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I heard it for Michael Jackson first (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That rumour was everywhere by the end of '94. Not a lot of millenials in high school then. Almost all Gen X.

[–] JPJones@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Late '80s. I was in middle school. That shit spread like wildfire.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I heard the rumor back in '74 when Malta became a republic.

[–] DrBoom@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I heard it back in '68 but it was about Paul McCartney

[–] JPJones@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

I fuckin love you guys.

[–] doctorcrimson 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And by the time Millennials were in High School we almost certainly had Internet.

[–] root_beer@midwest.social -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who’s this “we”, white man?

…I was poor and didn’t have it until I started art school in ‘99

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I didnt know that only white people had internet access before 99. I'm glad they let us in, eventually. I had internet access at school before 99, but it must've been a white school or something.

It must be cool to be white and immune to being poor.

Edit: this comment was a Lone Ranger quote. Not just nonchalant racism. I haven't seen that movie in ages. It is a classic. Carry on friend. I apologize for assuming the worst.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a line from Lone Ranger (not the Johnny Depp one).

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You are right. I haven't seen that movie in ages and forgot. I thought the person I replied to was just race baiting at first, but they were just vibing. I apologize for jumping to conclusions.

[–] root_beer@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It’s cool, I shouldn’t have expected many people to get the reference, being how outdated it is even for me

Just vibing is the way to be, yo

[–] doctorcrimson 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You probably have to add /s or root_beer won't know otherwise.

[–] root_beer@midwest.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps I should have because you missed my point completely

[–] doctorcrimson 0 points 11 months ago

Lmao nah we understood you

[–] Licensed_to_ill@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I heard it in 5th or 6th grade around 2001-2002. So still millennial. The post says elementary school not high-school... Just not the 90s in my case