• RobotsLeftHand@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 hours ago

    You’re buying shaped chicken nuggets. You’ve already surrendered your dignity. There are no “Heroes of Civil Rights” chicken nuggets…

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    8·
    6 hours ago

    I had to double check and make sure that wasn’t the exact image I took this weekend at Aldi and shared with a couple of friends (it wasn’t). Real friends don’t steal karma that would rightfully have been mine. My kids would have died from extreme eye rolling trauma if I had brought those home from the store.

  • Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    123·
    6 hours ago

    Y’all just haters, 67 is just another example of one generation finding and creating their own internet humor, then having every other generation bash on them for it.

    Sure it’s a bit cringey, but let the kids have their fun. Internet humor doesn’t have to be so gatekeepy. We had things like 21 from vine and 2+2 is 4. If you look further than number based memes, then there’s been a bunch of nonsensical memes like 🅱️

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I was at a gathering and someone who is an English teacher said “yeah the 6 7 is so annoying but I can’t complain much; the entire maths department is in great distress.” I couldn’t help myself but the deadpan tone of the delivery just absolutely floored me.

    • Dingo_Kidneys@lemmy.today
      61·
      5 hours ago

      I think I can shed light on the 6 7 hate. To do so though, I need to cover why people are okay with the others. 420 and 69 have been around for ages so they get a pass for being grandfathered and having transgressive origins. Quick maths (2+2 is 4, minus 1 that’s 3) got its fame for being an incredibly stupid thing to say in the middle of a rap while also simultaneously going way too hard for how silly it sounds. Lastly you have 21, which was a vine meme so again, a more grounded and community based origin.

      What makes 6 7 stand out is that it’s from the British school system, and British culture sucks.

      I rest my case.

    • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 hours ago

      I, a mid fifties uncle, dropped a 6 7 reference to my sister whilst my teenaged niece was nearby and got a laugh out of her. Worth it. Embrace the cringe.

      • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I’m genuinely surprised it annoys anyone tbh, it’s just a couple of numbers. I laugh when my kids catch me and be as cringey as I can with it at every opportunity. Good harmless fun I can exploit for years to come.

  • Sabata@ani.social
    42·
    10 hours ago

    Finally, corpos are adopting the meme. They will make it cringe enough to kill it off while milking the corpse dry.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      10·
      7 hours ago

      But the brilliant part is that they aren’t selling this shit to kids, they are selling it to parents and there’s an extra dynamic of parent trying to make kid happy and kid probably picking up on that and acting happy to please the parent, resulting in the parent buying it more times when neither of them really care about it.

      It’s insidious and reminds me of those car commercials where they are marketing “a new car will make your teenagers want to spend time with the family instead of their friends” instead of trying to sell the car itself.

      • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        Is that really a plot line in car commercials these days? I’ve got to see some examples because that’s pretty crazy

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 hours ago

          No idea about these days as I don’t watch ads these days, but I do remember some minivan or SUV commercials like that back in the 00s and fresh enough off being a teenager that I knew it didn’t work like that (or for the ones that would, they were probably already still engaged with the family without needing a new car).