There’s lots of cultural info I’ve picked up solely from the Simpsons and MST3K.
I think it’s just fine to learn a lot of culture through jokes.
Separately, I convinced my middle child that TMBG’s “The Statue Got Me High” is about Don Giovanni (it’s not, but…)
There was a time when I knew of certain “popular” songs only through Weird Al’s polka medleys.
“My, My this here Anakin guy, may be Vader someday later, now he’s just a small fry…”
This was correct.
murica
How the giraffe am I supposed to know what the actual giraffe to google you giraffing giraffe?!@#!@$%^!@#$
My post wasn’t directed at meep. I know meep’s rules. My post was directed at anyone who had half a heart to help a [adjective that starts with h] [noun that starts with h] like me figure out wtf was so funny about that picture/caption.
Class, play nicely.
I swear, I didn’t realize this would come up on my facebook memories for today
it was from 2019
More French! I feel like the Knights who say Ni and you’re saying it wrong
I saw lots of new posts in here, should’ve known better than to get my hopes up to see something funny
Maybe there should be a separate thread for your high society humor.
This thread is for the hoi polloi.
baaaaah
OK, my pedantic craving needs to be satisfied here. If it is a fission bomb, neutrons drive that reaction. If it is a fusion bomb, too many protons in atom already.
Around here, TMBG doesn’t refer to high culture, TMBG is high culture!
Back in my day the jokes were in American 
See now this is what I call a joke explanation
