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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Motherfucker gets tobacco regularly, while everyone is eating cabbage soup every night

[-] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think its as big a thing since so many people quit smoking in last two decades, but growing up I used to see people (usually active heroin users, but not exclusively) picking up cigarette butts and rolling up the bit of tobacco left at the end. Also in 1971 cigarettes averaged 30 cents in USA, so I don't think being able to afford cigarettes was the same 50 years ago as today.

[-] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

r/grandpajoehate was one of my favorite subs. Fuck grandpa Joe!

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

Hes a piece of shit is what he is

[-] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Fuck grandpa joe

[-] xedrak@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE COULD BE

[-] xedrak@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

ANYTHING BUT… catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me……………….

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He made Hitler seem like an ok guy.

[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

HE STOLE FIZZY LIFTING DRINK

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Name one time Hitler did that.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fanta was created by Nazi Germany... or did they steal it?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[-] ilikecoffee@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Cabrio@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Locking this thread because folks are getting super aggressive with each other over some Willy Wonka memes.

There are basically two rules here. Keep the memes old and don’t act like a jerk.

[-] lamprivate@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perhaps someone could make a grandpa Joe hate community?

[-] MrDiamondJ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm pro-Joe

[-] dolandraper@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Of course I know him, he’s me!

[-] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This meme is classism and always has been. Hating the poor for being too depressed to work for pennies in hellish conditions while in agony due to various debilitating age problems is hateful shit. It is just used as a socially acceptable method for people to do hatred for the poor while simultaneously spreading the virtue of working for fuck all.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

my ~~guy~~ person its a movie based on a childrens book

[-] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And?

  • Aging was even worse back then than it is now. Modern medicine as we know it today basically didn't exist.

  • The story has a lot of magical realism going on. Joe's ability to get up and go to the factory with charlie is half miracle, half Joe making an extraordinary effort.

  • The whole thing is just incredibly shitty towards disabled people

It's a mean spirited meme, and it also gives me the vibes of "this person isn't depressed because I saw them smile once".

And I'm not a fucking guy.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

why didnt he make an 'extraordinary effort' when his family was in poverty? just bc hes on charlies side doesnt mean hes a good person. remember he told charlie to steal fizzy lifting drinks!

[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Never saw the grandpa joe hate meme from this angle and it does really make sense. Old people can still work a bit but not long and it just make their health worse the more they force themselves doing it. My dad can't even walk that much anymore and he's only in his 60s and yet he almost became a professional football player when he was young.

[-] soviettaters@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

bro it's a joke about a children's book what are you on about 💀

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