Saw an ad for a t-shirt with this graphic, and I wonder how many people are old enough to understand why it's funny.

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@hewer_of_code it's an old meme. Someone's cashing in on an old meme that they probably didn't create.

[wintergr33n@lingo.lol]

@hewer_of_code

LOL

[nomdeb@mstdn.social]

@hewer_of_code I probably am old enough 🤪 but I don’t know the context. I grew up in the Middle East and South Asia mostly so maybe more an American cultural thing? I still love the graphic though. I find it funny even without understanding the context.

[dubious_dragon@mastodon.social]

I did giggle a bit, I'll confess.

[old_angry_queer@girlcock.club]

@hewer_of_code *raises hand*

[anyone_can_whistle@theforkiverse.com]

@anne_twain It's that the World Wildlife Fund and the World Wrestling Federation share initials.

[bcasiello@floss.social]

@hewer_of_code Insert Captain America meme here

[jaykass@mastodon.online]

@hewer_of_code
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[fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de]

@nomdeb @hewer_of_code
* world wildlife fund
* world wrestling federation

[kc@social.coop]

@Plumbert @hewer_of_code wait what ?

[karalg84@dragonscave.space]

@hewer_of_code I was very confused when I first heard of the World Wildlife Fund.

[kats@chaosfem.tw]

@hewer_of_code Ooo wow!

[szczurtorebkowy@ohai.social]

@fishidwardrobe @nomdeb @hewer_of_code
Right, so in my case it isn't being wrong age, but wrong part of the world too.

[fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.de]

@szczurtorebkowy @nomdeb @hewer_of_code yep

[wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk]

@hewer_of_code Some of us are too old to understand why its funny.

[woe2you@beige.party]

@anne_twain @anyone_can_whistle There was a trademark case in the early 2000s. The conservationists won, which is why the other lot are now called World Wrestling Entertainment.

[hewer_of_code@mstdn.ca]

@knowprose Yeah.

Sometime between posting this and your reply, I had a vague feeling I'd seen this before a long time ago but forgot about it.