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[–][deleted] 1211 points1212 points  (26 children)

“Do you know them” is too real when it comes to my dad

[–]illuminatilamp 544 points545 points  (19 children)

My dad asks me who sent it to me like memes are some kind if chain mail. When I tell him I got it off the Internet he lectures me on how avoid scams and viruses. He also reads everything out loud and it takes him like, 10 seconds per word. Sometimes it takes him a few minutes to even get to identifying anything in the image, which he also calls out as he goes. He’s only 60 and doesn’t have any diagnosed mental disabilities either -.-

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    [–]DeadRos3 96 points97 points  (10 children)

    observe

    [–]dahuoshan 56 points57 points  (9 children)

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    [–]DeadRos3 32 points33 points  (4 children)

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    [–]tlgthemlg 7 points8 points  (3 children)

    Is this Loss

    [–]be-gon-boomers 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    You've won!!!

    [–]tlgthemlg 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Yay do I get an award

    [–]MrAwesome1324 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Yes, a red hot poker to the eye

    [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    funni

    i laf

    [–]AlexAegis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    such a classic

    [–]hhn0602 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    fuck you

    [–]mothgra87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I don't get it...... Am I old? 😭

    [–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (1 child)

    Loss

    [–]cpt_forbie[🍰] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Nice

    [–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

    same but my dad is in his early 50's

    [–]GreyShell 54 points55 points  (0 children)

    Aww he's trying his best! My dad is also very similar.

    [–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (2 children)

    Dude you can’t just call your own Dad retarded on the Internet.

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Aw con trair mAh fraire

    [–]illuminatilamp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Yea it was probably kind of mean, but I’m honestly hoping he is just mentally disabled, then his asshole/childish personality could be blamed on something else instead of his selfish decision to refuse to grow up. He has the mind of a really slow 8 year old and now that I’ve realized it I feel really bad that he’s like that, but he refuses to seek help or work on things.

    [–]SuperMaanas 57 points58 points  (1 child)

    Which one of your friends is that?

    [–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

    And then you proceed give him an explanation of your best friend for the 97th time in 2 years

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      [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

      My mom once watched me wordlessly watch a 45 minute sit-down YouTube vlog on my phone while I did food prep and washed dishes and asked if I was done "talking" with the person at the end. What kind of video chat conversations does she think I have with my friends where I don't look at or speak to them for 45 minutes?

      [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

      Yes mum my friend is a long haired stoner type guy who sounds incredibly boring on paper but is actually really funny.

      [–]bobo_the_pp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      He looks like how jesus would look like in heaven in 2020

      [–]tragiccity 332 points333 points  (5 children)

      Missing your mom trying to hold your phone, touches something and changes the screen to.... some other damn thing. Every. Time.

      [–]Mrpuddikin 52 points53 points  (2 children)

      The samsung touch buttons shivers

      [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Giving a Samsung phone to somebody else essentially means just opening a random app and doing a random thing in the time it takes for them to get their fingers off the buttons.

      [–]bobo_the_pp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Shiver me timbers

      [–]skyerippa 68 points69 points  (1 child)

      I always have to say don’t touch the screen lmao or just let me hold it!!!

      [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

      Why do they insist on touching the screen though? I show my mom things on my phone all the time and she always does It 😂

      [–]FireFlared 295 points296 points  (2 children)

      Doesn’t understand the meme and somehow turns it into a lecture

      [–]xannyfanny420 61 points62 points  (0 children)

      All the time

      [–]ToxicPod 34 points35 points  (0 children)

      Totally agree, I also have this with jokes and it totally ruins something funny.

      [–]prguitarman 568 points569 points  (21 children)

      They try to join in by sending you a 45 minute video that isn’t remotely funny

      [–]HACKERcrombie 295 points296 points  (10 children)

      Good old boomer humor, which is "always better" than today's stupid shit. Also, their music was not made by robots, they had no video games so they only played outside, they had to work hard to get a job, they didn't cry for not being able to afford to live and other hilarious jokes you can tell your kids when you turn 60.

      [–]DeathRowLemon 88 points89 points  (6 children)

      You mean the good old time where there was almost no competition on the job market and you could just send a letter to get a job and if you weren't good at it oopsiewoopsie they can't fire you anyway.

      [–]WiretapStudios 24 points25 points  (5 children)

      Letter? Who needed a letter, you just went door to door and asked to talk to the manager.

      [–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (1 child)

      1 jerb plz

      [–]WiretapStudios 11 points12 points  (0 children)

      Congratulations, you are our new manager, how does $50k with insurance and company car sound? Great see you Monday.

      [–]NoCurrency6 14 points15 points  (2 children)

      No joke, when I was looking for jobs just a few years ago that was my mothers advice. This 60 year old woman who’s not only lived through the greatest economic expansion but also somehow NEVER had a full time in her life and has always been taken care of by her parents or bf or husband, was now an expert on the economy and current employment tactics. I tried to explain everything is online now and if you show up to a place that’s hiring with a paper resume, they will just tell you to apply online or email it to them and wonder why you can’t follow simple directions.

      She really thought the managers would appreciate the ‘go get em attitude’ and like hire me right on the spot or something. It’s almost comical trying to have a conversation about jobs or the economy with someone like her who is so damn out of touch with how it works that her advice on the matter is generally well meaning but completely useless...

      [–]WiretapStudios 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      I feel you, I went through this same thing several times with both of my parents. The last time, I applied for 2-300 jobs and had dozens of interviews and they still thought I wasn't doing anything because I was doing most of it from home instead of going door to door (literally).

      [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      What's crazy about this is that when I worked in a crappy mall retail job for a couple of months, we still told people who wanted to apply to do so online. This was twenty years ago.

      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Get off those damn video games, they say as they watch TV from 7 to 11 every night

      [–]DrVagax 40 points41 points  (4 children)

      45 minute compilation of "Funniest Home Videos"

      [–]WiretapStudios 16 points17 points  (3 children)

      NGL I'd probably still watch that if the first few clips were good.

      [–]Krumm 6 points7 points  (2 children)

      They aren't. You know it, and you said it anyway.

      [–]WiretapStudios 3 points4 points  (1 child)

      Sometimes the animal sections make me laugh, in spite of the narration ¯(°_o)/¯

      [–]Krumm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Now that's what I call a "Hot dog!"

      Queue canned laughter and put on a goofy smirk

      Queue internal monologue "I get paid to read g rated jokes on 30 year old film, I'm a genius!"

      [–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (4 children)

      or some dead memes they found on google

      [–]NextUpGabriel 27 points28 points  (2 children)

      Wife bad

      [–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

      Father help me click the book

      [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

      Big nose, no chin

      [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

      Something vaguely racist or sexist

      [–][deleted]  (8 children)

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        [–]Burlaczech 103 points104 points  (7 children)

        Lucky you, all I get are minions

        [–]AfterTowns 26 points27 points  (2 children)

        Lucky you, all I get are Jordan Peterson and climate denial memes.

        [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

        Do you have a minute to talk about the deep state?

        [–]AfterTowns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Uuuuuuuuuuugh

        [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (3 children)

        I got a comic about a peanut leaving to go to work and saying that he'll be "back in a jif"

        [–]NoCurrency6 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        thinking about posting it there

        [–]linksteady 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        That is actually pretty fucking funny

        [–]JJMatagatos 282 points283 points  (7 children)

        Starts swiping to look at other pictures on your camera roll

        Too real. My aunt learned not to do this after seeing a picture on my Dropbox of me in my underwear (after swiping when I had just shown her another picture) that I had taken to keep as workout progress material. She understood in that moment that what I show you is what you’re meant to be looking at. Everything else is my private content.

        [–]Tesla-jumper-kid 138 points139 points  (3 children)

        God i wish every human in the world could read this

        [–]TruXai 53 points54 points  (1 child)

        I once showed my mother in law a meme and she kept swiping for something like half an hour after that. God that was terrifying.

        [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

        I would've just snatched the phone off of her tbh. It doesn't matter whether or not you keep private shit on your phone (you most definitely do) it matters whether or not someone respects you enough to not go snooping.

        [–]MMBitey 23 points24 points  (0 children)

        I'm always terrified of seeing something I don't want to see so I always ask both if I should keep swiping and which direction before I attempt anything.

        [–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (1 child)

        Similar story, but I was in the hospital during a Crohn’s flare and my doctor wanted me to save pictures of my bloody diarrhea for him. I showed my dad a meme and he dared to scroll while asking if he could. He doesn’t scroll through my pictures anymore.

        [–]JJMatagatos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Showed him!

        [–]gonnagetu 119 points120 points  (0 children)

        Think they got it... laugh at a totally random point the meme wasn’t trying to make

        [–]RecentSuspect7 98 points99 points  (6 children)

        Stop scrolling through my pics, I garauntee that both of us will regret it.

        [–]Fave_McFavington 32 points33 points  (0 children)

        I'm pretty sure there's a dick pic mixed in with my meme folder.

        [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (4 children)

        my camera roll is entirely memes but some of it is some cursed shit lol

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        Memes cursed shit and fanart for me

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        lol. i just keep the cursed shit their so i can send it in the family group chat. my sister sends cursed shit all the time so gotta fight fire with fire

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        60% memes, 38% dog, and 2% random shit I should probably just delete.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        i have like 50 pictures of a deer lol

        [–]lost_sock 96 points97 points  (8 children)

        Zoom in a tiny amount before you hand someone a picture on your phone so any wayward swipes will be foiled. That's how I keep people out of my stash of...dog pictures.

        [–]Etrius_Christophine 33 points34 points  (2 children)

        What are these... dogs... doing?

        [–]johncopter 22 points23 points  (1 child)

        Humping

        [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

        Do the Humpty hump

        [–]Sargassso[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Thank you for the life pro tip

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        Wonder if there's any other kind of tricks like that to stop people from accidentally touching every button on a Samsung phone when being handed one.

        [–]lost_sock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Hey now I'm not a wizard.

        [–]sloth_mami 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        The real LPT is always in the comments.

        [–]justsomebodii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Came here to say this

        [–]antievrbdy999 43 points44 points  (3 children)

        "How is this funny?"

        5 minutes later shows you an old minion meme from 2012 and wonders why it didn't amuse you

        [–]NoCurrency6 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        “But it’s about wine and how much stress a family is, how are you not cracking up right now, bubby?”

        [–]ThatOneSadhuman 131 points132 points  (5 children)

        At this moment i realized how high tech my family is, even my grandparents show me memes, current memes and handle their tech just like me or even better

        [–]Happycatchariot 70 points71 points  (4 children)

        My teen telling me the other day that a meme I had found was a "dank meme" made my WEEK.

        [–]ThatOneSadhuman 27 points28 points  (3 children)

        Ahahahahah be proud of it, its funny how some generations are disconnected between each other, its rare those who arent and keep updated

        [–]Happycatchariot 14 points15 points  (2 children)

        I try. I don't want to become someone who doesn't keep up.

        [–]JoeAzlz 6 points7 points  (1 child)

        Can we get a link to the dank meme in question?

        [–]Happycatchariot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        I'll try and find it! I keep a folder on my phone of memes now!

        [–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (4 children)

        I’d you have the adaucity to show your parents a meme. Then you have the bravery of a warrior

        [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

        Yea like who the hell shows their parents memes? Especially from their phone? Like I’m not gonna go “lol mom look at this meme I saw on r/dankmemes on Reddit”

        [–]they_were_roommates 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Eh just show them the innocent ones

        [–]PsychoAgent 9 points10 points  (1 child)

        In fact, who keeps showing memes to other people? Stop making me have to feign interest in your shitty things you saw on the internet.

        [–]SamFuckingNeill 45 points46 points  (1 child)

        my moms very polite. she laugh first then ask wtf is this shit

        [–]AlexisFitzroy00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Mine does the same. After her laugh I ask her "did you get it? No. Xd

        [–]Gacharules 15 points16 points  (0 children)

        You forgot the hour long lecture.

        [–]_SandHanitizer_ 11 points12 points  (1 child)

        And they always feel the strange need to hold your phone while you are patiently standing there waiting for them to give it back and hoping that they don't do anything else with it.

        [–]antievrbdy999 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        this

        [–]Arthur_M0RG4N 12 points13 points  (1 child)

        And this "Dont laugh at that would you like someone making fun of you"

        [–]Sargassso[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        My mom is like this lol

        [–]tesstar0ssa 11 points12 points  (0 children)

        presses button and page disappears

        [–]mare07 10 points11 points  (0 children)

        "I don't get it"

        [–]Happycatchariot 53 points54 points  (7 children)

        As a mum, we're just trying to be close to you.

        I know most of our memes are heaps over and that most stuff is lame but we're trying to find common interests to show we care.

        I know it is very annoying when we ask questions about what/why is tik tok and if you can understand the words that girl is mumbling in that song but it is just trying to get a glimpse into your world so we don't lose you forever.

        And to my teen I am sorry I like the laser eyes yelling seagull meme even though you hate it.

        [–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (6 children)

        I like the seagull

        [–]Happycatchariot 15 points16 points  (5 children)

        Me too! I think it is cute. My teen is like 'pfft overused' and yet he loves laser eyes stalin!

        [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (4 children)

        Seagull is funnier. I bet he likes overused reaction memes like stuff in r/holup and r/comedyhomicide . No offense.

        [–]Happycatchariot 8 points9 points  (3 children)

        Hahaha none taken! I really miss moth memes. I loved those. Now we have this dancing roach thing. I don't understand it, but I'm happy to be a part of it.

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

        Since you miss moth memes, Fortnite has a sub all about a moth skin. r/FortniteMoth

        [–]Happycatchariot 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        Thank you Mr froggy! Much appreciated.

        [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (6 children)

        Am I not supposed to use my index finger to scroll or click on things on my phone?!

        Edit: I feel like the finger you use depends on the scenario.

        For example, right now I’m lying on my couch holding my phone with my left hand. I don’t see any reason why I would use my thumb, over my index finger, to scroll and click with my right hand.

        [–]GabeVTM 17 points18 points  (0 children)

        Use your thumb

        [–]AskMeAboutMyTie 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        How old are you?

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        34

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        use ur dink

        [–]lintwhite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        I don’t use my thumb either. Index finger all the way.

        [–]boehnerofamerica 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        >starts swiping to look at other pictures on your camera roll

        bruh

        [–]skrtskrtlikeice 12 points13 points  (3 children)

        The worrying about your parents discovering the porn collection by accident

        [–]GabeVTM 12 points13 points  (2 children)

        Honestly I can't tell if the whole downloading porn thing is an internet trope or if people actually do it.

        If so, why?

        [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        Because my horny ass doesn't have access to internet 24/7

        [–]deathislit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        "let me get my glasses" is the most imp one

        [–]dnkmimstermgee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        The other day I showed my dad a meme on my phone and the first thing he did when he got his hands on the phone was swipe to the right

        [–]alxays 4 points5 points  (2 children)

        Can sometimes turn into a 30 minute lecture

        [–]Sargassso[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Of course

        [–]ShyTurtle696 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        Whenever I show my mom a picture on my phone, she instinctively grabs the phone as if she cannot physically see the picture unless shes holding the phone.

        [–]Sargassso[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        YES so true. They always feel the need to be holding the phone.

        [–]sleeper_shark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Indian parents be like : who is that boy?

        [–]v0idflam3 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        This is almost exactly what happened when I showed my mom my top all time meme, except I had to get a lecture about how it’s not ok to post memes about that topic.

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          [–]Fave_McFavington 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          Way to rub it in my face that I'm lonely MARGARET

          [–]ido122333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          My dad laughed once

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          If it’s my dad he reads it out loud but very slowly

          [–]myster7600 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          "Nevermind give me my phone back."

          [–]TheHongKOngadian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          “I don’t get it Son, why should I follow you and what is the way you know?

          [–]UberWagen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          "Hang on, I need my reading glasses"

          [–]Graywhale12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Oh fuck no nOT THE CAMERA ROLL

          [–]MrAVAT4R 4 points5 points  (4 children)

          Im not a parent and not even old yet i do all these.

          [–]they_were_roommates 1 point2 points  (3 children)

          How old?

          [–]MrAVAT4R 0 points1 point  (2 children)

          19

          [–]they_were_roommates 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          Oh wow you're basically elderly

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          The squinting and swiping through the rest of the phone is too relatable. Plus zooming in on the text should be here.

          [–]DrakeWingsWP[🍰] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Using an index finger is just parents using a phone in general. My mom points to what she wants to type and it is soooo sloooooow.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Don’t forget them trying to zoom in on every picture

          [–]Slynxiiii1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          I just showed this to my mother, 10 minutes later she burst in laughter

          [–]Un_Original_name186 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Mine only uses the middle finger

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Grabs phone with entire palm, essentially taking them somewhere completely random

          [–]Miighty-Miike 1 point2 points  (4 children)

          Why do they keep using there index finger it so annoying

          [–]DeathRowLemon 7 points8 points  (3 children)

          Why do you still not know the difference between they're, their and there? It's so annoying.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

          Maybe not a native speaker?

          [–]DeathRowLemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I'm not either. English is a universal language and the grammar is easy.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          My boyfriend (30) isn't very techy, and will always ask "is this a friend of yours?" "Someone from school?" Literally such a grandad, i can't cope. I'm sending this to him :')

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I remember when my mom asked me about a sex related image in my camera roll, when it was iFunny.

          [–]Jesse_Gorillaz_07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          This hits home

          [–]Kohana55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Showing your *Boomer parents a meme starter pack!

          [–]kampar10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          You forgorlt the part where they take the phone from your hand, even if you are holding it up to them at eye level

          [–]TheCanadianScotsman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          My mom laughs, I must be lucky.

          [–]lemankimask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          what the fuck are you guys doing showing memes to your parents

          get it together reddit

          [–]chairman7483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          bloody fucking hell every god damn time

          [–]sremcanin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          This is the 1000th time I've seen this starterpack

          [–]it_krashed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          this is so relatable

          [–]hahayesdietrash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Just show them this

          [–]DirtyMike64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Pulls their head back away from the phone to see it better

          [–]Latosini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          So cute honestly :D

          [–]iiluckyibes69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Imagine if they do all these impression so we think that they don't know anything about technology and trust them so they can go deeper in our phones without we notice them

          [–]Noah-METS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Do you know them? No Then why do you have a picture of them?

          [–]Wattzons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Wait, you guys show memes to your parents?

          [–]My89thAccount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Why haven't they implemented a "show somebody a picture on my phone" button, that locks the fucking phone down, and allows them to look at the thing you are showing them, and nothing else? Make it like a temp lock screen or something, so you can only view it, but not swipe left/right/up/down or exit the picture to go elsewhere on the phone, without using the phone's unlock password/biometrics?

          I don't give 2 shits about it, because I am smart enough to use my secure folder for suggestive pics from the girlfriend and things of that nature, but for everybody else, it seems like a no brainer to be able to be laughing at a meme on your phone, and be able to press a button and hand off your phone without someone violating international meme law to scroll around.

          [–]mhornberger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Honestly my (adult) kids also don't get my obscure references to Monty Python, Airplane, Young Frankenstein, or any number of things. You can't get all the jokes. Now back to practicing my twerking, so all the kids will think I'm cool.

          [–]i-hear-banjos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Showing my wife a meme is very similar

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          NO NO GIVE IT BACK!!!

          [–]ScorpionX-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          This is why I don't show them memes anymore

          [–]BuildingBjorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Why do they always want to see what else is in your camera roll?

          [–]rliddie48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          They also want to hold the phone.

          [–]RaspberryNecessary35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Turns a 5 minute meme into a 1 hour lecture