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minus-squarezabadoh@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-26 months agoI had to look this one up… This is an obtuse reference to the sanctimonious public service announcement (PSA) TV ad from the 80s “This Is Your Brain On Drugs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnENVylxPI No, the comic doesn’t work for me either.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoMaybe I’m just old, because I got it right away. Grew up with those ads, so its burned into my brain.
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoThat’s hilarious, and it’s not obtuse, this commercial was a meme before the invention of memes. https://youtu.be/GOnENVylxPI
minus-squarezabadoh@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoOh I remember that ad too. I was trying to say that Larson’s verbal reference is tortured IMO.
minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoRobot Chicken did a spoof of the PSA a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVz2oXqlmbg
I had to look this one up…
This is an obtuse reference to the sanctimonious public service announcement (PSA) TV ad from the 80s “This Is Your Brain On Drugs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnENVylxPI
No, the comic doesn’t work for me either.
Maybe I’m just old, because I got it right away. Grew up with those ads, so its burned into my brain.
That’s hilarious, and it’s not obtuse, this commercial was a meme before the invention of memes.
https://youtu.be/GOnENVylxPI
Oh I remember that ad too.
I was trying to say that Larson’s verbal reference is tortured IMO.
Robot Chicken did a spoof of the PSA a while back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVz2oXqlmbg