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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   3516 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for January 19, 2024

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For some reason I immediately thought of this Imgur post which I haven't seen in like ten years.

I have no idea whether these memes were intended to be funny (like we're meant to be laughing at what a sad sack Dragonite is, Kirk van Houten-style) but I sincerely find them more viscerally upsetting than just about any Hollywood tearjerker you care to mention. Titanic eat your heart out.

It's funny how differently different people respond to these. I didn't really get much from roys' memes - I got the sentiment, and thought they were nice, but they didn't hit me like a tonne of bricks like they did you. But these floored me. I don't think Titanic is strong enough to describe it, I'm at Watership Down levels here.

Reminds me of the time when I was a kid; my parents listened to oldies compulsively in the car when driving anywhere. One day “Cat’s In The Cradle” came on, and I listened carefully to the lyrics, and they hit me like a ton of bricks. Before and even after then, my relationship with my dad was antagonistic, but I got a job under him at his work when I was recovering from two abusive relationships, and since then we’ve had a great time being father and son, mostly.

Well I haven't encountered that particular format before, poor Dragonite, should have hung around more when the eggs hatched. At least attended the evolution party, presuming they weren't digitized.

Oh man, /r/adviceanimals was at one point excellent. I do believe the Dragonite memes are intended to be serious first, and then funny as you consider the absurdity of how children treat their dads.

My only true post to Reddit was a great 4-square ragecomic posted to f7u12 extolling the happy transition from a girlfriend who wouldn't go down on me to a hookup who definitely would. 13 years ago.....

a girlfriend who wouldn't go down on me

ngmi /s

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