Protesting through dance is indeed very cute.
For more info, please watch Newsies, a 1992 musical drama about the paperboy strikes produced by corporate behemoth Walt Disney Pictures :)
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For context, a woman went viral during the Myanmar Coup in 2021 for dancing/doing a "follow along" exercise routine as police and military vehicles rolled in behind her. People from Myanmar added that she was dancing to a protest song. She is wearing a mask because this was during the Covid pandemic.
Sigma Klim is the protagonist of the video game Virtue's Last Reward, the second title in the Zero Escape Trilogy, originally released for the Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita portable conso-
Hey wait a minute, I think this guy already knows who niche videogame protagonist Sigma Klim is...
You got it, fellow kid!
I'm practicing my skills for climbing to middle management 😤
No problem! My dad told me today that he wants to laugh at the stuff I laugh at, but just doesn't have the cultural context for it. So I've decided to that I should just explain things to him, and bring that energy to Lemmy as well. Shit is rough, we should be able to laugh together at least.
You get it. People are already dismissing Kendrick as "some rapper". Imagine trying to talk about Single's Inferno here. 💀
Explanation for anyone who needs it:
"My Shayla" is a meme on tiktok derived from a video of actor Tyrese Gibson crying on an Instagram Live about losing custody of his daughter Shayla. It is generally used as a sound for people missing a person, a space or time (eg. your childhood), or just thinking about their pets while they're at work. In this case, Tiktok is replacing Shayla for the OP.
Many US users of Tiktok post-ban have commented that their algorithm is less personalized and more geared towards outrage content. As such, the app no longer has the original vibes, and is now suspected as another delivery method of propaganda for the Trump administration. They are now seeking alternatives.
To express their disappointment, another user is saying they have had a "no bones day" since the return of the app. This refers to a famous pug named Noodle on Tiktok who's owner posted videos of them lifting Noodle up and seeing if Noodle will stand up on their own or fall over. If Noodles stood up, it was a high energy therefore "bones" day, and if Noodles fell over, it was a low energy "no bones day".
The final poster makes a humourous observation that without Tiktok, they would not have understood the previous conversation, and wishes "old Tiktok" to rest in peace.
Some additional nice commentary: Older observers have chimed into this conversation reminiscing about their own "lost" or enshittified websites and platforms (stumbleupon, addictinggames/other flash sites, Homestarrunner, Vine, MSN Messenger, MySpace, Encarta, Napsters, Last. fm, hobby forums, etc.) They have tried to assure younger people, who socialize more online than any other generation, that there will be other options and opportunities to gather in communities again (to mixed results).
Notice how I'm specifically talking about news headlines, Facebook boomers, and 4chan. All digital spaces. I never said I didn't call this shit out IRL.
These people got attention on social media first, and then decided to move it offline. There are whole articles about how Steve Bannon used online spaces to radicalize people because doing it irl was too tough before and during the first Trump presidency. Then newsmedia and every social platform found outrage generated clicks which generated ad revenue during the first Trump presidency, and we have now been living in this racist, fascist hellscape for a decade.
Hawk Tuah was fascinating in observing the generational divide in meme cultures.
Boomers found it crass, GenX/Xilleniala mostly found it funny at face value, and Zillenials/GenZ made hawk tuak jokes steeped in 5 layers of irony because they found it "cringe".
It was Minions 2.0.
Cato was a dick.
Julius Caesar would like to award you a consulship.
I have a 2015 Rav 4 that's just on the cusp. It has built in GPS/Infotainment unit that has buttons, and needs to be updated by going to the Toyota website, downloading the software updates onto a USB, and then plugging the USB into the car's port.
Honestly it's the perfect level of tech for me. Sure the built-in maps are a bit outdated now, but I don't need cellular service to navigate around, and I have infotainment and climate buttons on my steering wheel as well as the dashboard.
Praying it lasts another 10 years.