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[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

is the guy at the 3rd image Limp Bizkit?

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[–] seerdomin1983@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

You ain’t goin nowhere!

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

It was before the invention of the duckface.

[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is being done today. Ever notice how Youtubers/streamers are always waving their hands across the screen like they're doing ninja chops or something.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Clean hands are cool

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They were confused. They thought the catch-phrase was "catch cheese" not "say cheese".

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This seems like the most-likely explanation.

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know what to do with my hands

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I was doing that in the 90s, too, because I was pretending to be a wizard and going "Pyaaaah! Zapppp!"

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

OP discovers trends

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Creating wood glue "keys" from photos wasn't a thing back then.

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