#16: Showing Your Parents a Meme
Showing your boomer parents a meme is a delightful experience filled with confusion and technological bewilderment. Picture this: you approach them, phone in hand, ready to introduce them to the latest internet sensation. You innocently present the meme, only to be met with a chorus of “Who’s that?” and “Do you know them?” as they struggle to grasp the concept of meme culture.
Their brows furrow, and they squint at the screen, questioning if you personally crafted this digital masterpiece. The punchline flies over their heads, triggering the inevitable “I don’t get it” declaration. As you patiently try to explain, they resort to scrolling through the library photos, getting lost in a sea of unrelated pictures, leaving you pondering if memes were simply not meant for their generation. Ah, the joys of bridging the generational meme gap.