The internet is wild, people spend most of their time in small echo chambers and they think that is the whole internet.
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I mean, back when this was a meme the whole internet was like a single echo chamber, especially in the early days of YouTube and even more so prior.
No. No it wasn't. I've been here since YouTube started and have never seen this. People thinking they're experience is everyone's experience is wild.
Had a colleague that told me about some memes with a gay porn star. He couldn't grasp that I neither know the guy nor the memes. Allegedly they were all over the internet for years. I've never seen any of them since.
This guy is a libertarian right wing incel, so I'm pretty sure our internet experiences are completely different.
I mean, there is a shared experience for people who were online when things started. I remember Newgrounds, eBaum’s World, Nyan Cat, Epic Rap Battles of History, StumbleUpon.com.
I imagine you also experienced some or most of that short list to some extent.
Eh, my mom was on the internet at that time and would know absolutely zero of those things because she didn't visit humor sites. I knew them because that is the stuff I looked for.
Kind of like how most people watched MASH when it was the most popular show ever, but not everyone did.
Eh, maybe. While I am familiar with those things, I don't think I'd ever assume everyone my age and on the Internet would as well. Different strokes for different folks. Moreover, this didn't even take into account age at all. So not only did it appear to strike out with many of the same age, it'll likely strike out with most users who simply weren't on the Internet for that relatively small period of time.
Deeply offended at the lack of Homestar Runner in your list.
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hmmm... I'm pretty sure I've been around since before YouTube started and don't have any idea, so I still think is the case.
I think people tend to not understand how big internet is, even back then. This makes it difficult to know which memes really made it all the way to become THAT popular (and even those are not know by everyone, some people just don't follow memes)
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Yes let's project our experience onto others
I've been using Internet since late 90s and I have no idea what that is
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Have literally no idea
You need to grapefruit your man
You ever click on a link while thinking 'this is a bad idea"....
Me neither
In no particular order, it would contain the words:
"Use" "a" "grapefruit" "to" "satisfy" "your" "man"
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No, they don't. I've no idea what this is. No fomo
she suckin dick through a grapefruit
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The people commenting with the context so others can understand it kind of highlights the absurdity of the original claim.
Yeah, but look at all the eNgAgEmEnT
I may be from the other side of the internet, I haven't seen this.
SLURP SLURP
The video is called "the grapefruit technique".
I have no idea what this is
Grapefruit your man. Whooooiiisswhoiiiiishwhoiiiiish
Trust me, stick through the video till she does her demo.
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"Isn't it crazy how people recognize viral videos on the internet?"
The sound... the sound haunts my dreams
slosh slosh slosh shluurp
I must be one of today's ten thousand, because I haven't the foggiest.
I do believe its an old youtube video
She explains how she can ... put that onto her dudes penis and something something it feels good
Its a weird video
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I must be the internet equivalent of the high school weirdos playing MTG during lunch period because I've never heard of this particular meme.
My old ass was definitely thinking "goatse".
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Okay I've just watched the video, very informative. I don't have a man to grapefruit though, so-
...has anyone tried it?
The citrus, it stings. Or so I've heard.
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Everybody's So Creative!
Brave assumption. I have no idea what that means. Fucking an orange I guess?
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I recognize this meme, but that’s because I’m a fairly old Internet degenerate. I’m sure most people don’t recognize it.
It’s a legendary video though.
And the meeean is gonna blindfold himsealf if he knows hes gonna get some head
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