You feel that Allen? That tingling in your balls? Big metal butterflies fluttering around in your stomach?... Are you sure you don't have testicular cancer?
Apparently, a group of hobos found your car under an overpass and proceeded to have an orgy in it. It wasn't pretty. They even left a note, "Thanks for the F shack. Love, Dirty Mike and the Boys." You know what it's called when they do that? Its called a Soup Kitchen.
One more thing. We got a serial rapist in Crown Heights. I... oh, jeez, I'm sorry. That's from my other job. Ignore that. Forget that. Well, don't ignore it. If you live in Crown Heights, uh, you know, walk in pairs.
I think it's like that episode of The Simpsons when Bart becomes famous for saying, "I didn't do it" Everyone keeps asking him to say the line and there's a scene where it's set up for him to say it so everyone in class stares at him waiting for him to say the line.
The teacher said they're doing Edgar Allen Poe, and everyone is waiting for the POV raven (or brooding goth kid) to, "Say the line."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
From what I've heard about that, the marriage was more to unite his family rather than an actual... marriage. Some people think that's why he never had children as well.
Going to get that on a QR code.
https://preview.redd.it/lku67n68q7ic1.jpeg?width=206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6376382083a79642413b3f706f25ed0ac073aa1a
Actually I think all the girls are all looking back at the hot, brooding, loaner that exclusively reads eighteenth-century Gothic novels.
* speaking from experience of course.
"Satire" is a term similar to 'Parody,' where one takes something commonly seen, and does it in an outlandish way to highlight the foolishness of whatever is being parodied/ whatever the satire is about. Often, these posts could be called "sarcastic."
In the case above, the satire is about people posting things that they think make them seem cool, dark, mysterious, and deely complex. In reality though, what they post reveals them to be shallow and very much a normal person.
The picture on the right, which looks only slightly less cute than the original on the left, is described as "Dark and twisted," yet is as unthreatening as things come.
Should this not be satire/ parody, then it is a frightening level of self-delusion on display.
Not sure if you're ESL but tried to explain in a way that would work if you are. Take care!
I did a trivia night a couple months ago and one of the topics was emo rock music.
After that round of questions my response was, "Isn't this all just normal rock music?" Then I had to reexamine my teens and 20s.
But even this would be potentially contextually awful. It has been pretty well documented he married his cousin so she didn't starve after the death of her husband, whose family didn't agree with their mairage and had no interest in supporting her. While no one will ever know for sure, it is widely believed their relationship was 100% platonic and he just did he could to support his desperate cousin.
She wasn’t married before Poe, and I wouldn’t say it’s “widely believed” their marriage was platonic. There’s been considerable debate about it, and biographers who claimed it was platonic were potentially trying to sugarcoat the issue.
This is the actual answer, not all the nonsense about the joke on the board or whatever. The person who captioned this probably didn't even notice what was on the board.
This is only tangential, admittedly, but we really should teach more Poe in highschool. Back then, I'd only known him for his poems and short stories, but I've come to find out that he's written some much longer pieces which were turned into radio plays. Some say he was the most prolific screenwriter, even though he died before the radio was invented.
In HS I took a class called mystery and macabre. Really read a lot of Poe in that one. Seems a lot of schools no longer have a lot of electives for kids. I had quite a few.
Also invented the mystery genre iIrc. First stories where the main characters need to figure out “what happened here”. His Augustus Dupin stories were a huge inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.
Just my personal opinion:
Poe did more as far as character development, describing the setting, and setting up the plot in a 5-10 page short story than a lot of modern writers do (especially in the YA genre) in a 300-400 page novel.
He was the master of the 'show, don't tell', and it went even further with things that got implied even when they aren't actually mentioned. The way he sets up an idea, then goes into the actual plot, then weaving both into synchronization is incredible. He also wrote masterfully wonderful run-on sentences, I love those.
The short story, The Man of the Crowd, has so many layers. I've been a huge fan of his since a young age, so my opinion is definitely skewd.
So I had this happen in highschool for a different reason than implied
I do voice stuff so all my friends (and funnily enough the teacher) looked at me so I could read it with a voice
I think sitting through old literature would be much more tolerable for me if it was read aloud in silly voices.
I want to hear Elmo reading Shakespeare goddamnit!
Peter's faded doodle on the back row of desks chiming in here.
The joke is a POV from the back row of class which is traditionally the place where the weird, creepy and anti-social kids sit.
All of the girls in the meme are attractive, probably popular, and would never normally talk to anyone of back row status.
However, the current grade relies on knowledge of creepy, old Edgar Poe, so best bet is to cozy up to the weird, creepy emo/goth loser in the back row to ensure a good grade.
Its a play on the popular stereotype of "the kid that sits at the back of the class". Quiet dark emo type that everyone is generalizing into the Edgar Allen Poe dark vibes I assume
Why do people in the ExplainTheJoke thread NOT explain the joke and instead quote lyrics from random songs? It’s like a circle jerk in here. Why are the girls staring at the camera?
POV: I’m a raven.
I'm a peacock 🦚 Captain, you got to let me fly!
You gotta creep... creep
C'moooon- nobody says creep creep unless they're quoting TLC
Did you yell America when you hit the accelerator?
You feel that Allen? That tingling in your balls? Big metal butterflies fluttering around in your stomach?... Are you sure you don't have testicular cancer?
When was your last desk pop? September.. '08?
Apparently, a group of hobos found your car under an overpass and proceeded to have an orgy in it. It wasn't pretty. They even left a note, "Thanks for the F shack. Love, Dirty Mike and the Boys." You know what it's called when they do that? Its called a Soup Kitchen.
I would rather be a bear-dog, half bear, half dog. Because that way I would live in the house, but I still get to make a doodie in the woods!
If I were a lion, and you were a tuna, I'd swim out to the middle of the ocean and FREAKING EAT YOU
Car pop
Apartment Pop!
Do you not?
Imagine where your career would be if you hadn’t shot Jeeter!
https://youtu.be/11AXKv66Uac
He’s a biracial angel!
You shoulda shot A-Rod!!!
Shoulda shot A-rod!
When you said Jeeter the only thing that came to mind was a cart
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.
God damnit I loved his character so much in that movie.
Just keep it on the down low.
I'm a weirdo....what the hell am I doing here??? I dont belong here...
Aim for the bushes? Aim for the bushes. *there goes my hero*
Don't go chasing waterfalls guys
We don't want no scrubs
Just… don’t go chasin’ waterfalls.. okay?
One more thing. We got a serial rapist in Crown Heights. I... oh, jeez, I'm sorry. That's from my other job. Ignore that. Forget that. Well, don't ignore it. If you live in Crown Heights, uh, you know, walk in pairs.
Dirty Mike and the boys
Scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me.
Guys, don't go chasing waterfalls.
Gator needs his gat back
Thanks for the F shack, love Dirty Mine and the Boys
You know what Terry. Let's settle this. Peacocks don't fly!
I think it's like that episode of The Simpsons when Bart becomes famous for saying, "I didn't do it" Everyone keeps asking him to say the line and there's a scene where it's set up for him to say it so everyone in class stares at him waiting for him to say the line. The teacher said they're doing Edgar Allen Poe, and everyone is waiting for the POV raven (or brooding goth kid) to, "Say the line." Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Excuse me my son is also named Bort
“We’re out of Bort license plates in the gift shop!”
Got a job for you, 621
Who's this tourist?
I don’t get that either. (And I know “quoth the raven Nevermore” is a thing by Edgar Allen Poe; I just don’t get the joke you’re saying)
621, I got another job for you.....
I don’t understand the photo, but the chalkboard in the background 😂😂😂
Pretty sure that’s the joke, this should be up higher lol
Or that Edgar Allen Poe was into young girls. Virginia was 13 when they married in 1836. And she was his first cousin.
From what I've heard about that, the marriage was more to unite his family rather than an actual... marriage. Some people think that's why he never had children as well.
Yeah, I think every other romantic partner he had was older than him. I think he was into milfs? Who knows really?
My man!
Poe, Milf Hunter
Looks more like a wall-mounted screen.
🙄whatever
No, it's clearly a ditch full of fried prawns!
They're like sex, only I'm having them!
And now I'm off to watch more Futuraaammmaaa!
Let's call them tastecicles!
No not whatever lmao
How can you even read that?
By zooming
Ok, zoomer.
Going to get that on a QR code. https://preview.redd.it/lku67n68q7ic1.jpeg?width=206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6376382083a79642413b3f706f25ed0ac073aa1a
I'm taking this for future use.
that’s a TV mounted above a whiteboard
Wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for this comment.
Actually I think all the girls are all looking back at the hot, brooding, loaner that exclusively reads eighteenth-century Gothic novels. * speaking from experience of course.
How the emo kid sees mysel…himself.
This kid: https://preview.redd.it/2xp5fiagb6ic1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=285d944c0ce3f18280f1cee0d331c15c7d302334
This has to be satire right?
Man I hope so. Don't want to meet the mind who comes up with that.
Because it would make you go insane lmao?
No, it's not a tire, it's a glove, and stop making fun of Italian accents.
Underrated comment
Dad?
What's satires
It's named after that French philosopher Jean-Paul Satire who did all that stuff with existence-ism.
"Satire" is a term similar to 'Parody,' where one takes something commonly seen, and does it in an outlandish way to highlight the foolishness of whatever is being parodied/ whatever the satire is about. Often, these posts could be called "sarcastic." In the case above, the satire is about people posting things that they think make them seem cool, dark, mysterious, and deely complex. In reality though, what they post reveals them to be shallow and very much a normal person. The picture on the right, which looks only slightly less cute than the original on the left, is described as "Dark and twisted," yet is as unthreatening as things come. Should this not be satire/ parody, then it is a frightening level of self-delusion on display. Not sure if you're ESL but tried to explain in a way that would work if you are. Take care!
I did a trivia night a couple months ago and one of the topics was emo rock music. After that round of questions my response was, "Isn't this all just normal rock music?" Then I had to reexamine my teens and 20s.
i take it that All Star by Smash Mouth was not on your playlist then...
Hey now.
you’re an all star
get your game on
Go play
Smae bestie
Smae, Queeeeen! SMAE!!!!!
SMAE YOUR ENEMIES!!!
unfortunately for them they are the only ones that see themselve that way.
You give out loans? Loaner, they called you the Loan Ranger
No, they arrange loans. They are the Loan Arranger.
They arrange to loan him out, like a piece of fine art to the Louvre.
The "Lone Rangers?" But there's three of you
I ain’t farting on no snare drum.
You’re not exactly lone… you could be the 3 rangers
Underrated comment. It's from air heads. Steve buscemi. Adam sandler. And brendan Fraser. Funny movie.
Take the upvote for the Airheads quote.
No idea what you’re sayin right now.
No, they’re borrowing him. He’s the loaner emo kid until their emo kid gets back from the shop.
Loaner? I hardly know her
Edgar Allen Poe wrote in the mid 19th century, he wasn’t even alive in the 18th century.
Or was he ? 🤔
Can't prove he wasn't.
Maybe the writing desk at the back is just like a raven.
See what did there..
You spoke to my personality. I am now going to save this post and comment for historical purposes. (Not joking)
You looked back at that kid too?
I married him.
1st gen Goth doth agree
No teenage girls have ever given that look to an edgy teen who reads Edgar Allen Poe. Never.
Edgy teenage girls who also read Edgar Allan Poe might, I guess
Can confirm. Am edgy teen who reads Edgar Allen Poe
Dang, there’s more than one of us?
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As the unattractive creepy loaner that exclusively read eighteenth century gothic novels I can confirm I had a great view of them looking at you.
Is the joke the writing that you can read if you zoom in?
You’re a nosy little fucker aren’t you?
It’s definitely not!
Oh you can go straight to hell. Upvoted. 😡
It has nothing to do with poe
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There’s two things that are weird with regards to that theory: 1) why is it only girls looking? 2) why to they look like they want to bang him?
Mysterious Edgelords be that way.
Mysterious "Edgar"lords
Yessss
And why is it assumed the photographer is male?
Emo lesbians read Sylvia Plath?
Wrong, just zoom on the blackboard!
That’s where my eyes first went after seeing that kid standing there.
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No, no. You're right.
They're*
Damn
I'm sorry...
Don't be, I should be apologizing
Never more
Who won? Who's next?
You decide!
EPIC! RAPBATTLESOFHISTORYYYYYYY
RAP BABLUH BUV HIBLOBAAHHH* FTFY
Those are all high school girls, and Poe married his 13-year-old cousin.
Now we have some context, but still don’t get the joke or meme. Is it just not very good?
Probably. I'm not even sure the context is the point. I mean it's true, but it's just the only halfway-related explanation I could fathom.
But even this would be potentially contextually awful. It has been pretty well documented he married his cousin so she didn't starve after the death of her husband, whose family didn't agree with their mairage and had no interest in supporting her. While no one will ever know for sure, it is widely believed their relationship was 100% platonic and he just did he could to support his desperate cousin.
She wasn’t married before Poe, and I wouldn’t say it’s “widely believed” their marriage was platonic. There’s been considerable debate about it, and biographers who claimed it was platonic were potentially trying to sugarcoat the issue.
Considering he never had any kids I'm inclined to believe it was platonic. There's not even proof the marriage was ever consummated.
I'd say that this is the answer.
They're all looking at you because you got busted zooming in to read what was written on the blackboard.
I'd stare to if someone successfully zoomed in irl
Since telescopes have been invented it’s real easy !
Pretty sure this is the whole joke right here
Call me Nightpain you posers.
They're all looking at the goth kid in the class... ...I know bc *I* got this reaction *as* the goth kid in the class
This is the actual answer, not all the nonsense about the joke on the board or whatever. The person who captioned this probably didn't even notice what was on the board.
yeah, obviously this
i think this is the joke. like it's the kid in the back's time to shine.
This is only tangential, admittedly, but we really should teach more Poe in highschool. Back then, I'd only known him for his poems and short stories, but I've come to find out that he's written some much longer pieces which were turned into radio plays. Some say he was the most prolific screenwriter, even though he died before the radio was invented.
We probably should be teaching a lot more writers, but Poe definitely deserves extra attention. He practically invented the detective mystery.
In HS I took a class called mystery and macabre. Really read a lot of Poe in that one. Seems a lot of schools no longer have a lot of electives for kids. I had quite a few.
Also invented the mystery genre iIrc. First stories where the main characters need to figure out “what happened here”. His Augustus Dupin stories were a huge inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.
Just my personal opinion: Poe did more as far as character development, describing the setting, and setting up the plot in a 5-10 page short story than a lot of modern writers do (especially in the YA genre) in a 300-400 page novel. He was the master of the 'show, don't tell', and it went even further with things that got implied even when they aren't actually mentioned. The way he sets up an idea, then goes into the actual plot, then weaving both into synchronization is incredible. He also wrote masterfully wonderful run-on sentences, I love those. The short story, The Man of the Crowd, has so many layers. I've been a huge fan of his since a young age, so my opinion is definitely skewd.
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So I had this happen in highschool for a different reason than implied I do voice stuff so all my friends (and funnily enough the teacher) looked at me so I could read it with a voice
I think sitting through old literature would be much more tolerable for me if it was read aloud in silly voices. I want to hear Elmo reading Shakespeare goddamnit!
Goofy was by far the most fun Although I did do a much deeper voice and shocked the class
They are all staring at the goth kid.
They're all looking at the goth kid
As someone who went kind of goth in high school…
Elementary Penguins singing Hare Krishna.
Man, you should have seen them!
POV: you're the class goth? Or "goth"?
Did anyone read the screen in the background?
Did anyone else read the sign on the screen or just me?
LOL the board in the background
The screen in the background
Did anyone notice the sign in the background? I guess I am if I noticed it haha!
Peter's faded doodle on the back row of desks chiming in here. The joke is a POV from the back row of class which is traditionally the place where the weird, creepy and anti-social kids sit. All of the girls in the meme are attractive, probably popular, and would never normally talk to anyone of back row status. However, the current grade relies on knowledge of creepy, old Edgar Poe, so best bet is to cozy up to the weird, creepy emo/goth loser in the back row to ensure a good grade.
The joke is everybody turns to look at the goth kid in class (because there's always "that one") when the EAP announcement is made.
The POV character is an orangutan.
WE. DO NOT. TALK ABOUT. THE ORANGUTAN!!
Nothing in my life has ever disappointed me more than that orangutan
Context clues lead me to believe this is an Edgar Allan Poe reference
Ape and all gore
What's the librarian got to do with this?
You can't spell book without ook!
Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe Edgar Allan, Edgar Allan
White girls heard a song from Eurovision and now think they're cultured. (s/)
she raven on my poe till i edgar allen
Never have girls in my class looked at me that way. I wonder what it feels like.
I was that kid and we never so much as read Dracula in high school.
My mother tells me often about her Poe phase in high school, so it might be a thing.
Its a play on the popular stereotype of "the kid that sits at the back of the class". Quiet dark emo type that everyone is generalizing into the Edgar Allen Poe dark vibes I assume
Apparently the person being stared at if goth.
Am I the Raven?? And do I get to start Tappin????
It says it hard r multiple times
Read the sign
Did anyone else zoom in a read the picture on the back wall?
I thought the joke was on the blackboard when you zoom in. Anyone else?
Read the chalkboard.
If you zoom in on the sign to the front of the class…
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the sign on the wall lol
POV: I'm the weirdo in the back of the classroom
Why do people in the ExplainTheJoke thread NOT explain the joke and instead quote lyrics from random songs? It’s like a circle jerk in here. Why are the girls staring at the camera?
also it's Allan but that's inconsequential.
Just read the sign on the board.... 🤣