Reference rule

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.

When you have to explain 10 years of Internet history to explain a level 5 meme to your normie friends...
- And what these youth do not understand is that we revolutionaries were there on the ground when Level I began ✊😔
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.
- 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.
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
- Unless it's badger, badger, badger era. These kids don't even know about Trogdor, the Burninator.

how to not pass the vibe check

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

Shaka, when the walls fell
- Picard, hands on face

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

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

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.

Unless they don't understand how to read the format
- The using eyes to see colors format?

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

And I just lost, thank you very much
- Fuck I lost too
If they make me leave, I would say it's very successful
The Game Trilogy was a great read 👍 (books Game, Buzz, Bubble)

Its a meme you dip

"Oh, you gave them a name?"

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.)

hierogoofics
Memes in a nutshell called meruses, and you can be infected by them.

What's a... "Meh meh?"

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.
- I was corrected to meemee, and I too felt ashamed. Well, who's laughing now?
- the correct pronunciation is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3gxpUbsTU

Why do people add 'rule' after post titles?

You know the rules, and so do I.
(read the community rules)
- So I'm supposed to memorise all your little community rules just to post here?
Rule rule
you didn't memorize the little picture did you
- No, but I admire the people who can memorize, recall and communicate by using the little pictures without the slightest effort. 😔

miss me with that tbh

the time stopped at that moment

The radio started streaming Darude Sandstorm

I was just having an argument with someone that got banned from a Lemmy instance because a meme from 30 years ago got him banned because the meme says " the man, the legend.. "and op was a she/her, while she/her was ignorant of the meme she/her didn't even bother to understand the old memes and got the dude a Perma ban from the Lemmy instance for " internationally misgendering " she/her. Moral of the story no matter what generation you are or how meme knowledgeable you may be there's always a she/her that will hurt you with the ignorance badge.