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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That rumour was everywhere by the end of '94. Not a lot of millenials in high school then. Almost all Gen X.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Late '80s. I was in middle school. That shit spread like wildfire.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard the rumor back in '74 when Malta became a republic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard it back in '68 but it was about Paul McCartney

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I fuckin love you guys.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And by the time Millennials were in High School we almost certainly had Internet.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who’s this “we”, white man?

…I was poor and didn’t have it until I started art school in ‘99

[–] TopRamenBinLaden 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I didnt know that only white people had internet access before 99. I'm glad they let us in, eventually. I had internet access at school before 99, but it must've been a white school or something.

It must be cool to be white and immune to being poor.

Edit: this comment was a Lone Ranger quote. Not just nonchalant racism. I haven't seen that movie in ages. It is a classic. Carry on friend. I apologize for assuming the worst.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a line from Lone Ranger (not the Johnny Depp one).

[–] TopRamenBinLaden 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are right. I haven't seen that movie in ages and forgot. I thought the person I replied to was just race baiting at first, but they were just vibing. I apologize for jumping to conclusions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s cool, I shouldn’t have expected many people to get the reference, being how outdated it is even for me

Just vibing is the way to be, yo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You probably have to add /s or root_beer won't know otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps I should have because you missed my point completely

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Lmao nah we understood you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I heard it in 5th or 6th grade around 2001-2002. So still millennial. The post says elementary school not high-school... Just not the 90s in my case