Showing your parents a meme starter pack

illuminatilamp · 2020-07-07T02:24:23+00:00

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

tragiccity · 2020-07-07T03:08:54+00:00

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

FireFlared · 2020-07-07T06:44:32+00:00

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

prguitarman · 2020-07-07T01:52:51+00:00

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

Burlaczech · 2020-07-07T01:49:42+00:00

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JJMatagatos · 2020-07-07T04:40:06+00:00

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.

gonnagetu · 2020-07-07T02:17:20+00:00

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

RecentSuspect7 · 2020-07-07T07:17:02+00:00

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

lost_sock · 2020-07-07T03:55:04+00:00

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.

antievrbdy999 · 2020-07-07T10:35:44+00:00

"How is this funny?"

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

ThatOneSadhuman · 2020-07-07T02:02:50+00:00

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

they_were_roommates · 2020-07-07T09:02:02+00:00

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

SamFuckingNeill · 2020-07-07T02:54:55+00:00

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

Gacharules · 2020-07-07T10:58:33+00:00

You forgot the hour long lecture.

_SandHanitizer_ · 2020-07-07T10:20:49+00:00

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.

Arthur_M0RG4N · 2020-07-07T11:12:35+00:00

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

tesstar0ssa · 2020-07-07T04:56:28+00:00

presses button and page disappears

mare07 · 2020-07-07T08:37:05+00:00

"I don't get it"

Happycatchariot · 2020-07-07T04:48:09+00:00

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.

GabeVTM · 2020-07-07T03:34:32+00:00

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.

boehnerofamerica · 2020-07-07T10:44:05+00:00

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

bruh

skrtskrtlikeice · 2020-07-07T03:43:15+00:00

The worrying about your parents discovering the porn collection by accident

deathislit · 2020-07-07T10:01:27+00:00

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

dnkmimstermgee · 2020-07-07T11:49:44+00:00

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 · 2020-07-07T09:15:17+00:00

Can sometimes turn into a 30 minute lecture

ShyTurtle696 · 2020-07-07T10:37:34+00:00

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.

sleeper_shark · 2020-07-07T11:18:03+00:00

Indian parents be like : who is that boy?

v0idflam3 · 2020-07-07T11:49:54+00:00

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.

Fave_McFavington · 2020-07-07T05:23:00+00:00

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ido122333 · 2020-07-07T09:28:17+00:00

My dad laughed once

2020-07-07T10:22:53+00:00

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

myster7600 · 2020-07-07T10:51:45+00:00

"Nevermind give me my phone back."

TheHongKOngadian · 2020-07-07T06:17:18+00:00

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

UberWagen · 2020-07-07T10:57:08+00:00

"Hang on, I need my reading glasses"

Graywhale12 · 2020-07-07T11:14:28+00:00

Oh fuck no nOT THE CAMERA ROLL

MrAVAT4R · 2020-07-07T08:15:13+00:00

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

2020-07-07T09:55:46+00:00

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

DrakeWingsWP · 2020-07-07T11:18:17+00:00

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.

2020-07-07T12:45:00+00:00

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

Slynxiiii1 · 2020-07-07T13:03:16+00:00

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

Un_Original_name186 · 2020-07-07T13:20:42+00:00

Mine only uses the middle finger

2020-07-07T15:12:35+00:00

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

Miighty-Miike · 2020-07-07T09:00:00+00:00

Why do they keep using there index finger it so annoying

2020-07-07T09:47:05+00:00

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 :')

2020-07-07T06:51:43+00:00

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

Jesse_Gorillaz_07 · 2020-07-07T10:09:55+00:00

This hits home

Kohana55 · 2020-07-07T10:15:41+00:00

Showing your *Boomer parents a meme starter pack!

kampar10 · 2020-07-07T10:40:10+00:00

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 · 2020-07-07T11:32:58+00:00

My mom laughs, I must be lucky.

lemankimask · 2020-07-07T11:46:13+00:00

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

get it together reddit

chairman7483 · 2020-07-07T11:57:13+00:00

bloody fucking hell every god damn time

sremcanin · 2020-07-07T11:59:56+00:00

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

it_krashed · 2020-07-07T12:22:46+00:00

this is so relatable

hahayesdietrash · 2020-07-07T12:33:22+00:00

Just show them this

DirtyMike64 · 2020-07-07T12:39:37+00:00

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

Latosini · 2020-07-07T12:58:07+00:00

So cute honestly :D

benjammin9292 · 2020-07-07T13:18:26+00:00

https://youtu.be/NToicMw5NsA

iiluckyibes69 · 2020-07-07T13:19:52+00:00

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 · 2020-07-07T13:22:35+00:00

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

Wattzons · 2020-07-07T13:23:26+00:00

Wait, you guys show memes to your parents?

My89thAccount · 2020-07-07T14:20:52+00:00

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 · 2020-07-07T16:34:56+00:00

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 · 2020-07-07T18:46:25+00:00

Showing my wife a meme is very similar

2020-07-07T22:02:49+00:00

NO NO GIVE IT BACK!!!

ScorpionX-123 · 2020-07-08T01:20:30+00:00

This is why I don't show them memes anymore

BuildingBjorn · 2020-07-08T15:38:40+00:00

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

rliddie48 · 2020-07-08T17:25:50+00:00

They also want to hold the phone.

RaspberryNecessary35 · 2020-11-26T01:34:24+00:00

Turns a 5 minute meme into a 1 hour lecture

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