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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 154 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, that is a horrible meme format for this purpose.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still don't know if the OP was complaining that she stops the phone from charging beyond 80% or that she insists on charging even when it's already 80% charged.

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 1 year ago

its the latter

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 91 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He has to explain the very concept of a movie to his mom now.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mom, I know it's hard to accept but film is inevitable

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

You couldn’t live with your own failure, where did that bring you? back to me. -The Phone Charger.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He also has to explain the concept of a meme.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone is misunderstanding what's going on here. Mom is obviously so chill with aliens that not only does she not recognize this particular alien, but she's concerned her son went somewhere she doesn't know about with that unfamiliar alien. He needs to call her so he can tell her.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

well at least she's not racist or specist even

[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 year ago

The petit pipi is very funny to me for some reason.

I also appreciate the translation of "???" for "???"

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

My mom texts exactly like this. Talks too.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is beyond memes. This is a severe deficit of metaphorical thinking. Mom might have like undiagnosed autism

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[–] owl@infosec.pub 20 points 1 year ago

Become unmemeable

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A quality meme, wasted on someone completely unworthy.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not everyone grew up consuming memes. Maybe if you call and explain it she'll understand and have a great laugh. Totally worthy then.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Metaphors are hardly a new device. Anyone who knows how to read above an elementary school level should readily understand metaphors and similes.

You should tell her that, I'm not going to.

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[–] gnufuu@infosec.pub 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] webpack@ani.social 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

technically it's optimal for battery health if you only keep charge somewhere between 40 and 80%

Which is why my phone lies to me and 100% is actually 80%.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

40% is unnecessary conservative. More like 20%.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

“Is this one of those drug things?”

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Why are people like this? It has signs and context and explanation and all

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Seriously. I understand there’s a generational gap, but this is laid out so fucking plainly. Like… how does she not know, at the very least, that the purple dude is not a real person

[–] fosho@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

how is it plain? what is he doing? what is on his arm? what does him fucking with his arm have to do with taking a charger when it is not needed? I have no idea and clearly plenty of other people also agree.

this scene is not common enough knowledge to reference that people know what's happening and that makes it a poor choice for the meme.

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[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't know him in that picture

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[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I get it from context clues, but I have no idea what’s going on in the screenshot. The only Marvel movies I’ve seen are like…. iron man 1 and uhhhh transformers? If that’s marvel.

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[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Showed this to my wife. She also did not understand.

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

So. This bugs me. Why, in fact, are mom's capable of maxing out the word count three times over but If you send two texts they forget how to speak their native language?

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile I have my phone set to STOP charging at 80 percent. Thos I wish it did 85 and stop like my last one.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Shit like this is why I never send internet memes to my parents. Boomers don't understand them.

[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's always the same

having a mental breakdown

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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Unsend! Unsend!

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Who checked their charge level when viewing this. I'm exactly at 80 right now.

[–] hoss@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

56% gang represent

[–] socsa@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

25%, getting dangerously close to battery saver mode.

[–] Fabian@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Close... 77

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

use meme unrelatable to someone who hasn't watched infinity war or whatever junk
act surprised your mom is oblivious or has no patience for this shit

Still got no idea what's going on with that "charger": didn't watch the movie, either. 🤷

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just saying she plugs her phone in to charge even though it's at 80%. There's not much to it.

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