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TranscriptA tumblr post by maryoliveoil on June 6th saying "This is so fucking funny".
Attached to the post is a picture of a page on a magazine. It says "girl. finger her.". It has a picture of a woman from some movie/tv show.
The second image shows the page, and the page before it that has the rest of the headline. It says "She's this mysterious girl. The doctor can't put his finger on what it is about her.".

It has a reblog by rosemaryslullany with a cropped version of the first image, just containing the words "girl. finger her." and the picture of the woman's face.

There is a final reblog by foone which just has the word "finger" and a picture of Mike Ehrmantraut in the place of the original person.

(this alt text was annoying to write)

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

c/theyknew

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago

!theyknew@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I fell in love with Clara, so I would do anything for her.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But the post is demanding you do something TO her.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

If you insist...

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Some woman? That's Jenna Coleman.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I have no idea who that is.

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

She’s this mysterious girl. The doctor can’t put his finger on what it is about her.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

Oh, right. That clears it up.

[–] UncleMagpie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Find out in part 2 of The Gift Shop Sketch

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's Jenna Coleman

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I saw a very similar exchange happen in the early Animorphs books.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Talented and cute actress.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Jenna Coleman played Clara, a polarizing character in the popular series Doctor Who. In Doctor Who, the main character is often referred to or addressed as "The Doctor" or just "Doctor," which may clarify certain parts of your original post.

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 2 points 2 months ago

We love Jenna Coleman

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

I imagine !femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone would love this

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I need to add that her character in Dr. Who is a big part of why the Peter Capaldi episodes were a shitshow. It was written so that the Doctor became completely dependent on her.

Do not that that's not the actress's fault. It's Stephen Moffet's fault for being a terrible head writer. He's good for short runs as a guest writer, but he should never have been put in charge

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

I absolutely loved the capaldi episodes. To each their own I guess.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So that's the "kid named finger" everyone keeps talking about?

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Kid named Paint:

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Kid named prints

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I think the "transcript" does a poor job conveying the image description. It's an article spread across two physical magazine pages with the multi-line article title also partially on the second page. If the second page is taken by itself, then the only words from the title that are seen are "girl. finger her." - each word on a separate line, all alongside an image of the character "Clara" from the TV show "Doctor Who."

I know physical magazines aren't so common anymore, but they haven't entirely left social consciousness yet, have they? If so, then please just bury me now.

EDIT: fixed a word.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

They still exist in doctors offices.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know who half the people were.

Im honestly tempted to not bother with alt texts most of the time.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's okay, you could have just said "a woman in an old-style dress" or something along those lines. The effort is appreciated - I guess I just was surprised that the fact it was a magazine spread wasn't pointed out to explain what was going on. Probably partly me showing my age.