How is this a science meme?
I’m an electrical engineer living in Los Angeles, CA.
How is this a science meme?
CBOR for life, down with JSON.
I’m looking at you, Olórin, Mithrandir, Incánus, Tharkûn, Greyhame, Stormcrow, Láthspell, and/or Gandalf.
Clippy knows all and sees all.
It’s a parody of overserious memes that are trying to sound edgy and badass. The archetype is a gun-wielding skeleton that’s riding a motorcycle and saying something about thin blue lines, but wolves and other imagery are also adjacent.
Instead, THE_PACK takes that aesthetic, cranks it up to 12, and adds some silly text. Everyone is role-playing as a skeleton that’s obsessed with motorcycles (hogs). You have to TALK IN ALL CAPS to be heard over the engine noise. And everyone’s friendly and welcoming in a way that edgelords aren’t.
A few great examples from the last year or so:
Yeah, Tactical Breach Wizards has been in development since at least 2020. I was in the closed beta in 2022 and it was pretty great. They’ve finally announced the release date of August 22, and I’m excited.
IS IT THE KIND OF CIRCUS WITH A MOTORCYCLE THAT’S ON FIRE, JUMPING OVER A ROW OF MONSTER TRUCKS, WHICH ARE ALSO ON FIRE?
'CUZ THAT’S PRETTY SWEET, BUT ALSO BORING TO WATCH AFTER YOU’VE DONE IT TEN OR TWENTY TIMES FOR REAL.
Can anyone prove it’s NOT an extra-long cow?
FROM THE MOMENT I UNDERSTOOD THE AWESOMENESS OF MY HOG, I CRANKED IT. I CRAVED THE STRENGTH AND CERTAINLY OF BONE. I ASPIRED TO THE PURITY OF THE BLESSED SKELTON. AROOOOO!
Old hotness: Swing Wing
New hotness: Transform into bipedal mech
This 100%. Only a hobbit would bring their favorite cast iron frying pan on a transcontinental hike into hostile territory.
The event I’m referring to wasn’t OP’s photo. Mine was back in 2004 or 2005, long before Win10 was released.
Maybe? If I recall correctly, this was Windows XP. Also the computer was owned by the school, so the students didn’t have admin access.
I saw that happen once in a big presentation.
There was a team of students presenting their work to ~200 people. Right in the middle, a pop-up says updates are finished and the computer needs to restart. It has a helpful 60-second countdown, but “cancel” is grayed out, so all they can do is watch.
I was only in the audience and I still have nightmares.
Do not cite the deep magic to me, OP, I was there when it was released.
This isn’t funny, this is just the sad state of software these days.
IT’S LIKE “MI CASA, SU CASA”. I DON’T HAVE A COLD 'CUZ I’M A BADASS SKELETON, BUT IF I DID THEN THEY’D HAVE ONE TOO. SHARING IS POLITE, MFER! AROOOOO!
WHAT GAME ARE THEY PLAYING? IT’S GOT A BADASS SKELETON CRANKING A HOG AND I WANT IT.
Full disk encryption doesn’t help with this threat model at all. A rogue program running on the same machine can still access all the files.