I get more of a school bully vibe from it. The stereotypical old person joke is "wife bad", this sounds more like something a self-described "alpha male" would say.
I regularly flew kites from the campus yard in college (many moons ago). It was just something I had enjoyed doing with my mother who had died during my senior year of high school. I was never called a virgin for it, but I did get laid a lot thanks to it. It's a wholesome conversation starter plus I think it made me approachable. Thanks mom.
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almar_quigley@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 2y
Boomer humor
PatMustard@feddit.uk · 38 pts · 2y
I get more of a school bully vibe from it. The stereotypical old person joke is "wife bad", this sounds more like something a self-described "alpha male" would say.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
"Bullying and sex-shaming funny" is just as much of a boomer humor cliché as "wife bad", though.
fushuan@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
"sure was hard when you mom was bouncing on it last night"
...and that's a beating from the bully.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 2y
A comeback to likely piss off said boomer since they are probably homophobic too.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
The original was better, since he left the antagonizer to his misery without any engagement, and went back to having fun.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
Except that he's scowling.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Oh, that wasn't obvious on my phone screen until I zoomed in just now.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
It is actually kind of nice that your mind went to him just enjoying life and not being bothered by bullies.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
Gen-X here. Can confirm that "virgin", " nerd", and "" were preferred punch lines by the boomers.
almar_quigley@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Also judging people for having a harmless hobby that doesn’t conform to their world view.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 2y
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
By millenials still early 2000s, and you have to add ethnic slurs on that list
almar_quigley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
We watched an old episode of friends for nostalgia recently and the whole punchline of the entire episode was “yeah but you kissed a dude”.
oce@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 2y
Wasn't nerd still common bullying word in 80' and 90'? Then nerds became the richest people with the internet and it doesn't work anymore.
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Needs the last panel to be blue shirt tied to a kite and flying away.
almar_quigley@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
I can picture it and it’s wonderful!
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
The moral of this comic is the last pane, where the hobbyist goes back to doing what they enjoy and the other guy is still a miserable, lonely cunt.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 2y
I regularly flew kites from the campus yard in college (many moons ago). It was just something I had enjoyed doing with my mother who had died during my senior year of high school. I was never called a virgin for it, but I did get laid a lot thanks to it. It's a wholesome conversation starter plus I think it made me approachable. Thanks mom.
watty@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
It's hard to make time for sex when you are learning how to fly a kite from its tail. The man is defying basic physics right there.
DaGeek247@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y
Now there's a throwback to '90s/early internet humor.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev · 16 pts · 2y
This kind of joke pre-dates the internet.
This joke just switches homophobia with virginity shame.
DaGeek247@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
I have no doubt about that. The virginity part was what dated this specific iteration of it.
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2y
Staying a virgin is easy. Just develop a shitty personality or maybe even a personality disorder like I did and viola, you are now a forever virgin.
However, living as a virgin is much more difficult. Between self-loathing and depression, you could turn suicidal. Again like I did.
TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Sorry to hear man, I hope you have found some way to move on and enjoy life
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
At this point, the best I can do is hope. I am lost. Thanks though.
don@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
kite: you do realize I’m up here, right
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Do you think Benjamin Franklin was a virgin? No. Benjamin Franklin fucked, and flew kites.
Chriszz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I feel like basic kite flying is wholesome.
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Sure seems hard to draw a kite