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December 6, 2020
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“Santa saw your Instagram pictures. You’re getting clothes and a Bible for Christmas”

"Santa saw your Instagram pictures. You're getting clothes and a Bible for Christmas" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. That is to say that many pictures on…

February 28, 2026
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“Send a risky text. Eat some pizza. Go on vacation. Life is short”

"Life is short/uncertain. Eat dessert first" is a saying that became popular in the 1980s. Several variations exist, taking out "dessert" and inserting "pizza"…

February 26, 2026
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“Send a risky text. Eat some pizza. Life is short”

"Life is short/uncertain. Eat dessert first" is a saying that became popular in the 1980s. Several variations exist, taking out "dessert" and inserting "pizza"…

October 30, 2022
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“Sh*t posting will continue until government improves”

"Shit posting will continue until government improves" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "The firings/floggings/beatings will continue until morale improves"…

August 27, 2025
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“Shitposter? Oh, you mean feral philosopher”

"Shitposters are simply feral philosophers" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a jocular attempt to bring some dignity to internet shitposting.…

August 27, 2025
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“Shitposter? You mean feral philosopher”

"Shitposters are simply feral philosophers" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a jocular attempt to bring some dignity to internet shitposting.…

January 8, 2023
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“Shitposters are just feral philosophers”

"Shitposters are simply feral philosophers" was posted on Twitter by davion (and many others) on April 3, 2021. The saying may have originated on a Facebook post by Sophia Snow, as shown…

January 8, 2023
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“Shitposters are simply feral philosophers”

"Shitposters are simply feral philosophers" was posted on Twitter by davion (and many others) on April 3, 2021. The saying may have originated on a Facebook post by Sophia Snow, as shown…

August 27, 2025
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“Shitposters are simply feral philosophers”

"Shitposters are simply feral philosophers" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is a jocular attempt to bring some dignity to internet shitposting.…

June 12, 2024
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“Shitposting implies the existence of pissposting and shartposting”

There is "shitposting," but no "pissposting." "is there an alternative to shitposting called pissposting?" was posted on X/Twitter by pacmanz on March 3, 2015.…

June 12, 2024
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“Shitposting implies the existence of pissposting, sweatposting, spitposting, cumposting, etc.”

There is "shitposting," but no "pissposting." "is there an alternative to shitposting called pissposting?" was posted on X/Twitter by pacmanz on March 3, 2015.…

June 12, 2024
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“Shitposting implies the existence of pissposting”

There is "shitposting," but no "pissposting." "is there an alternative to shitposting called pissposting?" was posted on X/Twitter by pacmanz on March 3, 2015.…

March 9, 2018
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“Showing your love is now just looking at them for five minutes without checking your phone”

"Showing your love used to be buying them flowers or writing a poem. Now it’s just looking at them for 5 minutes without checking your phone" is a jocular saying that has been printed…

March 8, 2021
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“Since Facebook claims ownership of everything you post on their website, I’m uploading my bills”

"Since Facebook claims ownership of everything you post on their website, I think I should start uploading my bills" was posted on Twitter by Johnny Mota (and others) on December 10,…

April 11, 2018
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“Since I changed my smartphone’s name to Titanic, it’s been syncing”

"Syncing" sounds like "sinking." A popular smartphone joke mentions the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 2012. This joke was…

May 9, 2018
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“Since this year they launched the iPhone 8/X, we’ll probably get to see 9/11 next year”

Apple, Inc. released the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus in 2017, and there have been references to 9/11 (the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon). "Can’t wait for…

August 1, 2020
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“Siri, check my bank account and tell me which Apple product I can buy.”/“Apple juice.”

An "Apple product" usually does not refer to the fruit, but there are jokes. "I am going to buy an Apple product this morning.. Guess which? Options: Fruit, Natural juice, or…

August 14, 2021
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“Snopes is for dopes”

Snopes is a fact-checking website. Many people have claimed that Snopes is biased, and that it doesn't do good or honest work. "Snopes is for dopes" is a popular critical saying.…

January 17, 2017
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“So I’ve decided that my wifi will be my valentine. I don’t know, we just have this connection”

"I asked my wifi to be my valentine - We have a great connection" is a jocular saying that has been printed on a ceramic mug. "My valentine. We have a special connection...... its…

May 22, 2018
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“So it turns out that being an adult is mostly just Googling how to do stuff”

"So it turns out that being an adult is mostly just Googling how to do stuff" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Don't worry, kids. Being an adult is…

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