I remember one time in 2015… oh man. I was on skype with my gf at the time, she told me in no uncertain terms to stop using internet phrases, and I, completely reflexively, said “Challenge Accepted!” She almost laughed, and true to her word, hung up immediately. She called me back in a few minutes, but my friend witnessed it, gave me no end of shit about it for years.
Good times.
Edit: wow I forgot there was a point to that story. I always try to make my comments an actual contribution. Point is, I don’t talk like that anymore. But I really did back then. Same with the friends that I’ve kept. I do think that traditional internet culture used to be more separate from pop culture, but now cultural tropes/memes make a big venn diagram.
I remember one time in 2015… oh man. I was on skype with my gf at the time, she told me in no uncertain terms to stop using internet phrases, and I, completely reflexively, said “Challenge Accepted!” She almost laughed, and true to her word, hung up immediately. She called me back in a few minutes, but my friend witnessed it, gave me no end of shit about it for years.
Good times.
Edit: wow I forgot there was a point to that story. I always try to make my comments an actual contribution. Point is, I don’t talk like that anymore. But I really did back then. Same with the friends that I’ve kept. I do think that traditional internet culture used to be more separate from pop culture, but now cultural tropes/memes make a big venn diagram.
You gotta make the switch to more obscure meme references. Real niche or ancient shit so they don’t notice, but you still get that neuron activation
‘Hold my beer’ would’ve been a panty dropper. Amateur…
That’s fantastic hahaha
I miss rage memes…