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[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 51 points 1 month ago (12 children)

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 25 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] SandmanXC@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

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

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