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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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blanket sh.itjust.works blanket@sh.itjust.works
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good on grandma to be sus of image gen, at least.

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wyrmsbane sh.itjust.works wyrmsbane@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-18
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Based af grandma

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Sergio piefed.social Sergio@piefed.social
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Gramma is part of the Never Slop kitto gang.

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schnokobaer feddit.org schnokobaer@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-28
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Why do old people always ask 'who are these people?' when you show them anything? They clearly know the concept of images of strange people from news anchors or infomercials or America's funniest home videos. Why is it that they need to know who's cat this is when I'm showing them a funny video?

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tacosanonymous lemmy.blahaj.zone tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-07-31
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Why do old people always ask 'who are these people?' when you show them anything? They clearly know the concept of images of strange people from news anchors or infomercials or America's funniest home videos. Why is it that they need to know who's cat this is when I'm showing them a funny video?

Bc no one taught them how to look it up on Know Your Meme.

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ToastedRavioli midwest.social ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-04-26
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Why do old people always ask 'who are these people?' when you show them anything? They clearly know the concept of images of strange people from news anchors or infomercials or America's funniest home videos. Why is it that they need to know who's cat this is when I'm showing them a funny video?

Old people come from a time where everything was a thing. Everybody watched the same exact shit on TV. Everyone saw the same movies. If anything was anything it was because everyone knew about it. Or if they didnt know about it, someone they knew knew about it

Old people cannot comprehend a world in which media is a trove of infinite niche and hardly anyone knows about the exact same set of 12 things that happened this week

So they see a random meme and wonder why anyone would know it exists without being a thing they missed somehow

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themaninblack lemmy.world themaninblack@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-10
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Old people come from a time where everything was a thing. Everybody watched the same exact shit on TV. Everyone saw the same movies. If anything was anything it was because everyone knew about it. Or if they didnt know about it, someone they knew knew about it Old people cannot comprehend a world in which media is a trove of infinite niche and hardly anyone knows about the exact same set of 12 ...

Wow that was well described

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Leviathan lemmy.world Leviathan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Grandma passed the vibe check, tbh.

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OldChicoAle lemmy.world OldChicoAle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-26
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Those of you that have a relationship with your grandparents, please cherish it. All my grandparents are dead and I barely knew any of them. They never really talked to me because they lived so far away and so seeing each other was really awkward. Like strangers trying to catch up.

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ayyy sh.itjust.works ayyy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-06-20
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This happened and I am the pope.

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tomenzgg midwest.social tomenzgg@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-01-19
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This happened and I am the pope.

I'm so sorry about the cancer, Your Holiness.

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SeeSmudges quokk.au SeeSmudges@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-28
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I'm so sorry about the cancer, Your Holiness.

Wrong pope. They're more of a holeyness

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Varesti lemmy.zip Varesti@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-14
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ForeverComical lemmy.ca UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-18
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This happened and I am the pope.

Your Holiness

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
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This happened and I am the pope.

Go Sox!

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beejboytyson lemmy.world beejboytyson@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-22
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This happened and I am the pope.

Sorry about the lung cancer

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87Six lemmy.zip 87Six@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-09-19
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Gramma is part of the Never Slop kitto gang.

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TankovayaDiviziya lemmy.world TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-22
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bstix feddit.dk bstix@feddit.dk
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Why do old people always ask 'who are these people?' when you show them anything? They clearly know the concept of images of strange people from news anchors or infomercials or America's funniest home videos. Why is it that they need to know who's cat this is when I'm showing them a funny video?

Some of the "elders" might have experienced and even went along with bad ideas earlier in their lives despite their best intentions.
So instead of saying "no, that is wrong" they're questioning random shit posts, because sarcasm is just not the best way to communicate between people with different references.

When they ask "who are these people" they really mean "source" to make you question the origin of the idea that you're presenting - even if it's sarcasm.

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Snowclone lemmy.world Snowclone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-30
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Why do old people always ask 'who are these people?' when you show them anything? They clearly know the concept of images of strange people from news anchors or infomercials or America's funniest home videos. Why is it that they need to know who's cat this is when I'm showing them a funny video?

life is a little more strange when you don't even know who any of the famous people are anymore.

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calliope retrolemmy.com calliope@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2025-09-02
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Go Sox!

Unfortunately it is too late for that.

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