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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 6 days ago (1 children)

c/theyknew

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 6 days ago

!theyknew@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] SanctimoniousApe 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But the post is demanding you do something TO her.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

If you insist...

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Some woman? That's Jenna Coleman.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I have no idea who that is.

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 days 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 18 points 6 days ago

Oh, right. That clears it up.

[–] UncleMagpie@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Find out in part 2 of The Gift Shop Sketch

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's Jenna Coleman

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

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

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Talented and cute actress.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days ago

We love Jenna Coleman

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago

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

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days ago

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

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Kid named Paint:

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Kid named prints

[–] SanctimoniousApe 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days ago

They still exist in doctors offices.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days 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 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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.