this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
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[–] lime@feddit.nu 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

this meme can legally drink

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I just looked it up and it's from 2011, which was 15 years ago. So it's not even old enough to buy beer.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jeez, I thought that started when I was in high school, not after I graduated college. What even is time

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's by american laws.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 weeks ago

oh i was so sure it was 08

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

This meme gets cheaper auto insurance rates.

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Funny enough, the history of this meme was a show where they made commercials that were supposed to go viral for non-interner savvy businesses.

They interviewed the guy after, turns out Internet virality didn't actually result in any new business.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That doesn't surprise me; I think the overlap between internet memesters and people who live in his area and are wanting taxidermy done is probably very small. Ad virality is probably only too valuable if it's a product people can buy "as a joke" and post Tiktoks (or vines, I guess, at that point) of themselves showing off for laughs.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not to mention that finding a dinosaur to have it stuffed is quite an ordeal nowadays.

[–] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, haven’t seen this one in a minute.