• Coldmoon
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    9 days ago

    I get the 30 rock reference but don’t get the original boomer joke

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      9 days ago

      https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/living-in-1984

      Living in 1984 refers to a comic by political cartoonist Gary Varvel depicting a man hearing about Donald Trump’s Twitter account getting suspended and Parler being removed from app stores while turning his calendar and discovering the year is 1984. This is a reference to George Orwell’s 1984, which has become a common reference among conservatives while discussing what they believe is censorship. However, the reference has been mocked as ill-fitting by observers, resulting in the Wow, This Is Just Like 1984 meme. Varvel’s comic has been used as an exploitable online with users replacing the wife’s text.

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        9 days ago

        Oh Jesus I missed the year. Thank you for pointing it out!