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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

The "absolutely nobody" meme was originally supposed to highlight somebody making an argument for something that obviously nobody had ever felt the need to argue against.

It was usually a very obscure argument about something that nobody else had ever thought about, or the visual version where someone created something that didn't need to be created, or it could be an argument about something that is so obviously true that it is obvious that nobody would ever try arguing against it... And that's it. It doesn't really have any use outside of those two narrow areas.

It barely made sense as a meme in the first place and of course, it was immediately misused by the vast majority of people who used it and just mindlessly tacked it onto anything because it was the popular meme at the time. I was so happy when people stopped using it.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's completely useless AND nonsensical. If nobody said nothing, then everybody said something.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

You're technically right, which as we all know, is the best kind of right.

I do think that most people's brains gloss right over the logical contradiction and act as if it said that nobody said "anything" rather than "nothing."

But that is not what the meme actually says. Now that you've pointed it out, it's obviously wrong.

[–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It always makes me think of black folks telling funny stories, like:

"Everybody was minding their business, ain't nobody said shit. This fool walks in with a whole ass baked potato in his mouth like it's normal..."

So I enjoy the memes from that angle, even if they're not coming from the original intent.

That said, even that angle doesn't make this one work.

[–] lyrial@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 week ago

It has a use which is engagement baiting people into commenting about exactly this, or posting a "fixed" edit.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

absolutely nobody had this table?

Edit: ITT: reading comprehension

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Midwest United States, my family absolutely had this table when I was a kid.

[–] YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago

Midwest US here too and my family also had this table when I was a kid. This comment section feels like a bunch of midwesterners realizing the midwest US isn't the entire world lol

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

East coast...had this table

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can think of four separate friends in the US that had or have this table - I'd never realized it before this post but yeah super common. Maybe it's a regional thing? Though I saw it growing up in the mid-east too so IDK. Global furniture distribution: how does it work? Seriously, an industry I have no ideas about...

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago

Not only did we have this table, my parents donated it to our first college apartment, and then I dragged that stupid thing around for ten years until my father was like "oh you still have this thing."

Yeah I thought it was like some heirloom, but apparently it was actually something they bought from a yard sale when they first got married and kind of hated for 18 years.

[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I present you the German equivalent, the coffee table named Fliesentisch

[–] volqan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I present you the Indian equivalent and idk wherever it's called

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

As a non-German who has never seen one of those, that actually looks quite nice, I'd gladly put that in my house :p

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

As a swamp German: that translates to 'tile(ed) table'.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 week ago

Not even close to most uncomfortable.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I have this table now.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

not cool until you sit at this table eating your cornflakes with added nicotine.

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the chairs were really comfy, but held onto any grease from the kitchen.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

oh i remember those chairs. yeah, metal and cushioned. loved them but if vinyl gets a tear, there goes your denim.

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[–] glandrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

omg I had that table

[–] Dialectical_Specialist@quokk.au 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Omfg we had the same chairs with it too? What is life

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Hoopback Windsor chairs are an entire style, not a specific design made by one manufacturer.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

They were sold as a set.

It was a relatively high quality and cost effective AND not terribly gaudy / ugly.

Theres a reason “ya basic kitchen table set” is everywhere

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nonono, it's fine, see we've bought these half-inch thick cushions with quilt effect that have these little string on them that tie onto the backrest, so stop complaining and eat the Grey Meat and with Beige Vegetables your Grandma spent all day making somehow.

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[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't this incorrect use of the "nobody-meme"? Also can't remember seeing any such table in any home during my childhood and I'm a 90's kid

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Swede here, dad built a custom table that was hinged and could be folded up against the wall for easier vacuuming snd sweaping.

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[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

Nobody absolutely nobody that one kitchen table everyone had growing up

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You guys didn't have pillows on your chairs?

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Nostalgia LOADED 100%

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

That table is the best table you'll ever get. Will last for a very long time so long as it wasn't made after maybe the 80s or 90s. So long as you ain't doing anything rough on it, it will last a lifetime.

Though, growing up, we had nicer wood back chairs. I never had problems with them. Worst problem I had was always being the one who had to take a seat that was up against a wall, so I had to slide in and didn't have a lot of room to adjust where my chair was, besides maybe moving a little to the right.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago

My family had this exact set, but I do remember the seats having fabric cushions you tied to the back so you weren't sitting directly on wood.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My family got this set off craigslist to replace an objectively better dining table set that just needed to be refinished. Tried using cushions with them, but they were still a bit uncomfortable.

Saying that, the OP set would unfortunately be quite the upgrade compared to all the MDF and engineered wood that's so common nowadays :(

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Real wood anything is fucking expensive now

[–] drath@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The soviet equivalent, AKA the Fingercrusher. Fuck that thing

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

I have this table now.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago

Those chairs are very comfortable.

[–] wizzkidd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

In India, we ate on the bed.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They're called "Windsor chairs" (with the "hoopback" variety in OP's picture and the "comb-back" variety in your link) and they've been a traditional style for hundreds of years.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I have those chairs now, table is different.

[–] Tabooki2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Quality table and chairs are timeless

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Uncomfortable? You're supposed to put cushions on those chairs, you silly person. :P

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

We have a bigger version of this downstairs right now

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

laughs in Dr. Glob by Philippe Starck chair

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Still sitting in Dad's kitchen.

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