this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2024
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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Remember when You used to see pictures like this and laughed at the thought of someone posing for it. Or wondering how it happened. Now we just assume it's AI and move on.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A lot of these ancient weird memes were photos from GISHWHES.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never knew about this. Shame it ended, I would like to participate.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I have a feeling it will come back. Misha has been dropping hints for a while. If it does and you decide to join, be sure to join up with a local group or drag your family and friends into it - it's way more fun with a big group of people.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Or even just “some influencer did this entirely for likes.”

[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obviously the thing that makes least sense in the image is Darth Vader visiting the beach. All that coarse sand, it gets everywhere!

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

He doesn't like it!

[–] borf@lemmynsfw.com 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

1999 called, they want their demotivational poster back

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Uh, where do you think you are

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

Mr. Big Stuff

Who do you think you are?

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

🎵 You're so drunk. You probably think this drink is about you 🎵

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought this was the YMCA.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's fun to stay at the

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Call them back and tell them I want my youth back!

[–] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Great. Now I feel old.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Damn, I remember when this was first “going viral”

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This makes perfect sense. Darth Vader just wants some high quality H2O.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

He's literally from a desert planet and his family farmed moisture. I guess you never really get used to the abundance of water...

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for a genuine laugh!

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

The dark side of going to the beach

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I set this as desktop background on the navigational workstation on this ship I worked on in 2008.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

https://www.danielbozhkovart.com/darth-vader

I don't find the mentioned video clip however.

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I miss this time in my life!