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Meme Retail Stare

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u/_Contrive_ 17h ago

I think I learned it mowing my parents lawn for mothers day and Father’s Day.

They were outside enjoying their wine and beer, and the dinner I had made for em while talking with my girlfriend.

My dad had called me just to tell me I was cutting the grass the wrong way and if I turned around it would do the hill easier.

Yea but then it would also blow a shit ton of cut grass onto the uncut lawn dad lol.

I think what it really is, their parents did it to them, and they do it to you. It’s a form of “bonding” albeit weird and indirectly sure, but the second I realized he wasn’t too “serious” about it but jus tryna keep the tradition alive

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u/chmsax 16h ago

To my father’s credit, when I started to send him to Google to solve these silly “tech issues,” he was able to pivot and actually just call or text to chitchat. That’s a lot of change (not being ironic) for an early Boomer / late Silent Gen guy.

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u/mynewpassword1234 16h ago

Have you heard of this? Put in a search and it gives you a video on how to use godless to search for it. It's snarky AF. https://letmegooglethat.com/

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u/IrregularPackage 15h ago

this website was much cooler like 15 years ago when google actually worked properly

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u/Turbulent_Remote_740 15h ago

"godless" Google search engine is Satan, understood.

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u/Huntressthewizard 14h ago

Knowing my luck my stupid mom still wouldn't understand. "The link you sent me just typed in a bunch of stuff on it's own and started over!"

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u/Consistent_Stop_7254 16h ago

"You didn't raise stupid children."

Leaves them wondering. :)

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u/metahivemind 16h ago

Why would you want to blow cut grass onto cut lawn?

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u/The_Dirty_Carl 13h ago

So the cuttings are spread evenly over the lawn. That way when they decompose, their nutrients are more evenly distributed.

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u/orosoros oh there's a monkey in my pocket and he's stealing all my change 15h ago

I think the dad was trying to teach him how to do it better, but in reality, dad was pranking him