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[-] TheEntity@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

As a non-native English speaker, I still have no idea why this specific phrase is so significant and at this point I'm afraid to ask.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 months ago

I was born in the 1970's and it is lost on me too, I think its something that became a thing to the generation after me

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

I think it comes from an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and exploded as a meme.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 36 points 3 months ago

It’s not from any specific media reference, it’s just essentially what every child was taught, verbatim, in grade school.

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago
[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Huh, I figured it was Dexter's Lab or some cartoon.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

the meme originated from tumblr. the quote itself is older than color tv.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Well 'meme' is an older idea than image macros =p

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I think it's just the most simplified you can get talking about cellular biology, specifically when teaching organelles. So most primary science textbooks use that terminology and it's more memorable than all the other organelles so it just stuck and it got repeated and reviewed every year and it sorta became a pre Internet meme and part of a shared consciousness if you were schooled in the US.

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