The tee shirt bots have gotten to Lemmy.

Please don’t horrify me with such things when I’m having such a nice day.

Peak t-shirt slogan humor, I’m sure. Very ironic. 👍

I honestly don’t mind it, as my kid and I also bond and joke over quoting homestarrunner & other online media.

I think it’s only an issue if the kids can’t “turn it off” or have no other interests or hobbies other than doing things online.

Plus, it’s middle school. These kids don’t really have themselves figured out yet, so constantly parroting popular memes can gain them some acceptance from their peers.

You’re right, my apologies. Been a good while since I’ve cracked open the book.

Either way, good wholesome biblical tales for the whole family!

My kid is in middle school, and the current thing is calling out to “chat” out loud if something interesting happens.

“Chat, is this real?”

“Chat, did you see that?”

“Chat, do you know the answer?”

Etc.

Some kids are already “terminally online”.

That was the daughters of Noah. You’re mixing up your Bible lore a bit.

I was wrong! My bad on that.

“Helping people is gay”

Used to watch Homestarrunner on dial-up.

Would take about 20 to 30 minutes to load a 3-4 minute toon.

Don’t miss that part of internet antiquity.

Back when I was young, I waited in a hot, minimally air-conditioned government building in Tennessee. For nearly 3 hours.

I finally went to the front desk and asked if I was even supposed to be there today, as my name had not been called.

The lady at the desk asked my name, and I gave her my last name, which sounds vaguely foreign. She looked surprised, leaned forward, and whispered “Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t realize you were white!” And immediately ushered me through.

I moved out of that god-foesaken town / state months later.

Your Blahaj might need a bath soon. 🦈🛁

As well-thought out as the answer before mine is, here’s the scoop:

The Oncler in the newest adaptation was once heavily meme’d as a “Tumblr sexy-man”– an internet bad-boy that folks would write edgy fanfiction about and make thirsty art depicting them, among other things. It was era that people who had that phase look back on and cringe. It is not something that people are proud to remember about themselves.

It was clearly unintentional by OP but once they saw the resemblance, they were filled with deep regret considering the history of the Tumblr-fied-era Onceler.

So comparing OP to the Onceler is bringing up feelings of adjacent cringe, as being compared to a Tumblr-phase-animated-fanfiction-sexyboi-twink really makes your brain scream “OH PLEASE NO” if you remember “those times”.

Oh no…

They even had art drawn of them!

Brutal.

It got taken down? Not locked? Why? :(

Know what tipped me off that Lemmy really doesn’t get nuance?

There was an article about a ride-share / taxi company that cateted to women and provided drivers who were also women, to make them feel safer getting a ride.

The comments were absolutely venomous, calling it out as “sexism” and how “what’s to stop me from identifying as a woman and calling? They can’t refuse me!” which… fuckin’ oof.

But I figured out why they’re upset: because they want people to be treated equally instead of acknowledging that some people have different needs that may require extra services to level the playing field.

Equality vs. Equity.

Ohhhh this is why my posts finally came out of the negatives.

Thank you!

“Yeah but if I don’t think about it, it’s not a problem!”

I think the worst part of it was that they were showing up near grade schools and playgrounds.

It sure did stop quickly once someone dressed as a creepy clown got shot, iirc.