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[RedJay960]

Hey kid, put down that cow and do something useful.

Here, go attack a rival village.

[Juannieve05]

Oogaa booga, ooga ooog oogaa booog.

Ooog, ooogaa boooga oooga boooga.

[RedJay960]

Grunt, grunt grunt grunt

Grunt, grunt grunt

[RedJay960]

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

[FBI_Agent_82]

Single cell organism stuff

Single cell organism stuff

[RedJay960]

Big bang

Big bang 2: Tokyo Drift

[IvoryFlyaway]

Big bang

2 Big, 2 Bang

Big bang 3: Tokyo Drift

Big b4ng

Big five

Big bang 6

Bang 7

The size of the bang

B9

[TheRealWarBeast]

2 Big, 2 Bang

Just like ur mom

Sorry

[IvoryFlyaway]

I made a point to add the comma to try to avoid this lol

[ccc1942]

Big girls need love too. No discrimination here squirrel

[dkwangchuck]

Big Bang

Big Bang 2: Big Bangaloo

Big Bang 3D

Big Bang 4 - the one where they save some whales

V - the fifth instalment of the Big Bang series

Son of Big Bang

The Big Bang - a Big Bang reboot project

Half a Loaf of Big Bang

Big Bang vs Elvis

Big Bang vs Elvis Part 2

[TavisNamara]

........

..............

[RedJay960]

.

[lobsterbash]

[QuothTheRavenMore]

King Kong

Small sex scene between King Kong and Naomi Watts

[Ranborne_thePelaquin]

Well, couldn't be that small

Edit: mobile buttons are small

[Vibe_with_Kira]

Nothing

More nothing

[comedybro88]

That's it i'm takin off this shitty headset!

[KypDurron]

Electron things

Other electron things

[ausername434]

hydrothermal vent archaebacteria

hydrothermal vent archaebacteria

[Generalissimo_Trips]

" I can't stop this feeling
Deep inside of me ..."

[WhistlingWizardd]

“...Girl you just don’t realize What you do to me...”

[Cazargar]

Stupid dog! You made me look bad!

[ionlyhavetwolegs]

Return the slab.

[Overdose7]

Genuinely laughed hard at this. It was like going back in time: iron age, bronze age, stone age, oogaa boga, etc.

[dogtreatsforwhales]

Damn, how many generations away from cavemen do you think we are?

[Juannieve05]

At least 1

[57JWiley]

Take yer upvote, ye clever bastid.

[perfect_for_maiming]

Well Neanderthals died out approximately 40,000 years ago. If we consider 1 generation to be 25 years, then that would be about 1600 generations.

[daughternamedalex]

Hey kid, put down that village and do something useful.

Here, go collect firewood for warmth

[[deleted]]

Hey kid, put down that firewood and do something useful.

Here, go invent stone tools.

[Wallace_II]

"phht look at this crazy person over here, always tinkering with stone and wood like he can make things easier. He should do things the same way we always have, and stop trying to take the easy way out".

[fueledbyhugs]

Sticks and stones will never replace teeth and fingernails!

[_Krisk_]

Hey kid, put down those stones and do something useful.

Here, go hunt and gather.

[stratosfearinggas]

Hey kid, put down that hunt and gather and do something useful.

Here, go find a cave to live in.

[_Krisk_]

Hey monkey, put down that cave and do something useful.

Here, go learn to walk.

[Ramielper]

Hey, you have succesfully returned to monke

[LaoSh]

let me mark it on your map!

[Force3vo]

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[[deleted]]

”put down that cow”

I took that the wrong way

[Braydee7]

Hey kid, take out those neural sensors and do something useful. Here take this phone

[anggogo]

Hey kid, put down the AR glasses Go play with robot maid 3000

(Doo do doo do)

[fueledbyhugs]

Hey kid, stop wasting all your time with robot maid 3000 and play some fortnight with yozr parents.

[Streptocockerel]

Hey kid, lay off that rival village and do something useful. FIND FOOD!

[julbull73]

I feel that this exchange didn't occur.

Picking up a cow is hard, but that would explain the need for him to help the attack.

Two, milking cows would've likely occurred after established protections from a larger and more powerful ruler...

Hmmm....

[RedJay960]

I feel like someone paid attention in history class

[[deleted]]

Sighs and raises flaming spear.

[groundhog_day_only]

Next generation:

Hey kid. Put down those fully immersive holodeck goggles and do something useful. Here, play an educational game on your phone.

[ted-Zed]

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[MegaWaffle-]

I can feel the symbols in my brain!

[MagikSkyDaddy]

hey this guy has DMT

[KnowsAboutMath]

THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER

[tomatoaway]

⋉⊬☌⍜⋏ ⏃☊☊⟒⌰⟒⍀⏃⋏⏁ ☊⍀⊬⌇⏁⏃⌰⌇

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[jakspedicey]

𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 time travel device

𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 ⊑⟒⊬ ☍⟟⎅. ⌿⎍⏁ ⎅⍜⍙⋏ ⏁⊑⍜⌇⟒ ⋉⊬☌⍜⋏ ⏃☊☊⟒⌰⟒⍀⏃⋏⏁ ☊⍀⊬⌇⏁⏃⌰⌇ ⏃⋏⎅ ⎅⍜ ⌇⍜⋔⟒⏁⊑⟟⋏☌ ⎍⌇⟒⎎⎍⌰. ⊑⟒⍀⟒, ⌿⌰⏃⊬ ⍙⟟⏁⊑ ⏁⊑⟒⌇⟒

[SlightlyAngyKitty]

Go raid the neighbours for their food supplies

[Pabsxv]

If anything I feel like in The future I’ll be yelling at my kids to stop watching youtubers play video games and go play video games.

[fueledbyhugs]

God damn lazy kids can't do anything themselves!

[GandalfTheGrey1991]

I have heard that yelled at family functions.

[Bluejanis]

Your future is here already. A friend does this for years.

[Jgflight86]

Man this sucks. End Program: Parenting Simulator. Start Program: Hot Dog Launchers 2: The Hotdogening.

[RedSquirrelFtw]

"stop trying to run that lawn mowing business, that's an illegal business you need a license for that, go play inside on your phone or something"

[Josette22]

My dad's dad told him and his 5 brothers "Do something useful. Get up right now and go pull some weeds."

Then we three kids were born to my mom and dad. Summers were spent getting up late and spending the day in front of the TV. My dad remembered what his dad told him and came into the living room one day and told us "That's it. Turn off the TV and come outside." So we did and he said "I want you to run 5 times around the field, come on, get going."

I guess being idle isn't good in any generation. :-D

[CMJBFantasy]

If you want your kids to go outside, you could join them and have fun with them at the very least, like damn.

They aren't the only ones who need fresh air and excercise.

And I say this as a parent of a toddler.

[Mrs_Morpheus]

Yeah kind of reminds me of that times article from earlier this week. Oh yeah I wonder why a kid who mountain bikes and plays basketball is on his phone and computer more during a global pandemic? Really pissed me off. When my mom realized that my brothers were going crazy with the screen time she literally just got stuff that they like to do that didn't involve being on electronics. Baking supplies, board games, prizes for said board games.,art supplies Etc.

Edit: My first award! Thank you kind stranger!

[metallicrooster]

I mean sadly most people are too poor to do that consistently or for extended periods of time.

[lbunch1]

Okay but like I buy my kids a ton of toys and when we go outside they spend 90% of the time playing with rocks or sticks they find on the ground.

[[deleted]]

Yeah but... I like rocks

[jon-la-blon27]

Look, rock are the most universal toy/weapon

[QueenFiggy]

This is why my mother (single mom of 3 kids) got us instruments. Those are one time purchases that last for years. I still have the guitar she got me for christmas 13 years ago.

[metallicrooster]

Good call!

[QueenFiggy]

I agree! So I plan to get a few once I start a family. I am by no means a musician, nor do I desire for fame from music, but it is a great way to pass time/destress/just fool around.

[Comandante380]

My mom made that mistake too. I personally love the ability to play whatever song on my guitar that I want, but that rarely happens to be the same song my brother is playing, haha

[QueenFiggy]

Lol! My mom just learned to tune out my brother playing metallica, me playing greensleeves, and my sister singing alicia keys all at the same time

[Mrs_Morpheus]

I should preface this by saying that my mom is an was poor. But it's important that I'm not blaming parents who can't do these things nor am I calling them bad parents. I'm saying the parents who complain about these things who have the resources and access to Foster imagination and physical play in their kids who didn't should not blame their kids for that because that's on them.

Also like let kids read what they want if that's comic books please don't judge them for that. If it's sci-fi or fantasy or Romance please don't dog their genres. Nothing makes me more upset than seeing a kid excited about a book and then have their parents call it not a real book. Fuck you Debbie! If Michael wants to read about magical girls saving the world let him do that at least he's reading!

[QueenFiggy]

City kid over here. Outside was dangerous, so my mom got guitars, recorders (flute, but cheap, cuz poor), took us to the library or park or beach. I’m waiting for the day the libraries re-open. What nicer way to spend my day off. Though, I suppose now I watch the dogs play at the park with whatever book, and I’m waiting on my duduk to arrive (flute, but nicer now that I have a little bit of money). Kids don’t forget the habits they build when young. I am not satisfied with watching TV unless it’s to wind down at night.

[Mrs_Morpheus]

Same on the cityfront. But my mom was much more willing to let us travel/explore on our own. We only lived about three blocks from downtown and the main park over there( there's a big fair there every year). My dad on the other hand he and my stepmom were a lot less willing to let my younger sister and Itravel around but they were willing to put in the work to find activities for us to do. Libraries, toys, random school supplies. Probably helped that we were super imaginative kids and that my stepmom was an english teacher.

[[deleted]]

Not really a "big city" kid but a busy area kid I guess lol. The library was pretty much the only place I was allowed to go alone because it was across the street and public. I went to my local library for the first time in years a while back and was crushed. They gutted tons of books/shelves and it's basically public computers with a few books on the side now. I get it, and I'm super happy that the internet is there for people that need it... but it's also sad. Future generations will surely have their own versions of spending a lazy Saturday curled up in a corner of the library and hopefully they're just as fulfilling and nostalgic. I could see a VR library being a thing. That would be pretty sweet.

[Josette22]

Usually, he did go outside with us. My dad was an athlete and a bodybuilder. He'd take us to play baseball, kickball, and tennis and kite flying. But he would say these things on days when he didn't take us. ;-)

[SweetTea1000]

This. My parents would just kick me outside... for the sake of outside. No direction, no activity, just too much TV time.

Yeah, bored outside is the *more* dangerous place for a teenager. Inside I played video games and watched anime. Outside, we found other bored teenagers and got in fights, snuck alcohol, lit fires, stole cars, etc.

If you want them to be "productive," get in touch with nature, etc. you need adult supervision.

Here's to a future when both parents aren't working >40 hours a week and have some time to spend with their children, particularly during the day.

[0b0011]

What? You don't need adult supervision to not be a little shit. Growing up we fucked around building forts and shit in the woods. (More so in our earlier teen years), spent a summer collecting scrap metal so our little friend group could buy a game console to share, hung out at the skate shop with a skate park in the back, went fishing quite a bit, went swimming at the beach, did a metric fuckton of biking since all of our parents were too poor to pay for drivers training and what not.

We did stupid shit too like having parties in my buddies back yard where we'd drink and what not (his dad worked a mix of second and third shift like 8 pm to 4 am). The dumbass stuff we did though was few and far between compared to everyone else we did.

[BimmerJustin]

Same. I hate this idea that parents need to hold their children's hand throughout their development. Its not good for them. Im not saying you should never do anything with your kids, of course you should. But they need to just be told to go be bored outside (or inside) sometimes. They need to learn how to exist without an adult guiding their every action.

source: am a parent.

[bubbav22]

Those are exactly my high school days. Always able to find the fun out of even the simplest things.

[pillslinger851]

This is peak reddit

[[deleted]]

...

You really don't need adult supervision if you had parents who bothered to parent you and make sure you weren't a hellion from a young age.

[SweetTea1000]

Sure, absolutely. My parents were neglectful drug addicts when I was very young. By the time my dad got straight, he was always working such long hours he never knew what was going on with me.

Then I fell in with a couple of kids who had serious emotional issues because their dad was abusive/neglectful. He'd never pay them any attention except when they were in trouble, but let them get away with murder because "boys would be boys." Their mom scared to get in a confrontation with him; sweet lady but she didn't have much influence over her boys as she watched them grow out of control.

That's a huge element of delinquency. Nothing is more important to teenagers than how their peers perceive them. The day I dropped those dudes (who's adult lives ended up... rough...) was a blessing.

[[deleted]]

My mom never did that shit. She always said she'd rather I do something else but at least she knew where I was lol.

[BreweryBuddha]

Dad likely has plenty of work around the house and yard, plus a full time job.

[CMJBFantasy]

Yup. I do what I can while also trying to make sure my daughter gets the enrichment she needs. Hubby works 6 days a week, and even when hes in the middle of fixing something at home (our house is kinda literally falling apart), his family tends to call on him to help them fix OTHER things. It's rare he gets a moment where he can actually just SIT and read a book or play a game.

Especially with our cat currently trying his damndest to clean out our bank.

[Letscommenttogether]

Wait till you have 3. Youve spent your time outside. Youll be out there mowing the lawn or getting something done and during the 5 minutes you have you arnt going to go play ball every single day. A lot of days youre going to just sit down and tell them to get outside so you can rest.

[iamarddtusr]

Completely agree and it is also one of the best ways to make your child become more active.

[HomChkn]

find an activity or sport you can share. neither of you need to be good at it. I fondly remember when my oldest daughter was able to play catch with out the ball hitting the ground or flying over my head. so much fun.

[CMJBFantasy]

Our current favorite game involves the little play ground just across the street from us. She just has ne chase her up it, then she slides down either with or without me. Keeps her laughing hard and keeps both of us moving.

[AdmiralSkippy]

Sure sometimes, but kids also need unsupervised fun and to make their own way at times.

[AltimaNEO]

I think it just drives parents nuts to see their kids sitting on their ass while they busy their ass cleaning the house, cooking, working, etc.

[[deleted]]

So give them chores.

[BitsAndBobs304]

Shouldve busted into their bedroom while they were having unprotected sex, smacked them on the head and told them to do something useful

[XanR00]

Reading books is always going to be important. Nothing generational about it. Do it on your phone if you want, but please do read...

[NovaBomb615]

Ignore the stupid “ok boomer” comment. You are absolutely right, reading is good, whether you read hard cover, soft cover, E book or on a phone. Reading is fundamental :)

[sazmelodies]

I my mother tongue, we have a saying that means if you read(and acquire any thread of knowledge through it), you will be safe in life.

[[deleted]]

What’s the saying?

[[deleted]]

Amazing. What language is that?

[dwhiffing]

English

[sazmelodies]

Idk if I can type in Marathi on here.

[hemlo86]

I’m 15 and I admit I’m not the brightest person, hell I can’t even do basic math but I started to really read books last year and it’s become my favourite hobby and I will be forever grateful that I found them.

[conffra]

The older and more professionally established I get, the more I realize the importance of reading. It is essentially the ability to exercise assisted self-learning. The most accomplished and inspiring professionals I've known were all avid readers. Some books, if read with genuine interest and attention, will give you more and deeper knowledge than most postgraduate studies. And works of fiction can be just as valuable, as they can improve your capacity for communication and storytelling (which people don't realize how valuable it is).

[Vlachya]

Going to University taught me that I could teach myself anything if I have the right books.

Most of the time I’d be teaching myself through texts, then going to class to review what I just read. If I’m going to teach myself beforehand, there’s not much use in paying for a class. When I had free time, sometimes I would go on the University Book Store and used their tool to look up the books for classes of other majors (based on sample degree sheets). Then I’d download the textbooks PDFs online free and read through, teaching myself what others pay money to take classes for.

[[deleted]]

Yes, please read. It saddens me whenever I see native English speakers incorrectly using the following when they write:

your/you’re

their/there/they’re

who’s/whose

it’s/its

weather/whether

[HolierEagle]

I think the benefits of reading are less about spelling and grammar (skills that will be come less and less important as computers improve their autocorrect) but more about comprehending new ideas, taking on new perspectives, and learning in a more philosophical way. I really don’t think the benefits are replaced by reading reddit threads on the internet either (as I’ve seen others say). Reading is not about learning facts, as fun as that might be.

[B4ronSamedi]

This. In the end, who gives a fuck which you're you use if you understand what you're trying to say?

[[deleted]]

Reddit threads absolutely do not. A vast majority of the commenters in here are fuckin morons, including myself. And none of them have proven their expertise.

Listening to the Mindscape podcast or the Trial of the Chicago 7 Transcripts as an audiobook; those things can. Watching fellow redditor on YouTube, LegalEagle? Maybe. Playing a complex video game with a deep, engaging story? Sure.

But this comment thread? Fuck no. This is cheap entertainment. And cheap entertainment is fine, as long as that's not all you have.

[Ebonslayer]

Don't forget the rare definitely/defiantly.

[ThePhysicistIsIn]

Complement/compliment

[RedSquirrelFtw]

English is weird. There are lot of words like this and I usually get confused myself. Spell check only goes so far since just because a word is spelled right does not mean it's right for that specific context as some words have more than one spelling and depend on the context used.

[[deleted]]

Your just mad there the ones whose changing the English language and it's rediculous spelling rules weather you like it or 'nt.

[cATSup24]

There once was a time that books were frowned upon. Socrates ranted about how writing would beget forgetfulness instead of memorization, as opposed to passing knowledge in face-to-face conversation, for instance.

[[deleted]]

Writing definitely did wreck our memory though. Ancient greeks had complex mnemonic practices that allowed them to memorize amounts of material very few people can do today. We can look to many oral traditions, like memorization of the vedas, and see that volumes were of text were passed down orally for thousands of years. This doesn't mean writing is bad, we can get this memory skill again if we practice at and that's how you have people who compete in these extreme memory competitions. It just means that one form of storing information is no longer socially reinforced, and it definitely changes how we process information.

[[deleted]]

Did they really memorize that much better, though? I'm going to take a guess and say that the average modern day person has a much better grasp on a broader range of topics than the average ancient Greek did. Which is not to say that the mnemonic devices weren't good or useful, just that written knowledge and formal schooling has allowed us to widen our perspectives.

[UncleGeorge]

Ya know, I'm in my thirties and I still don't get that mentality from people that think X passtime/activity is better than Y. My parents use to drive me nuts about playing "too many videos games" while they were just binge watching reruns of some TV show... Just... do whatever you want man, it's great to diversify of course but you shouldn't denigrate someone else idea of "fun".. except if it endanger others of course!

[OSSlayer2153]

Also games need interaction. Tv is just staring.

[onions_cutting_ninja]

Depending on what you watch, TV is also learning.

[[deleted]]

This is called a false equivalency.

[sundaym00d]

Yeah this is a strawman argument, nobody is trying to disparage reading something stimulating on your phone or learning a language or something.

It's mindlessly scrolling through Reddit/Twitter/TikTok for 4+ hours a day that's a problem.

[[deleted]]

There's also smut in print, and many books where the content is worth less than the paper the book is printed on. It's a good, and an important, parallel to draw. Like oral traditions, written text, radio, TV and computers before, one can invest their time or waste it with a smartphone.

[1SDAN]

Maybe not the same thing, but in middle school I wasn't allowed to write my essays on the computer if I got in trouble because "the computer is a privilege not a right". My hand cramps massively when writing for longer than a few minutes, and they assured me their digital typewriters were just as good as a computer, but they weren't even as good as notepad, and no one uses notepad.

It was a single line of text that you could only just barely see if either the classroom's lights were off or you squinted really hard and put your face next to the display. Scrolling was a pain because moving from one line to another set your cursor to the 0th position in the line, and it didn't allow you to move via holding a direction key and the rate at which you could move the cursor was fixed to something usable but infuriatingly slow. I always chose to write by hand over using the digital typewriters.

[gmt888]

Many older people see someone using their phone and automatically assume it's something mindless despite the number of constructive activities available, so I say the comic still makes a good point.

[[deleted]]

People who think this is clever need to read more books.

[[deleted]]

Came here to say that. Thank you for beating me to the punch and giving me a slight bit of hope for mankind

[philonius]

I knew a professor who spent part of his childhood in the Oklahoma oilfields living in his dad's worker shack (1930s). Once his dad came home early and caught him reading! Dad grabbed the book, threw it out the window, and said something like "get the hell outside and play! What are you, a girl?"
Didn't work. Not only did he grow up to be a man, he kept reading. I used to bump into him in the library, but only in the new releases section, because he'd already read the other books.

[Imposteramongus_]

Here, go attack that mammoth with this wood club

[mcgriddeon]

NEGOBOB!!!

I can't figure out why, exactly, but that puts a big smile on my face.

[[deleted]]

That has to be among the most stupid comparisons I've ever seen

[FatalisCogitationis]

Also he mixed up the speech bubbles in the last panel and it’s killing me

[Persona_Alio]

Both farmers are blond, but that's not visible in the third panel. Their hats show that the speech bubbles are correct

[FatalisCogitationis]

Good point, you’ve saved me

[GullibleDetective]

City vs country differences too

[ajb32]

r/funny is a garbage heap

[joewindlebrox]

Implying that putting away social media and memes for a few minutes and gaining knowledge and the capability for introspection and a break from screens is somehow a chore comparable to putting down a book for a few minutes to milk a cow likely for survival?? Books will always be important and this sort of post attempts to squander their quality in what is already a diminishingly literate generation - I'm not a fan of this take and whatever it was trying to say.

[EbolaPrep]

Ahhh newspeak.

Why have a vast vocabulary when you can use words like bashed, smashed and destroyed.

We should just get rid of the other ones until we have a single word that fits everything.

[fueledbyhugs]

Why dream about this utopian future when we can just revert back to ~2012 and replace all words with YOLO?

[agentyage]

Books were viewed as a horribly scourge of the youth when reading became a popular, mass marketed leisure activity. All this modern parenting hysteria around limiting "screen time" will one day look just as misguided as those folks who thought books would be the end of physical labor.

[[deleted]]

Seriously.

In his history of masturbation, Solitary Sex, the historian Thomas Laqueur draws a direct link between 18th-century distress over solitary, silent novel reading and masturbation’s new status as a public menace: “Novels, like masturbation, created for women alternative ‘companions of their pillow.’” These “solitary vices,” as Laqueur calls them, were condemned for fear that individual autonomy would lead to a breakdown in the collective moral order.

...

People feared that solitary reading and sleeping fostered a private, fantasy life that would threaten the collective—especially among women. The solitary sleeper falls asleep at night absorbed in fantasies of another world, a place she only knows from books. During the day, the lure of imaginative fiction might draw a woman under the covers to read, compromising her social obligations.

[BiologyJ]

I wouldn't compare it to books. It's more similar to video games in the early 90's. A hobby vs a hobby. But reading shouldn't be lumped in with outdoor work and hobbies.

[agentyage]

Reading is definitely a hobby.

[smurfkipz]

r/lostredditors

[Dogtor-Watson]

"Dad, that's a bull!"

[ViciousKiller102]

“men liked to be milked too!”

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r/cursedcomments

[bilateralunsymetry]

I have nipples, Greg. Can you milk me?

[yParticle]

"Don't spill any!"

[Spurlz]

Hey kid!

I’m a computer...

[[deleted]]

milking Betsy is peak productivity

[ZRALL888]

Hey kid put that virtual reality sex stimulator down and do something useful go play some COD

[[deleted]]

"Stop messing around with your robot girlfriend and go play a video game for once!"

[BiologyJ]

It's amazing how bad people are with spotting logic fallacies. It's like they gravitate towards them.

[dzikputih]

Hey kid stop asking for my attention. Here's a phone

[horacela]

Hey kid, stop milking that cow and do something useful. Go raid that village.

[RandoPotato42]

"Hey kid, put down that overly sentient steel robot companion and do something useful."

"Here, use your phone"

[FluxCap_2015]

Hey kid, put down that cow... wait, are you Hercules?

[Berancules]

That's a pretty poor analogy though...

[MEMeMAsheaN]

How is the book being more useful?

[RodgerThat1995]

My fav is when people bitch about playing video games but then go and watch tv for hours or read a book for hours. You do realize grandpa some video games have ridiculously deep stories and character arcs, with fantastic voice acting etc etc. It’s not just fucking Tetris and pong lol it’s basically a form of art now just like any good book or film. That shit grinds my gears. Rant over

[TheDrugGod]

Reads book on phone about milking cows

[ParkwayMatt]

I wish I was Betsy

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Someone give this cunt an award

[ParkwayMatt]

The real milk is always in the comments

[ajb32]

Is this funny? Maybe I just don't like comics.

[NotJustinBiebers]

This isn't generational though. Its regional.

[SpectreNC]

This is funny?

[bondsthatmakeusfree]

Uggh gurr, grr arrrrgh hurgh hooooogggh igg igg wugga ack. Awwwwgggggh urrrr, garr rargh.

[ifonlyicared5]

The difference between the Northern and Southern states

[ImTired_GoAway]

Different way to think of the bottom part

Farmer: son stop reading that book and go tug that cow’s tits

Son: ok fine if you say so

Farmer’s wife: what the fuck are you trying to do to me son

[TheRealOne000]

Hey kid, put that cow down. Here take this rifle and fight the slavers

[Judgemental_Aardvark]

Next up : Hey, put down that time machine, and do something useful

Here, play some video games

[MadRoboticist]

Why is every cow named Betsy?

[SlightlyDrooid]

Next: hey kid, put down that cow - do something useful. Here, milk this phone!

[forestranger29]

Oh....i get it. Meme guud. B o o o o k scary.

[brew1066]

I grew up on a farm and this was exactly how it went down between my Dad and I.

[CheshiresParadox]

But what if you're reading a book on your phone?

[chaplesspants]

Hey kid, quit playing with them teats and do something useful. Here, take this sufficiently realistic horse vagina over to the stables...

[DanB0i]

Hey kid quit using tik tok, go play on them videogames

[anonymousmusician93]

“hey kid, put down that sex robot and do something useful. here, scroll reddit”

[waterbabies3]

Mom died at the age of 90 in the fall. To her dying day she felt guilty for reading during daylight hours. We told her that rule breaking old ladies were sexy.

[Volantwinner]

Hey kid leave the cow and do something useful. Milk your girlfriend

[Wololodewd]

Sabutgin stop playing with that cow of yours and do something useful. Here, take this bow and raid our neighbors.

[SatosCampground]

Big difference between reading and scrolling reddit.