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[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 132 points 2 months ago

While grateful for the explanation, I find myself no less confused.

[-] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 47 points 2 months ago

I guess if I have to explain the joke, I have no one to blame but myself.

The redhead in armor is Chappell Roan at this year’s VMAs, and the blonde is Sabrina Carpenter from a performance on SNL. The original photo in the post was making fun of noticing the superficial resemblance of a shot from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to those two looks.

Damn it’s weird being old enough to have been a fan of Buffy, but still knowing and liking new pop music.

[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Okay, this pretty much helps, but now I don't know what a VMA or an SNL is.

I'm going to go with "Viking Marauder Awards", a yearly event where people re-enact the sacking of the Lindesfarne Monastery etc, via the medium of song and dance (and pyrotechnics).

and "Sitting Near Larry", a weekly TV programme where a bloke called Larry sits down somewhere, and then semi-famous people come and sit near him and perform things. Larry has never heard of any of them, so gives them well-meaning but slightly patronising advice. Larry is just off-screen in the image shown above.

[-] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
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