That’s literally not the joke though. The joke doesn’t change at all if we correct the date to 1985, so clearly the error not only isn’t the joke, it’s not even a part of the joke. How is this so upvoted? People just slackjawed reacting like “omfg I remember the Simpsons!”
That makes no sense. You could literally remove the dates entirely and that point would still be made just by Mario -> Last of Us. Having the incorrect date for Mario doesn’t reinforce that point in any way.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“That’s the joke” meme from The Simpsons
Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That’s literally not the joke though. The joke doesn’t change at all if we correct the date to 1985, so clearly the error not only isn’t the joke, it’s not even a part of the joke. How is this so upvoted? People just slackjawed reacting like “omfg I remember the Simpsons!”
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I think it is an important part of the joke, because it reinforces that no other types of games exist in this guys mind
Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That makes no sense. You could literally remove the dates entirely and that point would still be made just by Mario -> Last of Us. Having the incorrect date for Mario doesn’t reinforce that point in any way.
kreiger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, the joke was that since 1985 there’s been no games, but the image says 1972.
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Grateful for you both bc I did not catch that part of the joke lol