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January 28, 2025
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“I crashed my bike in 1983 and scraped my knee. We didn’t have internet then, so I’m telling you now”

"In the 1980s I fell off my bike and hurt my knee. I'm telling you this now because we didn't have social media back then" ia an internet saying that has been printed on many…

December 16, 2024
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“I delete enough status updates to know that I should never get a tattoo”

"I've deleted enough tweets to know that I should never get a tattoo" is a saying meaning that the speaker changes thoughts so often, something permanent (a tattoo on the…

December 16, 2024
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“I delete enough tweets and status updates to know that I should never get a tattoo”

"I've deleted enough tweets to know that I should never get a tattoo" is a saying meaning that the speaker changes thoughts so often, something permanent (a tattoo on the…

June 22, 2017
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“I designed a website for orphans. There isn’t a home page”

A joke about a website's home page is: "I designed a website for orphans. There isn't a home page." The joke was posted on Twitter on April 15, 2015 and was originally posted on…

April 20, 2017
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“I do my best proofreading after I hit ‘send’”

"I do my best proofreading after I hit 'send'" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on March 14, 2009, but it…

October 14, 2022
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“I don’t always have to retype my password, but when I do, I stab each letter into the keyboard”

Many people have to retype a password. When they retype it, they often do it carefully, and stab the keyboard. "I don't always have to retype my password but when I do, I stab each letter…

June 29, 2014
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“I don’t believe the liberal media”

"I don't believe the liberal media" was a slogan of the National Conservative Foundation in 1985. Later, the slogan was used by the Media Research Center (a conservative media…

October 3, 2026
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“I don’t know how many versions of the same password I’ve got left in me”

When people make a new internet password, it's usually a version of their existing password. This was posted on X/Twitter by "your other mom" on September 29, 2026, and it received…

December 7, 2016
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“I don’t need Google. My boyfriend knows everything!”

"I don't need Google. My boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife knows everything!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I don't need Google because my wife…

May 21, 2023
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“I don’t run from my problems. I sit on my couch, play on my phone & ignore them like other adults”

"I don't run from my problems. I sit on my couch, play on my phone and ignore them like all the other adults" and "I don't run from my problems. I sit on my sofa, play on…

May 21, 2023
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“I don’t run from my problems. I sit on my sofa, play on my phone and ignore them. Like an adult”

"I don't run from my problems. I sit on my couch, play on my phone and ignore them like all the other adults" and "I don't run from my problems. I sit on my sofa, play on…

August 5, 2017
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“I don’t understand people that have goals like getting likes on their selfie”

People who take selfies might be overly self-absorbed, but what about those who obsess about likes? "I don't understand people that have goals like getting likes on their selfie" was…

January 27, 2025
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“I don’t want to startle anyone, but Becky on Facebook cannot believe how fast the weekend flew by”

"I don't want to startle anyone, but Becky on Facebook cannot believe how fast the weekend flew by" was posted on X/Twitter by Tony P. on November 18, 2013. "I cannot believe…

December 27, 2020
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“I don’t know how to use TikTok, but I can write in cursive, do long division, and tell time”

"I don’t know how to use TikTok, but I can write in cursive, do long division, and tell time on clocks with hands" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker…

March 9, 2020
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“I don’t know if Twitter has ever caused the lame to walk, but it has caused the dumb to speak”

"The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel" is from Matthew 15:31.There are…

July 18, 2017
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“I don’t need a stable relationship. All I need is a stable internet connection”

"I don’t need a stable relationship. All I need is a stable internet connection" is an internet saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on October…

October 16, 2025
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“I downloaded a colander app instead of a calendar. Now my battery keeps draining”

"Colander" shouldn't be confused with "calendar," but there are jokes. "heh RT @deanog: iTunes Store installed a colander app on my iPhone instead of a calendar. It…

February 28, 2018
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“I dropped my phone from the fourth floor, but it was on airplane mode so it landed safely”

"Airplane mode" for a phone or a computer (or similar electronic device) suspends radio-frequency signal transmission by the device, and was originally intended for safe air travel.…

May 13, 2020
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“I dropped Parmesan on my laptop and called it Mac ‘n’ Cheese”

An iMac has nothing to do with macaroni and cheese, but there are jokes. "I just spilled some mozzarella from my pizza onto my laptop. Henceforth, I shall call my laptop Mac 'n'…

August 18, 2017
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“I felt bad, but then I installed a new version of office. It improved my outlook”

Entry in progress -- B.P.: Wikipedia: Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office is an office suite of applications, servers, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on 1…

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