• radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      My favorite piece of text from a few years ago that I was disgusted to be able to parse was “Shrimp cereal Topanga husband is a Me Too milkshake duck.”

        • radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Danielle Fishel, the actress who played the character Topanga Lawrence on the show Boy Meets World, is married to a comedian named Jensen Karp, who tweeted that he found shrimp tails in his box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

          After his tweet went viral, writer Melissa Stetten alleged that he was an abuser and stated that other women had reached out to share their own allegations against Karp with her.

          Karp being a “milkshake duck” refers to a June 2016 tweet from Aussie cartoonist Ben Ward which read

          The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the duck is racist

          It gave a name to the phenomenon of seemingly harmless individuals’ sordid pasts being called out after a brief brush with fame.

          On March 24, 2021, Twitter user @BudrykZack tweeted “Shrimp Cereal Topanga Husband is a MeToo milkshake duck”. The accompanying image is taken from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called Darmok and is of the character named Darmok who is a member of the Tamarian species which speaks only in metaphors.

          “MeToo” refers to the worldwide Me Too movement, that began in 2017, through which survivors of sexual assault and victims of sexual harrassment - mostly women - have come forward to admit to announce their victim hood in order to bring to light how common such assaults are and to demand an end to rape culture.

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    As an old fart, I like saying some of the brainrot to Gen Alphas that I know so that it makes them cringe hard. Sometimes in context, sometimes out of context depending on my mood.

    • Droggelbecher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Semi related, but my mum likes to pretend she doesn’t know what ‘Netflix and chill’ means. She keeps saying it to people. One time I said mum please google that phrase. She said she’s well aware of the meaning and just likes to see people’s reactions.

      • ArtieShaw@fedia.io
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        1 month ago

        Oh no. I feel that. Back when ipods were a thing, I liked to call it my husband’s “tiny radio.” Particularly on planes, with lots of captive listeners.

        But I was mainly torturing him.

        It’s OK - he does similar shit to me. 30 years and counting…

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “He’s resting. Probably pining for the fjords.”

    “He’s not pining, E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! E’s expired and gone to meet his maker! He’s a stiff! Bereft of life, e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed him to the perch, he’d be pushing up daisies! It’s metabolic processes are now ‘istory! E’s off the twig! E’s kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!”

  • SandmanXC@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I love that they keep coming up with dumb slang cause there’s only so much mileage you can get out of the dumb slang you had growing up.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The only part of this that really bothers me is that nerds are still incessantly quoting Monty Python at each other.

  • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    People who “make” a lot of memes are the internet equivalent of that really obnoxious kid in middle school in the 90s who couldn’t go a full five minutes without quoting the Simpsons/South Park/SpongeBob.

    On a side note, what’s the show(s) that obnoxious middle schoolers quote nowadays? Can’t imagine it’s still those 3