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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

I've lived both, am fully addicted to my phone, and genuinely believe we were better off then.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That lucky guy gets to own his things!

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

including the handses

[–] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Is think this is the most pedantic comment section I've seen so far

[–] regularking2728@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 123 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I am pretty sure I cannot fit a whole dude in my pocket.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 109 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is much more wholesome than what I was thinking.

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[–] pewpew@feddit.it 49 points 1 week ago

It's replaced by an AI chatbot now

[–] ACbHrhMJ@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I try to fit a whole person in my pants every day. They only fit about half the guy, tho. 😔

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[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pockets have come a long way

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

was at a flea market, there was a machete, i jockingly called it a pocket knife, because it fits in a pocket,

put it in my pocket, it fit.

felt bad for my daughter's who will likely never get proper pockets.

who do I need to hack with my pocket knife for them to get normal pockets?

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My double standard is that when I see someone with a boombox playing music in public, I'm chill and open to it. When someone does the same thing on their phone, I must work to enhance my calm.

Is it the sound quality? Maybe in part. But there's more to it.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Maybe it's that a boombox playing music is more social and open, whereas what someone does with their phone is typically meant to be private, but some people play their music or w/e noise out loud from it as if only they can hear their phone and you're just supposed to pretend they aren't overstepping boundaries.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I think it's a mindset thing. A boombox means you're thinking about an audience. Consideration is implicit.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I hate when people have boomboxes too

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Huh, you have a dude in your pants now, congrats.

[–] molten@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've always had a dude in my pants

[–] dumbass@quokk.au 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

lol, that dudes out there with no dude in his pants, what a dumbass.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah he provides good vibes.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Missing:

  • A game console
  • All the maps in the world + compass
  • Gigantic notepad
  • Calendar
  • Entire stack of catalogs
  • Newspapers
  • Thermostat
  • A whole fucking supercomputer
  • An entire building-sized stack of photo albums
  • Flashlight
  • An sycophant assistant who makes shit up just to keep you happy.
[–] brokenlcd@feddit.it 13 points 1 week ago

An sycophant assistant who makes shit up just to keep you happy.

Who says that man doesn't carry out that function?

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[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

WTF, dude, get out of my pocket!

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't where the dude fits.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TBF, the stereo speakers probably sound better and are certainly capable of being much louder than my phone speakers. But yeah, miles better in every other capacity.

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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait... My phone can play cassettes and cd's? Freaking awesome!

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wish, but for some reason most Android phones lack the correct drivers to play CD audio

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

mine doesn't even have a fucking disc tray

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At least mine has a cassette deck and jack plugs.

[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Eurorack tape module? I want to know what it can do... off googlin'

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Error instruments loopman 1. It can record and playback, at different speeds. You can use existing tapes with music, but also modified tapes with for example 8 sec loop. YouTube video and This video

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[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

How big are your pockets?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

You cannot fit three sets of headphones in your pocket without them fucking up your phone or your wallet.

You absolutely positively 100% cannot fit a VHS player inside your pocket.

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[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I dont have a human being inside my pocket.

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

The forgot the encyclopedia set and a couple thousand books and a few hundred video tapes.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Even ignoring the joke with the dude fitting into your pocket, I cannot fit full over-ear cans I to my pocket... This is just lies.

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[–] janonymous@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Baggy pants are back, baby!

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

nah, the speakers from that boombox are not in my pocket.

[–] CiderApplenTea@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wish I could (even excl the dude), but women's clothes and phone sizes don't match

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Want to really feel old? It's been that way for around 20 years now.

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[–] Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The single CD amongst all that analog media seems so much like an anachronism that I had to look it up. The CD standard was published in 1980 and it was commercially available in the US in 1983 but it took until 1992 for CD sales to surpass cassette tape sales.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

The Walkman and other tape players were so much superior to CD players for portability and convenience. Batteries lasted a lot longer for portable tape players than for CD players. Tapes could be remixed easily so you could bring a specific playlist (or 2 or 3) with you. Tapes were much more resilient than CDs. The superior audio quality of CDs didn't matter as much when you were using 1980's era headphones. Or, even if you were using a boombox, the spinning of a disc was still susceptible to bumps or movement causing skips, and the higher speed motor and more complex audio processing drained batteries much faster. And back then, rechargeable batteries weren't really a thing, so people were just burning through regular single use alkaline batteries.

It wasn't until the 90's that decent skip protection, a few generations of miniaturization and improved battery life, and improved headphones made portable CDs competitive with portable tapes.

At the same time, cars started to get CD players, but a typical person doesn't buy a new car every year, so it took a few years for the overall number of cars to start having a decent number of CD players.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

Why can't this he from 1983 then? Hell, even 1992 isn't crazy.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When I was young, I had a bucket list of all the fun gadgets I wanted - a camera, a video camera, a nice stereo system, a portable stereo system, a car stereo, lots of records, a TV, a VCR, a computer, etc. Making a Christmas list was easy, even if I knew I would never get 99% of it.

Now I get asked what I want for Christmas, and I have no idea what to say. My phone includes nearly everything I've ever wanted, including stuff I never thought of. Give me my phone, my guitar, a sandwich, and a bottle of water, and I'm pretty much set for life.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

And technically most of it would fit inside your butt. There just isn't a market for butt phones.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'd call that

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