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[–] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] PatMustard@feddit.uk 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I get more of a school bully vibe from it. The stereotypical old person joke is "wife bad", this sounds more like something a self-described "alpha male" would say.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

"Bullying and sex-shaming funny" is just as much of a boomer humor cliché as "wife bad", though.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

"sure was hard when you mom was bouncing on it last night"

...and that's a beating from the bully.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

A comeback to likely piss off said boomer since they are probably homophobic too.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The original was better, since he left the antagonizer to his misery without any engagement, and went back to having fun.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Except that he's scowling.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that wasn't obvious on my phone screen until I zoomed in just now.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

It is actually kind of nice that your mind went to him just enjoying life and not being bothered by bullies.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Gen-X here. Can confirm that "virgin", " nerd", and "" were preferred punch lines by the boomers.

[–] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also judging people for having a harmless hobby that doesn’t conform to their world view.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

By millenials still early 2000s, and you have to add ethnic slurs on that list

[–] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

We watched an old episode of friends for nostalgia recently and the whole punchline of the entire episode was “yeah but you kissed a dude”.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 9 months ago

Wasn't nerd still common bullying word in 80' and 90'? Then nerds became the richest people with the internet and it doesn't work anymore.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Needs the last panel to be blue shirt tied to a kite and flying away.

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The moral of this comic is the last pane, where the hobbyist goes back to doing what they enjoy and the other guy is still a miserable, lonely cunt.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

I regularly flew kites from the campus yard in college (many moons ago). It was just something I had enjoyed doing with my mother who had died during my senior year of high school. I was never called a virgin for it, but I did get laid a lot thanks to it. It's a wholesome conversation starter plus I think it made me approachable. Thanks mom.

[–] watty@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

It's hard to make time for sex when you are learning how to fly a kite from its tail. The man is defying basic physics right there.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Staying a virgin is easy. Just develop a shitty personality or maybe even a personality disorder like I did and viola, you are now a forever virgin.

However, living as a virgin is much more difficult. Between self-loathing and depression, you could turn suicidal. Again like I did.

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear man, I hope you have found some way to move on and enjoy life

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

At this point, the best I can do is hope. I am lost. Thanks though.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Do you think Benjamin Franklin was a virgin? No. Benjamin Franklin fucked, and flew kites.

[–] don@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

kite: you do realize I’m up here, right

[–] Chriszz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I feel like basic kite flying is wholesome.

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Sure seems hard to draw a kite