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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 144 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I know a few teachers, the "cringy and bad" is the goal, not a mistake. It's apparently quite therapeutic watching the "cool kids" squirm. How bad can you make them, but not make it obvious what you're doing?

The fact that it also helps a lot of kids remember it is almost just a bonus.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've got a friend who was slightly too old when the word yeet became popular. He decided he would use it confidently, often, and incorrect. He still does.

He's excited to embarrass his kids by doing that with whatever the current slang is when they are 12 or 13.

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can confirm, life has new meaning, so sigma

[–] killingspark 33 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so rizzed up about using slang wrong

Sigma balls lmao gottem

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My minion is still too young for that. I plan to wind them up mercilessly however. Right now, dad jokes are the height of humour to them.

  • "I'm hungry"
  • "Hi hungry, I'm dad!"
  • "Nooooooo, I'm not called hungry!"
  • "So why did you tell me your name was hungry?"
  • ...

I'll be a little sad when it finally gets old.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hi Hungary, I'm Belgium

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago

YES! Yes holy shit, I love to make kids cringe by intentionally using memes wrong.

I'm not even a teacher but this is the best part of being a full adult.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yup and the "cool" ones who don't engage will suddenly be engaged with it and paying attention

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Am teacher, this is absolutely true. The awkwardness is hilarious too me.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Kids don't get the idea of others getting their cringy and bad memes

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago
[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And then there are the teachers using memes specifically because they know it will make those memes uncool. And I salute them.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago

I really hope in 20 years teachers will uses skibidi toilets running around the screen as the way to explain migration

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 68 points 2 weeks ago

Appreciate them! They really do not get paid enough to try as hard as they do.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When I saw my first textbook that had an XKCD comic in it I had A little bit of a squeal of joy. I'm old What do I know.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

XKCD would be so perfect for textbooks!

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Really hard to hover for that alt text though

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's what the figure number and image description is for.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But you know what osmosis is now don't you. Also count yourselves lucky you get memes we got "raps"

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

The powerhouse of the cell?

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Omg there was a teacher at my school that would make songs that were just some super basic beat and him conjugating verbs, with a little bit of echo. Then he'd play them during class while looking at the students.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's why you leave that shit to the professionals.

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago

When I use memes of my childhood (e.g. Rage Faces) the reactions are similar. They don't realize they stand on the shoulders of giants.

[–] Nerdulous@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

In case anyone wants to know where the top image comes from it's a Japanese porno.

JAV code: SW-653

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Humans are complicated creatures that often act in simple ways

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

School toilets are about to become even more traumatic when gen alpha starts teaching.

At least I just have random nyan cat bullet points in my slides, with a lot of random loss thrown in.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

This meme makes my wife sad. Stop it.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago

Joke's on the kids---It's the cringe I'm aiming for. I live to hear the groans and see the eye rolls.

[–] 5715 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My speculation is that teenagers react so vile to adults trying to fit in partially as a unwittingly defensive mechanism. Teenagers have some social skills, but not all and thus having separate youth culture provides spaces for learning - adults trying to fit in are possible OP in those spaces and keeping out adults altogether might help with abuse prevention as well.

I don't really know how to test or research this speculation though.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, to start, you need an old psychologist, and a young psychologist.

And probably several psychology grad students.

And then you can have a scientific study.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're not trying to "fit in", they're trying to reach students with their own language. For those students' benefit! Be nice to teachers...

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, everybody knows that kids can't understand you if you don't talk in memes.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

There is a psychology to using cringy memes. Can't use them all the the time, and you need to fit the right cringe into the right place, but when you hit it, it does tend to make them remember a point they might not have.

Much of teaching a classroom full of kids effectively involves a perverse mix of psychological warfare, manipulation, and entertainment. You should try it some time.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, cuz that's what I said...

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whatever I heard you'd say today would go in my slides for tomorrow. I would be the cringiest and baddest teacher ever.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

You've got to spell and pronounce it slightly incorrect.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I would say if it serves a purpose, helps you to drive a point across, go ahead.

But don't make any other slide a meme please.

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

To live is to be cringe. Just don't be a fascist.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If I started posting memes, would that make memes uncool because I'm old? Or do you specifically have to be a parent/teacher/other authority? 🤔

You're a bit older than I am, ain't ya? Are you the teacher? lol

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago