c/lemmyshitpost · by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 2y

Does Lemmy skew old enough for this one?

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80 Comments

Pinklink@lemm.ee · 59 pts · 2y (11 replies)

90s mascots were so random. Like why an owl with a graduation hat? He just graduated, so now he is wise, and can offer insight into lollipop licking? Was that his major?

squiblet@kbin.social · 36 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The Tootsie Roll owl is older than that… it dates back to 1968

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theodewere@kbin.social · 25 pts · 2y (1 reply)

the media has always held owls to impossibly high standards

SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

They aren't what they seem

mwproductions@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (2 replies)

"Until the second half of the twentieth century, mortarboards were often worn by schoolteachers, and the hat remains an icon of the teaching profession." [source]

So they weren't saying that he just graduated, they were saying that he was learned (the tortoise even says, "he is the wisest of us all").

AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

And owls being symbolic of wisdom is at least as old as as the Greek gods - Athena's symbolism included owls.

MBM@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y

Which is ironic because owls are pretty dumb

beizhia@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

That's how it used to be. You asked questions to people who were believed to be wise, and then their answer was what the truth was. And most of the things we "knew" were just wrong.

Not that it's less complicated now...

jettrscga@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You're focused on that? Why was the boy naked with only a tootsie pop, and talking to an owl?

Pinklink@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Nah, that part’s relatable af

thenextguy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

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Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 33 pts · 2y

yes...

Jerb322@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y (4 replies)

One......

Twooo....

Thhhree.....

EndHD@lemm.ee · 23 pts · 2y

the world may never know

Poggervania@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

CRUNCH

Th-three.

GlitterInfection@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

Fucking cheating ass fucking owl

JackbyDev@programming.dev · 9 pts · 2y

A-t-HOO

PugJesus@kbin.social · 26 pts · 2y

A-one, a two-hoo...!

[CRUNCH]

dank953@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y

Rhaedas@kbin.social · 21 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The world may never know.

MiDaBa@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

I had no idea what this was until I read your comment. Apparently Lemmy does skew old enough to get this reference.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 20 pts · 2y

Ah-one, ah-two, ah-three, crunch. Ah-three licks.

JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They still play it today. It came out in 1970. That's 53 years iirc

0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y

Only 70s kids will get this

I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y (2 replies)

This commercial aired during the Superbowl in 2006, which was like... 5 years ago... right...?

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

The original commercial aired in 1968

https://popicon.life/5-sweet-facts-mr-owl-tootsie-pop-mascot/

Beelzebob@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I remember the 06 Superb Owl game! The Great Horns vs The Screeches! What a wonderful time! But the commercial has been around since 69.

RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y

Hmm, let's see here. Ah1, ah 2, ah 3...

Phegan@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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disheveledWallaby@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Eleven. Twelve!

slingstone@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

I heard the song in my head.

slingstone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

This is the correct answer.

m3t00@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (3 replies)

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Decompress the main shuttlebay.

scumola@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's th.th.th.th.three

WindyRebel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Let’s find out. One, two-hoo, a-three! Three.

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I recognized this and I'm not old.... Am I?...

RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Buddy, I've been asking the same question for a while now, and as a far as the youth is concerned, we're ancient.

Chocrates@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

No cap.

twack@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Based.

RGB3x3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Rly doe, fam, u be trippin' if u think u got drip... sheeeesh. Cheugy like no cap

hexabs@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Idk about old, but lemmy does skew American enough for me to mot understand this.

cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

The damn Septics are everywhere. Like a meaty fart that clings in the air.

LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 2y

squints through bifocals

Oh yes, the Tootsie Pop owl. Heh.

Jaybob32@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y (3 replies)

It takes 1149 licks

xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Or one continuous lick.

0nXYZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I need a spindle speed in order to record a duration?

dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y

RIP someone's tongue when it gets down to the sharp ridged part.

numberfour002@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

OH MY GOD I LOVE THE HARRY POTTER REFERENCE!!!!

just kidding

Underwaterbob@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I miss Saturday morning cartoons. Sure, looking back, a lot of those cartoons sucked, (quality is on average much higher these days) but it was more about the ritual and the expectation. Saturday morning TV was for me.

m0darn@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y

As a parent of young children I've learned that Saturday morning cartoons are actually for my wife and I to have a moment to ourselves.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

I've got a hankerin' for a hunk of cheese!

somethingp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Yeah most of those used to be shit but it was like a ritual every weekend. Are Saturday morning cartoons not a thing anymore?

Jomega@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They got replaced by 24 hour dedicated children's channels, which in turn got replaced by streaming.

somethingp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I'm not that old! I had Nickelodeon and Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, but there were still Saturday morning cartoons on WB and PBS. The Saturday morning cartoons weren't as good as the others but it was still something special about the mornings.

Voyajer@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I would hope so, GenZ would have seen that commercial growing up. Edit: Actually isn't it still being aired?

ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y

I haven't watched a TV commercial in probably over a decade, but I guess I kind of assumed that they were still showing these.

Gestrid@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Mister Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

I was a kid when I first saw that commercial, and it was already old by then.

Holyginz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

A-one! A-two! A-threeeeeeeee!!!! chomp

kajko@feddit.nu · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm 37, but I have no clue what this is.

Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y

32, have seen the commercial thousands of times.

eeltech@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

1984 here, checking in.

evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's a barred owl.

Fun fact: you can talk to them, and they'll talk back. Whether it's a good idea or not, I have no clue, but I've done it

MyDearWatson616@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Fun fact you can talk to just about anything

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

This reminds of of the classic MS DOS mindscape point and click games like Shadowgate or Deja Vu ("What would you like to SAY to the table?") And the typical responses of such nonsense:

You have strange views of companionship friend

You are greeted with silence

Delirium is the gateway to insanity!

MataVatnik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

They just aggressively clack their beaks at me

TheSealStartedIt@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm old but from Europe.. I kind of thought I'm the target group here. Then again, most of the people think there are only Americans here. Not that I'm mad, you get used to it. But posts like this leave you confused for some seconds..

cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

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abbadon420@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

If only I was American, so I could understand this reference, said noone ever.

mhague@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Ignorance is badass

lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

It takes a lot fewer licks now than when this commercial came out (shrinkflation).

dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y

One boring summer day in the late 90s my brother and I both averaged around 400 licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

force@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

i'm literally a young adult and the commercial aired all the time when i was a kid, this isn't old at all