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[hellablue]

@ all of u who dont know what a meme is but u try anyway

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[meteorman]

That is very clearly a Beautifly.

[rediscover]

Omg....Ford.....

[hellablue]

now u see what i deal w/ every day

[rediscover]

and he's from an even more modern time than me!!

[hellablue]

i know right? but i mean he did sorta
bounce around the universe
so we should probably cut him some slack
but only a little

[rediscover]

i GUESS
but only a little bit! he needs to keep up just like the rest of us time travelers!!

[hellablue]

yeah man
he's giving you a bad name
i mean if a princess from the stone age can meme like a queen
he has no excuse

[rediscover]

that's exactly right!

hey wait
i am NOT from the stone age, you jerk!

please imagine him literally flipping through pokemon social media to doublecheck his memeing here

[meteorman]

Wait. I think I know what I'm supposed to say in this situation.


This is so sad. Primarina, sing Despacito.

i'm so proud of him

[hellablue]

[holy fuck there might be actual tears in her eyes]

oh my god
ford
wow

he's trying out here

[meteorman]

Good wow or bad wow?

1/2

[hellablue]

[hellablue]

oh wait ur not gonna get that
much good
very impressed
wow

[meteorman]

I see. Thank you.

Unless this is teenage sarcasm? But I would like to think I'm getting good at spotting that.

[hellablue]

ford
something you need to know about me is that im almost always being at the bear minimum at least like
5% sarcastic at all times
this is one of those moments where im being 95% sincere

[meteorman]

What. That's what it is.

[rediscover]

you're missing the entire point of the meme!

[meteorman]

In my defense the point isn't exactly crystal-clear.

[rediscover]

says you!! it's pretty obviously a play on people who are confused about what a meme is in the first place!
aren't you like a genius :P

[meteorman]

That much is obvious, yes. But the use of a Beautifly in particular must have some reasoning behind it. I assume that man is someone specific. The context of this particular brand of joke is what makes it funny. For instance, the pictures of me insisting on bringing my Ninetales into inappropriate situations for a Ninetales to be in all hinge on the knowledge that this is something I have done before, publicly and on purpose. Without that context the joke is merely that a stranger is doing something stupid, which in and of itself isn't funny enough to make the joke more than once. For a joke like this, one which is repeated so often people intuitively understand the humor merely on sight, context is necessary.

[rediscover]

Foooooord! you are WAY overthinking this!
the whole point is that it's like a fun inside joke! for fun!

itt grandpa argues about a thing that doesn't need to be argued about

[meteorman]

And inside jokes require context. That is my entire point.

[starry_forehead]

....uh, I don't think that's what they were going for, Grunkle Ford.

Didn't Mabel show you her pictures of Waddles dressed up in a business suit with the captions, back home? I'm pretty sure she shows those to everyone.

[Dipper at least has a sister to know most memes from.]

[hellablue]

not to be that threadhoppy bitch but

what the fuck is a waddles

[starry_forehead]

My sisters pet pig