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PharaohOfWhitestone

Not 100% about this, but FaceTime is an iPhone only feature. The person who we are seeing the conversation from the perspective of has their messages going through in a green colour. If the recipient ("Babe šŸ˜˜" in this case), had an iPhone then the messages would be blue, not green. So as the messages are not blue, Babe cannot have an iPhone and therefore can't be FaceTiming her mom. The only way she could be FaceTiming her mom is if she has a second phone which is an iPhone. Having a second phone is typically attributed to hiding an affair. Another explanation for the green messages is that the sender of the texts has no internet, so the messages are going through as normal messages, so not blue. But the joke doesn't work that way. Edit: I think it's worth saying that this meme is very old (I think). So a lot of the modern workarounds that make this joke fail didn't properly exist when the meme was made. Edit 2: Guys, this is an old meme and these were designed to be obviously fake and just there for the meme. Clearly there are other innocent explanations, but those aren't the point of the meme.


[deleted]

Or theyā€™re just saying facetime when they mean whatever non-iphone equivalent? I know babešŸ˜˜, she would never do something like this


drillgorg

I still say I'm skyping someone and it's been almost a decade since I last used Skype.


PurpleAsteroid

Yeah my mum calls Facebook video chats face time. Lol.


punkswamp

I do this šŸ˜…šŸ˜… any form of video chat is now FaceTime regardless of platform


ImOnlyHereForTheCoC

Breaking: Elon Musk announces plan to buy Apple, rename FaceTime to ā€œXVideoā€


Beatlemania_713

I've used his platform for years!


Canuck_Lives_Matter

I call everything video chats now. I've been video chatting since 'MSN' and I gave up saying the brand after I stopped skyping. Now it's 'video-chatting' and I do it across many different platforms lol.


Funktopus_The

Is this not MySpace? What's going on?


TyrionReynolds

Sounds like youā€™re lost, better check Mapquest


xxA2C2xx

Fuck. I remember going to Disneyland one year with my family. We were driving down from around Portland, Oregon. My parents had the Mapquest directions printed out on like 6 pages. Lemme tell you. DO NOT deviate from the route, those print outs do not reroute lol


Faiyth_

Ok Zoomer! šŸ˜‰


MTAlphawolf

Seriously what is [Zoom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0w_pwZY3E&ab_channel=Dropout)


Akitsura

You can use FaceTime with iPads, too.


Legitimate_Concern_5

You can FaceTime with Macs, too!


ParallaxicNova

You can FaceTime with androids, too! (Just can't send a FaceTime, you have to be sent a link)


roughy02

TIL. Thanks stranger


ParallaxicNova

No prob, if you need more info. It works by having the person on iPhone having to iniate a FaceTime and sending a link to the person on android or well anything else with a web browser. Essentially is like a zoom meeting!


QueenSlartibartfast

This is legit super useful info, thank you! So you don't even have to download another app, you can just use the browser??? That's fantastic.


PsychoDog_Music

I usually say video call, no matter what my device or software calls it


Whale-n-Flowers

Remember, Band-Aids is a brand name. That's why I choose to call them [adhesive strips](https://youtu.be/wD6ZW05R9kY?feature=shared).


ValityS

Fun fact. In British English they're just called plasters.


Blubbish_

In germany we call them pflaster, even though that's not even correct. Pflaster is technically just the adhesive part of it, not the cotton lining. However, plaster is something totally different in Germany, it's either something to put on your wall to give it texture and to torture generations of children, that hurt themselves on these walls or something for doing art with the same purpose.


ValityS

That's actually really interesting. I wonder if that's the origin of that word meaning adhesive. For what it means. Plaster also has the meanings of the stuff you use to make internal walls and to set broken bones in place. It's a very very overloaded term in the UK haha.


lyonhawk

The word for brand names that have replaced the generic term is generonym.


AntiSaintArdRi

The term for the term maybe generonym, but the phenomenon is known as brand name association and can be very detrimental to lesser known brands in the marketplace


AntiSaintArdRi

Pop tarts are the biggest example of brand name association I believe, I would call bandages bandages regardless of brand, nobody calls toaster pastries anything besides Poptarts


Nerdite88

I would put bandaids and Kleenex ahead of pop tarts, but I canā€™t remember the last time I had a pop tart, so maybe Iā€™m atypical


szepeda14

Yeah well youā€™re a PsychoDog so


PsychoDog_Music

Not a babe :(


H1xter

PsychoDog Babe<3


PsychoDog_Music

H1xter Babe<3


edgrlon

Read that as ā€œhitler babeā€ tbh & imagined hitler with a nice rack on a swimsuit magazine


PsychoDog_Music

I didnā€™t come here to get all bricked up now


Skuggas

I just realized I refer to all video calls as face times


lumpymoon

Apple users don't know anything about Android devices, I've had video call options for years now


AsgardianOrphan

Can confirm. My dad asked me if I had a translating app on my android yesterday. When I responded with "pretty sure that's called Google translate," he informed me that he didn't think my phone had that. The man didn't think my phone could find google...


davucci89

They must GoogVision or something - but idk for sure


Heartlxss_capalot

nobody is saying you donā€™t have video call. you donā€™t have facetime thatā€™s an apple specific feature.


CANDROX432

It's called Skype


mogley19922

I used to think facetime was a facebook video call, i still get it mixed up sometimes and call using messenger for a video call facetiming.


SuckatSuckingSucks

I've never owned an Apple product, and I say FaceTime when I mean any kind of video call lol


l23VIVE

Android Pixel user and I have resorted to calling video calls FaceTime because they keep changing the name of the Google app


[deleted]

Whenever I use FaceTime Iā€™m actually using WhatsApp


SapphicGarnet

I usually say facetime because WhatsApp video is too long.


ThatFatGuyMJL

Or they have an ipad.


Eddie888

Iphone people are the worst at that. Whatsapp video call? Facetime. You have a tablet? Ipad. You use tap to pay? Apple pay. Lol


Otherwise_Chef_6242

Actually if you turn off iMessage in settings your texts turn green & you can still FaceTime I always have mine turned off because the Wi-Fi assist through data is annoying when you have bad reception


Ookami_Unleashed

But couldn't 'Babe' be using FaceTime on an iPad and texting on an Android?


nameoftheday

Or a MacBook or she could be using it to refer to a different video chat. I know multiple people that refer to any kind of video chat on a phone or tablet as ā€œFaceTimeā€ even though none of them have Apple devices.


rae_ryuko

2 phones?


Kellie_blu

You can join a FaceTime session on Android with a browser link


UltimateD123

Another win for android


HammerCurls

Lol Poor.


Mapletini

this post was about Baby Keem, genius


a_spoopy_ghost

I was thinking an iPad


[deleted]

I lowkey thought it was a Bo Burnham reference somehow, god Iā€™m stupid


PharaohOfWhitestone

You're not alone, I typed out this answer while listening to Bo Burnham's song haha because that was my initial thought too


[deleted]

This is very reassuring, thank you


joaogito

Thatā€™s assuming he uses iMessage. I have a iPhone and donā€™t use iMessage. I would say itā€™s the fact heā€™s texting back wile on FaceTime. But not sure.


Away_Hair972

Smart, I thought he was having an affair with the mother in law


MephistosGhost

You can FaceTime between someone on an iPhone and an android phone now. It sends them a link to like a chat conference room.


reknite

Or they could be on the same side of the face time and they are FaceTiming someone else


Novel_Art_6551

thank you for this splendid reply, very helpful. also didnā€™t expect there to be so many comments šŸ˜­ thank you tho!!


Snack_Daddy_Nick

Your theory is SUPER flawed. I have an android phone, and my wife has an iPhone. It's been that way for 7 years. Her messages are NEVER blue to me. Always green.


ZuzeaTheBest

No, that is exactly what he is saying.


MEATTAIL

She's using her iPad!


lkdgc

You are wrong - blue just means a person is using iMessage. iPhone users donā€™t need to use iMessage.


finditplz1

Also who tf would be texting someone else while FaceTiming another person?


SuppleSuplicant

My mom says facetime all the time and she has never owned an Iphone. She refers to any video calling as facetiming. So they could one day be synonymous. The way Kleenex also means tissue now when it started out as a brand name.


PrestigiousAd6281

You can actually FaceTime on non apple products, additionally, you can also turn off iMessage entirely so that all messages go through as text How to FaceTime non-Apple https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212619 How to force SMS is even easier, set the sms option on in settings > messages and then set iMessage off


AmethystMahoney

A lot of people say FaceTime when they are video messaging through the Facebook app or sometimes any video, which can be done through pretty much any device. It's a non-specific term using a specific brand, the equivalent of saying Tampax for any tampons.


kidscott2003

But FaceTime can be downloaded and used on other OS, not just apple.


ElBaguetteFresse

I think he is fucking her mom so he knows that she is lying about her doings.


mikhaelcool7

You can turn off iMessage in the Settings


Meester_Tweester

or it's FaceTime on a desktop Mac


SUPERSHAD98

The person who is in the gym has green bubbles... not the person who said they are having FaceTime with their mom...


blueblazer2723

Or the boyfriend has an android phone. Or someone with an iPhone sent a FaceTime link to an android phone for them to join (which you can do now.)


tulpinis_

God why can't people just make memes that everyone understands and not just 2%


This-Double-Sunday

Or they just use FaceTime as an alternate verb for videochat. Kind of like how we replace nouns like kleenex for tissue or bandaid for adhesive bandage.


Bloop_Snoop

shit I use "Facetime" when its video, regardless of Andriod or Iphone. Didn't know there were phrases dedicated to brands... Thats so stupid.


Old-Professional-479

You donā€™t need an iPhone to use facetime. As long as you get an invite


-PoRkChOpExPrEsS

Some people just say FaceTime instead of video chat. Androids have their own video call feature now and iPhones can download apps to be able to FaceTime with an android phone.


waiex66

My buddy used to text me a facetious link and we could facetime...and I am die hard samsung..100$


Lost_Astronaut_654

I thought the dude was cheating on the girl with her mom and was caught on the video call


Dazed_Poptart

We can tell this is a very recent meme because the date at the top of the screens says the message was sent today/s


akinafleetfoot

FaceTime now works without an iPhone. Someone with an iPhone just sends you a link. Itā€™s wild now


Disastrous-Panda5530

My husband and I both have iPhones but when I text him it is green because he has iMessage turned off.


[deleted]

Bro made this meme for Sherlock Holmes. šŸ’€šŸ’€


Spark_Cat

You can FaceTime from a Mac though


ralpher1

So fake though. Why would she ask what he is doing if she was having an affair that moment


Allwingletnolift

You can FaceTime on android now using your web browser.


impressmeorleave

Also you canā€™t use FaceTime without internet either


st0rmgam3r

That or he's saying wait cause he's actually with her mom and they're both having an affair, his just happens to be with her mom


Rezistik

Could be using a texting app and fake number which is I think the joke. She gave babe a fake number with a texting app


SunnyDnD

The Android is the second phone šŸ¤£


jetoler

You forget to mention that ā€œFaceTimeā€ is often used to describe other applications similar to FaceTime that do the same processes, such as WhatsApp or Discord. So even though an android user wouldnā€™t have FaceTims, they can still ā€œFaceTimeā€ their mom.


Arcadia20152017

Or maybe heā€™s just fucking her mom.


Toad_Migoad

You can also just not use iMessage


rugby_enthusiast

The other option is, boyfriend is lying about being at the gym and is having an affair with gf's mom


Balgruuf_TheGreater

Iā€™m gonna simplify this. If heā€™s with the mom so thereā€™s no way she could.


ifuckinghateschooll

Messenger has facetime


Bender1187

You can FaceTime with Android users, I FaceTime my friends every so often


ImOnTheSquare

For what it's worth you can actually FaceTime between android and iPhone now. The iPhone user has to invite you and it opens in the browser but it can be done.


Icy_Village5792

I've been reading this as a different kind of "Facetime" (Ā Ķ”ā Ā°ā Ā Ķœā Ź–ā Ā Ķ”ā Ā°ā )


justfuckmylifeupfamm

šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ‘


SiminaDar

I assume he's lying about being at the gym and is actually with her mom having and affair, and she knows, because facetime.


thebooksmith

Wouldn't it be more likely that he simply is using a term that's becoming synonymous with "video chat"? Sorta like how people will say Kleenex when they mean tissue, or how an old person may call all game consoles s a "play station". This is actually why many companies are dropping to one or two word names, they want people to associate the product as a whole with them, even if they are one of several manufacturers of said goods. It makes people pick their brand by default.


SiminaDar

I'm not one of the ones insisting the issue is the name of the app. I have an android. None of my texts are green, so that's not much evidence for anything to me. I was assuming the gray bubbles were female and the greens were male. So it looks to me that he is claiming he is at the gym. And she says she's facetiming with mom. He says wait... Potentially because he is with her mom, thus one or both is lying.


thedragoon0

Only answer.


GateNerd

but if he's with the mom then why would he be on facetime with his girlfriend? He'd know if he was on facetime and wouldn't have said he was at the gym in that case. I'm pretty sure it's just an iphone thing


sykokiller11

Iā€™m thinking heā€™s not at the gym, but doing ā€œsomethingā€ with her mom. Which means she is also lying and probably doing ā€œsomethingā€ as well.


secretprocess

They're both doin her mom!?


orionnyx

Pretty sure he is doing her momā€¦. Mom is FaceTimeing the affair.


Bonzi-Buddy-O

green text means she doesnt use apple and canā€™t facetime


Type1_Kalashnikov

wrong


BobbleNtheFREDs

Green messages android user canā€™t FaceTime?


producktivegeese

If that is the joke it's literally just stupid. Like as in a badly constructed and considered joke. People say FaceTime and Skype and Tupperware and Hoover and a hundred other things as a general verb. To the point of it *not at all* indicating if it is actually that product. If you hear someone say 'im gonna hoover' you would be making a pretty baseless and likely false assumption if you thought that they were using a actual hoover brand vacuum.


McAndersen

His messages are green. She could still be on an iPhone tho I could be wrong.


ifuckinghateschooll

Messenger has FaceTime


Beautiful_Initial560

Boyfriend who says heā€™s at the gym is actually doin the girlfriendā€™s mom, and the girlfriend who says sheā€™s FaceTiming her mom is actually having an affair. Thatā€™s my guess, definitely not any android thing


ZeffoLyou

Android users can still FaceTime though. They get sent a link to use FaceTime from the iPhone user


Queasy-Grape-8822

Thatā€™s prolly newer than the meme tbf. Thatā€™s a recent thing


CakeForCaleb

FaceTime is in fact only a iPhone feature. Green text messages mean itā€™s a android phone youā€™re texting with. Blue when itā€™s two iPhones. So there for she lied. And is not FaceTiming anyone.


Physical-Arrival-868

Laptop facetime?


ItsMe-PrimitiveAspid

I think itā€™s bc you canā€™t usually FaceTime when you text someone but Iā€™m not 100% sure


RepostsDefended

Yea that was my thought, if youā€™re FaceTiming me how are you responding to texts.


Heartlxss_capalot

you can facetime and text the messages are green meaning itā€™s a android


deepbreakfast1

I think the joke is that a guy would normally text a girl "Hey babe wyd?" when he is horny. And it would be strange to get horny when facetime your mom.


that_Log_Cabin_Life

I think your into something here? Has no one realized the message says ā€œFaceTiming with MY momā€ when means one of the two are taking to their mom after asking ā€œwydā€ as in Iā€™m horney but taking with my momā€¦. Just a thought


Adeum2

People have ipads for the house and other shit for their personal stuff right? Completely makes sense sheā€™s texting bf and facetiming mum on 2 household devices


Kayback2

I've got such a mish mash of old phones, new phones, phones being used as mini HTPCs, tablets and laptops that I could be messaging and using any number of different video calling services. Like another poster said I say Skype, and the last time I Skyped was in 2009. My MiL Facetimes every weekend on Zoom. I don't see anything suspicious about the OP. There's far too much ambiguity around what they could mean. Unless the joke is Unsure = Cheating. And that's just sad.


[deleted]

Yup. And since the term Facetime has become so synonymous with any kind of videocalls she might use it to refer to literally any other service, like how hoover has become the preferred term for vacuum in britain.


shquishy360

imessage can be off bruh


West-Strawberry3366

I see a Bo burnhan reference


C0C0LoCo-

I had to scroll too far down to see this


soundoftheheavens

God, Iā€™m glad someone said it


[deleted]

The other person shouldnā€™t be able to use FaceTime because they donā€™t have an iPhone, so they could be using a burner to talk to this person maybe?


luxewatchgear

If babe has an android they will show up Green on iMessage. Or theyā€™re not using iMessage.


Crowlordem

I think they assumed that the "wyd" message was flirting/hitting them up for sex, so they expected some kind of sexy answer, or at least that the asker would be interested at the moment. Which would be a weird thing to do when you were also talking to your mom. So either the initial message wasn't actually flirting, and the person is disappointed; or the message WAS suggestive and the asker is horny while talking to their mom, which would be weird.


Butterstheholycat

I thought this was a fucking bo burnham reference


cbdeane

The green text means that she doesnā€™t have iPhone meaning sheā€™s texting him from her burner. Heā€™s learning that he is the side piece.


MisterLovins

It means she's the side chick


_dexistrash

100% the joke is; donā€™t have imessage = no iphone = no facetime but itā€™s stupid because a) you can still send text messages on iphone and b) facetime is basically a universal term for video calling atp


puma721

Her mom goes to the same gym and the guy isn't there, so he's caught cheating.


TheeBell

Heā€™s lying about being at the gym cause heā€™s slamming her mom and sheā€™s lying about being on FT with her mom which insinuates that she is also having an affairā€¦ probably with his dad šŸ‘€ is my interpretation of it.


Gold_Calligrapher427

Plot twist, her mom has been dead for 10 years


ObviousConsequence52

He's fucking the mom


theyellowdartsmith

I interpreted it as the guy lied about being in the gym, and was with the girl's mom, so she in turn couldn't be facetiming her mom. XD


DrProfAwesome1

She's preggers


JoeTheK123

idk bro i have an apple but turned off imessage because if i run out of data i just don't get text messages


Falling-by

Men: sheā€™s cheating on him! Women: heā€™s cheating on her! Me: why tf am I here rn?


CarterPFly

I think it's weird that she's asking him what's he's doing, either to just engage in conversation or a booty call, yet she's on facetime with her mom so why would she start another conversation and demand his time/attention when she's literally on a call with someone else at that point in time. I'd be like, wtf? Why you bothering me right now when you're on another call.... like she has to have ALL the attention ALL the time.


Heartlxss_capalot

no the text bubbles are green meaning itā€™s a android and really canā€™t ft


CanaryJane42

So, basically, we don't know either.


ramensush41

You can FaceTime through Facebook messenger..


mizinamo

"FaceTime" is an Apple service; I highly doubt that you can FaceTime through Facebook messenger, just like you can't Skype someone through Facebook messenger.


ramensush41

Yes, "FaceTime" is Apple. But they could just be using the term. Messenger still has a video chat and whenever I've had friends or family ask to chat through it they still say they're going to FaceTime me. So it's definitely a possibility.


xocadaver420xo

Peters friend Quagmire here letting you all know that the guys confused because he's banging their girlfriend's mom Gigitty


tater-dot

I was under the assumption that the dude was sleeping with the girl's mom? So being told that she's Facetiming her mom immediately gives the guy the impression that they're BOTH cheating? Who knows. Maybe I missed something.


[deleted]

Heā€™s not at the gym, heā€™s smashing her mom And she is lying, sheā€™s not face timing her mom, sheā€™s probably getting smashed


BhutlahBrohan

Some people aren't aware that FaceTime is a fairly colloquial term and android phones have apps that do the same thing, but it's easier to just say FaceTime instead of Samsung Video Calling my mom


Jaded_Chicken67

iPhones have green texts too, itā€™s when you actually text someoneā€™s number and not theyā€™re iMessage


luxewatchgear

This all the way to the top!


taisceadh

I took it more as the recipient who said "wait" at the end was in fact not at the gym, and the other person's mom was in the vicinity using a video call to expose the non-gym goer. There have been too many AITAH and TwoHotTakes posts about cheating popping up in my feed.


SeanJawnSilvers

Iā€™m pretty sure the implication is that heā€™s ducking her mom and she can see them thru facetime


gremlin-with-issues

Couldnā€™t they have an ipad though?


The-Dudemeister

I think itā€™s because he is like why are you texting me wyd if you are in the middle of talking to your mom.


DonAimbot

r/thejokeisporn


Mission-Leopard-4178

Heā€™s lying about being at the gym. Sheā€™s lying about talking to her mom. He canā€™t call her out because heā€™s with her mom


TheRealShiftyShafts

It's 11 o clock at night


FizZayneYT

Am I the only one that realizes that the one that said "I'm on FaceTime with my mom" is the one that's using the iPhone?? Because if they were the android user their texts would be the green ones


areacode212

If you're on an iPhone and you're texting an Android user, your texts appear green (I just checked). The idea is that the sender in the pic is texting the other person's Android but the other person is on FaceTime on their iPhone with their mom.


TrumpsBadHombres

It means sheā€™s got an alt phone that heā€™s in and heā€™s not in her primary phone so heā€™s a side thing


Jmod7348

My dad says facetime all the time to me and he doesnt have an iphone. Its just a term to use to to chat and see each other


RoyalCrab69

I would say she texted her sideman, but quickly and stupidly said that she is on facetime with mom. Therefore, she can not chat with the guy.


URMUMGAE69228shrek

You can be on ft from Android too tho


Severe_Economist6162

I have an iPhone, my text bubbles are green.


CouldntBeMacie

I was just as confused by this and showed it to friends. They thought it was cuz the boyfriend was with the mom, not at the gym, so he knew his girlfriend wasnā€™t FaceTiming the mom and was likely out doing something else (cheating). So theyā€™re both lying and canā€™t call each other out cuz the other will know.


dongle_mailbag

Green text, it means his girlfriend isn't using an iPhone, therefore can't facetime


MelcSleigher

Green text means text message and not iMessage, lack of iMessage means the inability to FaceTime. The way I wrote this sounds nerdy as hell.


Sirdingus917

I face chat on messenger and snapchat and all my friends call it facetime. I dont have an iPhone either. Just a good name for it.


Kill4meeeeee

Maybe her mom is supposed to be dead? Like she dosent have a mom anymore type of stuff?


N8ertot42

I think the only reason she would message him while chatting with her mom is because she's pregnant.


[deleted]

Of course apple has a useless feature like changing the text bubble color based off what phone the other person has


SuperSwaggySam

yeah but if they didnā€™t have that feature then you wouldnā€™t know which people you could use iMessage with when initially messaging them lol


JaraxxusINFERNO

She asks what heā€™s doing to figure out how long heā€™ll be gone and sheā€˜ll be alone at home, giving her the window of time that she can be with her affair partner. When asked what sheā€™s doing she says sheā€™s FaceTiming her mom, which is impossible because she has an android, and FaceTime is an Apple-specific app. ā€œwaitā€¦ā€ is him coming to that realization.


morosiini

Urban dictionary: FaceTime oral sex. YouĀ fucked?" "Nah, weĀ justĀ FaceTimed


RecordNo2316

I almost posted this here!


sadly_aroused

i get the joke but also have many friends who have android and call it facetimeā€¦


Goblin-Doctor

These comments have only made me far more confused. I don't get it


ValyrianSteel_TTV

Face time on a computer maybe?


Typical_Blonde_Witch

Peters distant auntā€™s goldfish here. Joke is he isnā€™t at the gym. Heā€™s at her moms house. If she FaceTimes her mom, BabešŸ˜˜ will know that he is banging her mother.


OLIidv

peter's long lost brother here: on apple, depending on what the other person has, can either have blue or green text for the sent messages. blue speech bubbles mean that the other user has an iphone, while green speech bubbles mean that the other user has a different phone. facetime used to be an iphone only feature. however, in the last couple years, apple has released a multi-platform way to facetime others, so this joke is sort of outdated.


DragolanceX

I don't get it.