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[-] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As I grew older, I started complaining about "the youth," as in all the ridiculous stuff I would see online. And then it hit me as the conversation began about how we all did stuff like this as kids. We just weren't publishing it online for all to see and become permanent. So I've learned even more that if someone or something isn't hurting me or anyone else, I need to shut the fuck up and mind my own god damned business.

Moral of the story: I don't care how much you don't like it. If you or anyone else is not being harmed, then shut the fuck up and mind your own god damned business.

Thank you

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 47 points 1 day ago

I’ve been practically melting my brain trying to reconcile the thoughts “we said dumb shit as kids” and “holy fuck if I hear the world ‘skibidi’ one more time I’m going to lose my mind”

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago

I’ve just taken to explaining in detail why I think skibidi is so cool and why they’re right to use it. “Wow, you adopted a word from the internet? When I was a kid, no one had the internet besides the government. You know, the spread of information and global homogenization of vernacular is such a fascinating thing that your generation is part of…” and so on. If they can cause me agony with their verbal garbage after I ask them to chill, I can reply in kind.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I legitimately think meme culture brain rot is actually dumber though. Think about what kind of shit you quoted as a kid and young adult. Beavis and Butthead, Office Space, Cheech and Chong, Pulp Fiction... A lot of it isn't exactly high art but it at least has the standard elements of conflict in fiction, or expresses some vague social commentary, or requires a functional attention span to comprehend a plot, or even synthesize themes.

Skibidi toilet has none of that. It has no point to make. It has no world to build. It's literally just random shapes, colors and noises on a screen. The "episodes" are only a few minutes long and even within that constraint there is nothing resembling continuity at any scale.

[-] djsoren19 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I'm gonna hard disagree on you there, Skibidi Toilet actually has incredible worldbuilding. With practically no dialogue, there is a coherent plot that forms. It is still just an escalating war story, so not like a super in depth plot, but there's reoccuring characters, back and forths driven by technical advancement/alliances, and I think you could derive the basic "war and oppression bad" themes from it that you can get from most war stories. That's honestly pretty impressive to achieve purely visually.

It's not high art either, but the shit I was watching as a kid were youtube poops that were literally just "cartoon character says something vulgar and stupid." compared to that, Skibidi Toilet is fine. The only thing I don't understand is how Skibidi as a word got derived from it.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago

You finally managed to make me look up skibidi toilet and it feels pretty similar to transformers. I don’t care to watch more, but it didn’t seem absent of story.

[-] SandmanXC@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

The minimalist absurdism does say a lot about current society though, no?

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

This is a pretty broad age range though. I definitely wasn’t quoting office space until like late high school. Are there really that many 17/18 year olds quoting skibidi toilet?

The shit I quoted when I was younger, close to the “skibidi” age was like home star runner and the like. Perhaps not quite as dumb, but still stupid as shit.

I think the algorithms are driving worse engangement, certainly, and profit driven creations are at an all time high rather than just weird shit being made. But newgrounds, addictinggames, hell, ytmnd, were all sort of brainrot

Granted I grew up with some computers in schools in elementary school, and the internet being relatively available in middle school (though things like Google and Wikipedia were just born / in their infancy)

[-] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 points 22 hours ago

Skibidi is hilarious in a sad kafka-esque way. I'm a millennial, and remember enjoying Scatman John as a kid, and the adults complained about it being gibberish.

Now I'm an adult and watching adults complain that Scatman John is gibberish. It's a little surreal.

[-] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 21 hours ago

When I was in grade 9 we were saying dumb shit like "awesomesauce," so "skibidi" gets a pass from me.

[-] magic_smoke 6 points 23 hours ago

Stibidi koilet

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I can take "skibidi". "Chicken jockey" is what's getting me right now.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

that's what drugs are for i think

[-] gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 21 hours ago

I for one am really glad none of the stupid shit I said as a kid is still around. I was a complete dumbass, to the bone. If I saw a post from past me, I would be so triggered.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago

I'm in the second half of my fourth decade of breathing, and I'm rather proud i made it this far before something "the kids do" being completely incomprehensible to me.

I do not understand brainrot videos. I can't wrap my head around why anyone would watch it. I am officially old now.

[-] frezik 3 points 22 hours ago

I don't get Snapchat. It's the most obnoxious piece of shit app with a UI that makes untangling a plate of spaghetti look like a straightforward task. If you mistakenly open it, it will take this as an indication to spam your notifications hourly with drivel until you shut it the hell up with a shotgun. The avatar decoration bundles are obviously exploitative, preying off of kids who get bullied for being "basic". Fuck Snapchat.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago

You don't understand the disappearing naked picture app? That one seems pretty self-explanatory

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

B-b-b-but, they’re using different words, listening to different music, and wearing different clothes than I did! Am I just supposed to take that kind of offense lying down?! They’re not even lynching the queers no more!

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