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May 28, 2024
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“Instagram be mad boring until the unemployed people wake up around 11:30 and start they shit”

"Facebook is boring AF until the unemployed people wake up around 11:30 and start their shit" is a saying that has been printed on several images. Unemployed people wake up later and have…

May 26, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Instagram crushes are all fun and games until someone buys a plane ticket”

"Flirting on the internet: it's all fun and games until someone buys a plane ticket" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It's all fun and games until someone…

July 25, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Instagram is down. Just describe your lunch to me”

Many people take pictures of what they're eating and post it on Instagram. "Instagram is down. Just describe your lunch to me" is a jocular Instagram saying that has been printed on…

September 16, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Instagram is just scrapbooking for millennials”

Instagram is frequently compared to scrapbooking. "RT @HaileyEmory2012RT @FatChickStalker: INSTAGRAM IS LIKE ONLINE SCRAPBOOKING FOR GAY BUTT HIPSTERS" was posted on Twitter by Scrapbook…

July 20, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Instagram is just Twitter for people who go outside”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterRobert Mandelberg@StreambankMedia#Instagram is just #Twitter for people who go outside. ~ Josh Gondelman11:30 AM - 20 Jul 2018

January 7, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Instagram is like a fridge…”

"Facebook is like a fridge..." is a saying that has been printed on many images. The wording that follows varies, with text such as "even when you know there's nothing new going…

July 23, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Instagram is Twitter for people who can’t read”

"Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Instagram is twitter for people who can't read" was posted on…

September 26, 2013
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“Instagram would’ve been a great name for a cocaine delivery service”

Instagram is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that was founded in October 2010. There immediately was a popular joke about the name. "Instagram? Sounds like…

May 25, 2026
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/InternetRadio/Television

“Instead of ‘breaking news’ they should say ‘wait till you hear this shit’”

Aaron Parnas started his TikTok on May 22, 2026 with "Wait till you hear this shit." Aaron Parnas did a TikTok on May 24, 2026 titled, "WE ARE RETIRING BREAKING NEWS BECAUSE THE NEWS…

April 3, 2018
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“Instead of saying ‘real life,’ we should just call it ‘offline’”

Is real life something other than on the internet? A one-liner was posted by "blank" on Twitter on September 25, 2011: "Instead of saying 'real life' we should just call it…

May 26, 2023
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Internet flirting is all fun and games until someone buys a plane ticket”

"Flirting on the internet: it's all fun and games until someone buys a plane ticket" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "It's all fun and games until someone…

February 27, 2018
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Internet killed the video star” (“Internet killed the video store”)

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978, and was first recorded by Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club. The British group the…

January 12, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Internet message boards? I’m all forum”

"Forum" sounds like "for them," and there are jokes. "What do you guys think of message boards? ....I'm all forum" was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on January 25,…

December 5, 2020
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Internet: It doesn’t make you stupid, it just makes your stupidity more accessible to others”

"Internet: It doesn't make you stupid, it just makes your stupidity more accessible to others" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Strange BeaverMotivational…

May 15, 2020
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“Internet. It can censor everything about conspiracy theories, but can’t get rid of child porn”

Many people have wondered how the internet can censor certain things (such as information about vaccine safety), but how child pornography still exists. "Internet. It can censor everything…

April 1, 2015
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Is Betteridge’s law of headlines correct?” (headline joke)

“If there is a question in a headline, the answer is always no” is a journalism adage. British technology journalist Ian Betteridge mentioned the adage in 2009, and it has often been called…

January 17, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Is Google a woman? Because it won’t let you finish without coming up with other suggestions”

Is the search engine Google a woman? Many images have been made suggesting this. "I also reason that Google is a woman; its just as unpredicatable" was posted on Twitter on May 22, 2009.…

July 3, 2017
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Is this the person you want to watch stare at their phone the rest of your life?”

People never seem to look up from their phones. "Before you get married ask yourself: is this the person you want to watch stare at their phone the rest of your life?" is a jocular line…

May 15, 2020
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Isn’t it weird how the internet cannot eliminate child pornography, but can censor facts”

Many people have wondered how the internet can censor certain things (such as information about vaccine safety), but how child pornography still exists. "Internet. It can censor everything…

March 1, 2024
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“It helps if you imagine autocorrect as a tiny little elf in your phone who’s trying so hard to be helpful but is in fact quite drunk”

Autocorrect tries to be helpful, but often gets things very wrong. This was posted on X/Twitter by Michael Marshall Smith on November 11, 2018: "It helps if you imagine autocorrect as a tiny…

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