this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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I was rolling laughing at this, and then I had to try to explain it to my wife. It is basically unexplainable.
So basically, it's a meme originating from Star Trek wherein a species communicates exclusively through idioms and descriptions of events, making it impossible to translate without an understanding of their overall culture and history. Shaka When the Walls Fell probably means failure, it can be translated as "wow" in best case or "this is devastating" in the worst case.
If my Ink Tank Printer suddenly posted SHAKA WHEN THE WALLS FELL then I would be taking a few steps back and grabbing some towels.
This almost sounds like a prediction of contemporary meme culture where every situation or emotion is conveyed though a shared collection of phrases and images.
You would be the 487,962nd person to think that. Yolo, you’re so Skibidi, you’re so Fanum tax.
Now If you had said towel, I would have assumed it was the ultimate Douglas Adams reply, lol.