- dmention7 ( @dmention7@lemm.ee ) English89•1 year ago
I feel like there is context missing here. The situation is just way too specific…
I just came back home and went to go say hi to my dad
- snooggums ( @snooggums@kbin.social ) 43•1 year ago
So like taking off a hat indoors kind of expectation for him?
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English13•1 year ago
Quakers don’t take their hats off for anyone.
- 16mmPrecisely ( @16mmPrecisely@mander.xyz ) 17•1 year ago
I need more details. Let’s get to the bottom of this. How long had it been been since you arrived home? Were you standing or sitting down? Holding any drinks? How heavy is your backpack?
- dmention7 ( @dmention7@lemm.ee ) English19•1 year ago
Yeah I feel like we’re getting somewhere now. At first I was on OP’s side, but now I’m imagining them like sitting on the sofa drinking a Diet Dr Pepper while watching Judge Judy reruns and half carrying on a conversation with their dad while wearing their backpack. Then after Judge Judy renders her verdict, dad is suddenly like “why are you wearing a backpack?” Then OP gets defensive and weird, and finally we find ourselves at the situation in the meme.
That would be pretty weird if if I did that. But in case anyone is curious, It was a few minutes after I had just gotten home from college and went inside the house and then went over to my dad to say hi before going to my room. He immediately asked me why I had my backpack on and I told him that I had just gotten back from college. It was at that moment he told me that wearing a backpack while talking to someone was weird. My Mom later walked in and asked what we were yelling about and she then started laughing because of how stupid the conversation was. I was standing the entire time we were arguing.
- dmention7 ( @dmention7@lemm.ee ) English10•1 year ago
Point of clarification: were you wearing your backpack with both straps on, one strap on your shoulder, or across your chest?
Both straps
- Gork ( @Gork@lemm.ee ) 7•1 year ago
More clarification needed. Was the backpack on your back or were you wearing it reverse (on your chest)?
- youRFate ( @youRFate@feddit.de ) 7•1 year ago
I mean, yea, I’d probably have put my backpack down when I entered their home.
- regalia ( @regalia@literature.cafe ) 4•1 year ago
Ok maybe now he’s on to something. Did you just like get home and start pacing around with your backpack on? At that point why would you still have your backpack on lol
- irmoz ( @irmoz@reddthat.com ) 75•1 year ago
Am i supposed to take my backpack off to speak to someone, only to replace it when the conversation ends? But… why???
- Dubious_Fart ( @Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml ) English23•1 year ago
You’re supposed to take the backpack off, casually slide it out from under your trenchcoat, and offer it to m’lady to sit on while you
hold her hostageconverse with her.
- Robaque ( @Robaque@feddit.it ) 31•1 year ago
Idk why I read backpack as jetpack
- Alien Nathan Edward ( @reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ) 27•1 year ago
Chatpacking is not okay
- bullsaint ( @nsantoro73@lemmy.sdf.org ) English3•1 year ago
Is this anything like honkwitching?
- Alien Nathan Edward ( @reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
The difference is that honkwiching is a respected and respectful mode of self-expression
- 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English16•1 year ago
It is kinda weird if the backpack is a large camping bag and you’re both on an elevator going to the top floor of a highrise in NYC, and the conversation isn’t about why they have a hiking backpack on in the middle of the city.
Outside of that very specific situation, what else could be weird about it?
nah, people wear big backpacks in the city
- deetz ( @deetz@kbin.social ) 7•1 year ago
You skipped over some things that guy mentioned there I reckon.
- HikingVet ( @HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•1 year ago
Not really, people talk in elevators, even in new york.
- GBU_28 ( @GBU_28@lemm.ee ) English1•1 year ago
Why would I need to take the pack off before my destination? Carrying a backpack is easy, unless you are disabled (not disparaging the disabled)
- null ( @null@slrpnk.net ) 8•1 year ago
How are you in every comment thread? You’re like the Gallowboob of Lemmy.
- 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English7•1 year ago
You’re like the Gallowboob of Lemmy
Excuse me? I never! I don’t repost my comments! 😤
- GBU_28 ( @GBU_28@lemm.ee ) English1•1 year ago
When I one bag travel I just use a hiking backpack. It’s the most ergonomic
- Mothra ( @Mothra@mander.xyz ) 16•1 year ago
I’m really not a fan of this meme format and I always downvote when I see it regardless of content. But I’ll make an exception this time, sorry to hear you actually got into an argument about this
- Altima NEO ( @altima_neo@lemmy.zip ) English1•1 year ago
Yeah srgrafo is funny, but this one in particular was a miss.
- regalia ( @regalia@literature.cafe ) 11•1 year ago
I’ve talked to plenty of professionals on the job while they wear their backpack lol. That never even occurs to me.
- Kit ( @Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•1 year ago
Agreed, I’m an engineer and wear a backpack into the office. Am I expected to carry a briefcase to be taken seriously? It would clash with my jeans, polo, and Pokemon lunchbox.
- vivadanang ( @vivadanang@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
also - my trapper keepers are way too thick for most briefcases.
hell, my 3 ring binder full of overhead transparencies is too big for a briefcase.
- lunaticneko ( @lunaticneko@lemmy.ml ) 10•1 year ago
Old person? Some seem to have a grudge against backpacks.
- chatokun ( @chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•1 year ago
Only fellow wonks and maybe a whole bunch of other people who listened to whatever this guy was on but…
(Might edit in music symbols) Lionel, Lionel Lionel Lionel, Lionel Lionel Li!
- ThePac ( @ThePac@lemmy.ml ) English10•1 year ago
What is this garbage?
- setVeryLoud(true); ( @isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
Reddit garbage, send it back
- GreenMario ( @GreenMario@lemm.ee ) 9•1 year ago
Sorry I can’t hear you, I’m wearing a backpack.
- Diabolo96 ( @Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 6•1 year ago
Abusive parents,eh ? Yep, i know a thing or two about this bullshit. I’ve been beaten for the dumbest shit like breaking a glass or the remote , the computer changing it’s theme to the windows 98 one to conserve ressource when playing a game.
They are not abusive they are just stupid. Or at least my dad is.
- Diabolo96 ( @Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•1 year ago
Sometimes you wonder if they’re just acting stupid or are really that stupid.
- Hank ( @Hank@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
That sounds like terrorist propaganda to get soldiers more comfortable with getting closer to suicide bombers.
- Laticauda ( @Laticauda@lemmy.ca ) 2•1 year ago
No, it doesn’t sound like that at all.
- HikingVet ( @HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org ) 1•1 year ago
Vests, suicide bombers use vests.
- Hank ( @Hank@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Where do they even get these? Ali Express? I would imagine backpacks are more accessible but seemingly there’s a market for suicide vests.
- HikingVet ( @HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•1 year ago
You just need a tac harness. Or tac vest. And the quality isn’t really an issue as they are a one use thing.
And those vests are all over. You could probably pick one up at a shop (or shops depending on your city).
You need to supply the bombs though.
- Kowowow ( @Kowowow@lemmy.ca ) 5•1 year ago
If I can’t get a Gucci suicide vest I’m not doing it
- HikingVet ( @HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org ) 4•1 year ago
I read your question and thought “yeah those exist, and know I have to see one”, enjoy.
- Hank ( @Hank@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
I’m so delighted that a mindless shitpost can make people brainstorm a terrorist attack.
I like your engagement.
- LoamImprovement ( @LoamImprovement@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
You’re going to have to explain this one to me, because I assume this happens among K-12 children all the time.
- a_lemmy_user ( @a_lemmy_user@discuss.online ) 1•1 year ago
So, my spouse comes home wearing a small cooler as well as a work bag, and sometimes more bags from groceries or projects aquired in the wild, makes a beeline for me and we kiss and talk; whenever they’re all stockpiled I stress about their body under the weight. Your dad loves your spine, dude. Just say you’re on your way to put it down, but wanted to give a brief greeting because you’re so tired. I think you humans call this “just saying hi real quick, too tired to talk.”