Comment on WrestleMania was running wild on you

deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• pyre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  originally it was supposed to mean something being said or done unprompted. most people use it wrong so it doesn’t make sense. here for example, the prompt is in the caption. someone died. that’s the prompt. the use of was follows it logically.

  the proper use of the meme would be something like:

  Nobody:

  Stephen King:

  Image

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  • binarytobis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Good point, but it’s still an annoying meme format because of the nonsensical double negative on nobody saying nothing.

    I know I’m alone on this hill, but I’ll die here.

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      you’re not alone at all… but double negatives are valid in many languages and English dialects.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nobody:

  Nobody at all:

  Not one person in the history of the universe:

  This guy: Stop adding unnecessary lines.

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It made sense when it was (originally) used properly. But no one ever uses it correctly anymore. And then they blame boomers for not understanding memes, as you see in this very thread a few comments up.

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• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There are so many bad meme usages now I just want to let the world burn because I’ll be dead soon.

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