you know right from the start they arnt worth your time.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 72 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

Unless they don't understand how to read the format

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 8 points 5 months ago

The using eyes to see colors format?

[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

How dare you be so demeaning to colorblind meme-enjoyers

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[-] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 71 points 5 months ago

This guy definitely read "The Game" and thought he was successfully negging

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 20 points 5 months ago

And I just lost, thank you very much

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 5 points 5 months ago

Fuck I lost too

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[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago
[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

"Oh, you gave them a name?"

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

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.)

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 7 points 5 months ago

hierogoofics

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago
[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I was corrected to meemee, and I too felt ashamed. Well, who's laughing now?

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[-] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Why do people add 'rule' after post titles?

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 40 points 5 months ago

You know the rules, and so do I.

(read the community rules)

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 66 points 5 months ago

So I'm supposed to memorise all your little community rules just to post here?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The "rule" in reference is if you visit the community you must post something before leaving. And titles are hard.

Edit: wait โ€”

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[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

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.

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[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

you didn't memorize the little picture did you

[-] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

No, but I admire the people who can memorize, recall and communicate by using the little pictures without the slightest effort. ๐Ÿ˜”

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 11 points 5 months ago

miss me with that tbh

[-] snugglebutt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

the time stopped at that moment

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