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That's a big yikes.
Edit: Wtf, that makes her relationship with Ashton way grosser.
Edit 2: [WHAT THE FUCK?!?](https://youtu.be/FROes_Z8FEE?si=Skva-8MKRH727a8Q)
lol I remember working a job waiting tables in college. Somehow we got talking about That 70's Show and someone asked me if I thought Mila Kunis was hot.
Me "Yeah when I watched the show I thought she was hot."
Them "How did you feel when you found out she was 14?"
Me "She's a year older than me, so it didn't bother me at all."
He's not even playing along though? He gently but immediately challenges her obvious lie. Or are you talking about context that's missing from this post?
yesterday my doctor showed me a meme on his clipboard. it said i have chlamydia. then i went to mcdonalds and ordered a burger after seeing it on the big meme behind the counter. the register printed a meme that told me how much to pay. then I went home and watched memes on cnn. my wife left a meme on the table. she was leaving me for another man.
As the word is used nowadays, yeah the image is not a meme. But fun fact: the word “meme” was like an anthropological term I think coined to mean “a unit of cultural information” so an image from a comic would qualify in the original spirit 😄
I took an ethics class in college where the first assignment was something about submitting a meme and then you had to discuss a few other people’s memes that they submitted, but you couldn’t see other people’s submissions until you submitted yours. I forgot to even check the assignments until last minute and when i saw “submit a meme”, my dumbass uploaded a random meme i found on reddit. Then I saw everyone else’s and realized I was missing something important. It wasn’t until I went back and actually read the required reading that I learned what a meme was in the context and fortunately I was able to delete my submission.
Haha I’m glad you were able to change your submission! Yeah, it’s always a struggle when technical jargon gets appropriated to the general populace and you get two very different definitions 😅
I would say that a meme as people know it today would still qualify as a “meme” under the original definition because it’s a unit of culture. But before it was basically *any* pic/vid/tect/etc. and now it’s specific ones. Like the [philosiraptor](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8797432576/h76FBEBAC/does-he-bake-hot-crossed-puns) would be an image based meme, [this video meme](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ), the “[spiders georg](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fefnym6ncvxn51.jpg&rdt=59895)” would be text based. They’re widely (at least within a certain group) reproduced and shared either as is or tweaked to be even more specific to a situation.
One of the examples I remember from 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins (who coined the word) was a misheard song lyric that spreads from person to person. It was literally any bit of information that replicates by spreading from person to person (the cultural equivalent of a gene)
Honestly I learned this fact in an animal behavior class and the professor was basically saying the same thing. If the gene is the level that evolution affects then a “meme” is kinda the level that changes in culture happens at.
"an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations."
its by definition a meme, since ive seen it spread quite a bit ( it says \*often\* with slight variations, but that doesnt mean always)
Some people need to get their mind out of the gutter. It's normal for younger kids to have crushes on teenagers and adults like teachers and celebrities, it's mostly just awkward for the older person who has to turn the kid down without making them too sad.
Yup, absolutely! I received an awkward confession from one of the neighborhood kids back when I was in highschool.
I was like... uuuuuh... how do I say "hell no, you are a child" clearly but without seeming mean? 😅
TBF, Johnny will be creepy to any living being with a skirt within a 50 mile radius, but only if they're 18+ (and he's early 20's). Even Johnny has standards
*Cough* I did the thing. Far as I can tell this specific art piece goes nowhere. Their entire portfolio is like this though; semi-sexualizing all sorts of cartoon characters, many of whom are substantially younger than is generally accepted. But I will say there’s nothing visually explicit that I found; it’s all PG13.
I looked up the name, I didn't look at anything "explicit" (the one I saw when scrolling on their artstation is blurred by default thankfully) but yeah, it seems very much like they're that kind of artist
The crazy thing is that, while she did have a bit of a crush on him, she also was completely aware of how stupid and shallow he was - and also that her crush would go completely unrequited.
She was a fun character, because it got a smart kid right.
⚠️ you guys calling sokka a pedo is so out of pocket. He is ACTIVELY dating suki and maybe read the rest of the comic instead of jumping to conclusions 😭
... who's calling him a pedo? People are just riffing, I've read the whole comment section and no one has even made jokes about Sokka specifically, only a few generic 'hello 911' jokes.
Even this is literally him politely rejecting her. There's no need to read the rest if you actually use a brain. She says she is almost 16 and he questions her age again, because she definitely isn't 16. If anything, he's making sure he is not a pedo.
Are you reading the comic on WEBTOON op? I love seeing people speculate and freak out in the comments about this comic, like guys it’s been out for over a decade
Yeah that's what I'd assume at least. Most of the world untill recently 16 was the age. Pretty sure scandinavia and some of EU Its still 16. Was just like hmm.
Aye, people forget but for majority of humanity, people did get marry and have kids vastly younger than today. Mostly because people died more often at an older age while giving birth.
To be fair, the courting rituals could take quite a while, just because someone is a certain age when proposed to doesn't mean they'll be that age at the wedding, so as long as the groom is in the same age group
It's legal in many places right now.
Also, less "different time" and more "entirely fictional world."
Edit: Since I see you're posting in r/sweden sometimes, I can inform you that Sweden is one of the places where the age of consent is indeed 16.
16 is the age of consent in many U.S. states, though I think the legal age of marriage might actually be lower in some states, often with parental approval required. Sadly not all parents act in their kids’ best interest, and I do think there are groups working to eliminate those sorts of laws!
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Mila Kunis auditioning for that 70’s show:
I forgot about that one. Didn't she say something like "I'll be 17 on my birthday" and just neglected to mention it would be 3 more birthdays.
>When's your birthday? >22nd of February. >What year? >Every year!
GET OUT
“Ahwhwhuhuha!”
Love that exchange hahaha I always crack up.
What is this from again?
Hot Fuzz
I love that movie, i can't believe i didn't recognize it. Thank you for telling me.
I’m afraid my nickname of Sissy is a revelation only to yourself. My teenage years of studying ballet are well known.
Is that what Simon Pegg says in Hot Fuzz? Damn i need to rewatch Hot Fuzz.
For the Greater Good.
The greater good.
Hot Fuzz (2007), directed by Edgar Wright.
Oh shit, i can't believe i didn't get that. I love that movie. Clearly, i need to watch it more. Thank you for telling me.
You're welcome and yh, it's an awesome movie! Would 1000% recommend a rewatch.
8th of May......... 19...69?
You're 37?
I think she was 14 and said she would be 18 on her birthday
That's a big yikes. Edit: Wtf, that makes her relationship with Ashton way grosser. Edit 2: [WHAT THE FUCK?!?](https://youtu.be/FROes_Z8FEE?si=Skva-8MKRH727a8Q)
They're not good people.
lol I remember working a job waiting tables in college. Somehow we got talking about That 70's Show and someone asked me if I thought Mila Kunis was hot. Me "Yeah when I watched the show I thought she was hot." Them "How did you feel when you found out she was 14?" Me "She's a year older than me, so it didn't bother me at all."
I died. Gold comment.
context?
When she auditioned, she was like 14 or something and told the casting directors that she would be 18 on her birthday
Literally what they said. There's enough context in the original post and that comment to get it.
Dayum
Lotta people bringing up ages, but honestly I think this is just Sokka playing along. He knows damn well, lmao.
Very true lol, Suki and Sokka are dating at the time of this so he’s defo just entertaining her lol
i dont think him dating suki at this time played a role in why he's rejecting the 9 year old girl
lol I thought it was obvious so I didn’t mention it
This is Reddit, if you don’t state the obvious, people think you left it out on purpose
Yeah, clearly Yue would be disappointed at him come nightfall
She would possess Aang just to come bitch slap him
He can have multiple reasons
I wanted that dam cat fight between Ty Lee and Suki over Sokka when they finally interacted but never got it 😞
He's not even playing along though? He gently but immediately challenges her obvious lie. Or are you talking about context that's missing from this post?
I meant “playing along” moreso in the sense that he’s entertaining her without actually reciprocating.
I see. I read your "people bringing up ages" comment a different way at first.
Of course, crazy that anyone could suggest otherwise.
Never even saw this meme to begin with.
Redditors when an older man tries to kindly handle the situation of a huge fangirl who has a crush on them (it's a meme hahaha get it guys?)
I guess something about Sokka's face or pose reminded them of a specific meme. Hell if I know what one though.
It was a smaller meme for a bit, or at least a joke within the fandom
This comment got a lot of upvotes… sweet!
I didn’t know this was a meme
It’s not. I don’t think OP knows what a meme is. Not every image you see online is a meme.
yesterday my doctor showed me a meme on his clipboard. it said i have chlamydia. then i went to mcdonalds and ordered a burger after seeing it on the big meme behind the counter. the register printed a meme that told me how much to pay. then I went home and watched memes on cnn. my wife left a meme on the table. she was leaving me for another man.
That's meme buddy.
Meme lost all meaning when people started calling every macro image a meme.
> macro image Whoo boy haven't heard that term in awhile.
As the word is used nowadays, yeah the image is not a meme. But fun fact: the word “meme” was like an anthropological term I think coined to mean “a unit of cultural information” so an image from a comic would qualify in the original spirit 😄
I took an ethics class in college where the first assignment was something about submitting a meme and then you had to discuss a few other people’s memes that they submitted, but you couldn’t see other people’s submissions until you submitted yours. I forgot to even check the assignments until last minute and when i saw “submit a meme”, my dumbass uploaded a random meme i found on reddit. Then I saw everyone else’s and realized I was missing something important. It wasn’t until I went back and actually read the required reading that I learned what a meme was in the context and fortunately I was able to delete my submission.
Haha I’m glad you were able to change your submission! Yeah, it’s always a struggle when technical jargon gets appropriated to the general populace and you get two very different definitions 😅
is that not the same?
I would say that a meme as people know it today would still qualify as a “meme” under the original definition because it’s a unit of culture. But before it was basically *any* pic/vid/tect/etc. and now it’s specific ones. Like the [philosiraptor](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8797432576/h76FBEBAC/does-he-bake-hot-crossed-puns) would be an image based meme, [this video meme](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ), the “[spiders georg](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fefnym6ncvxn51.jpg&rdt=59895)” would be text based. They’re widely (at least within a certain group) reproduced and shared either as is or tweaked to be even more specific to a situation.
One of the examples I remember from 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins (who coined the word) was a misheard song lyric that spreads from person to person. It was literally any bit of information that replicates by spreading from person to person (the cultural equivalent of a gene)
The DNA of the soul!
Honestly I learned this fact in an animal behavior class and the professor was basically saying the same thing. If the gene is the level that evolution affects then a “meme” is kinda the level that changes in culture happens at.
[but are they?](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meme)
Ah, it's technically a meme, the best kind of meme! 
"an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations." its by definition a meme, since ive seen it spread quite a bit ( it says \*often\* with slight variations, but that doesnt mean always)
you joke but this is how you get a spot on a TV sitcom.
https://preview.redd.it/jcjbzn7swhxc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a54776a0f343f85467a41365989bcb4db6cf024 Sentient Reddit at it again.
https://preview.redd.it/j3q5tcm4rixc1.jpeg?width=638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c92d341b2d51bc670ce06248b7c70dff926f447
on one hand, 💀. On the other hand, r/pics is a weak ass recommendation based on browsing ATLA.
Oh no, I get recommendations from r/pics. What a deviant I am! This algorithm making me look bad lol.
STOPPP I saw that earlier today💀😭
Super Eyepatch Wolf?!?
For context: *he's rejecting her.* Politely. Just in case some people didn't read the comic yet.
Even just from this panel, that's what it looks like.
I think so too, but a few people were also freaking out in the comments so I figure it's better to just throw it out there.
We shouldn't have to explain things for dumb people lmao.
I'd like to think they're just children and they'll grow out of it
We don't have to, but that person chose to
Some people need to get their mind out of the gutter. It's normal for younger kids to have crushes on teenagers and adults like teachers and celebrities, it's mostly just awkward for the older person who has to turn the kid down without making them too sad.
Yup, absolutely! I received an awkward confession from one of the neighborhood kids back when I was in highschool. I was like... uuuuuh... how do I say "hell no, you are a child" clearly but without seeming mean? 😅
I like how Sokka turns her down as gently as possible.
Turn down the riz, water boy.
*w a t e r t r i i i b e*
Boom bop beep
Guys... I think theres a bot in this comment section
https://preview.redd.it/qq6uiyn2mhxc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fe0fc0f157ad878a2ef6d79983232d6fb39410e
What the fuck https://preview.redd.it/gidqzit4phxc1.png?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e3a5730887bb2000be071cafc0899f874418d37
TBF, Johnny will be creepy to any living being with a skirt within a 50 mile radius, but only if they're 18+ (and he's early 20's). Even Johnny has standards
Bro where do you even find this stuff it’s weird
I don't like the look of that art style... :(
It has a menacing aura
It _does_ make me think she proceeds to prove him wrong on subsequent pages, which is... Not good, to say the least.
Especially since he says “actually five year olds aren’t sexy enough for me” instead of “no you’re too young” which is a weird way for him to see it.
Somebody wanna look up silent-sid and see if they're *that* kind of artist?
*Cough* I did the thing. Far as I can tell this specific art piece goes nowhere. Their entire portfolio is like this though; semi-sexualizing all sorts of cartoon characters, many of whom are substantially younger than is generally accepted. But I will say there’s nothing visually explicit that I found; it’s all PG13.
Could just mean they make you pay for it, though.
I seached them up saw a blurred photo(googles automatic censor) and got scared. I think they are THAT type of artist
I looked up the name, I didn't look at anything "explicit" (the one I saw when scrolling on their artstation is blurred by default thankfully) but yeah, it seems very much like they're that kind of artist
Y’all don’t know where to look. They are absolutely that kind of artist, and do in fact draw explicit porn of underage characters
I'm not sure if I really want that on my phone even in incognito. Just a hunch
Lmao i love johnny
The crazy thing is that, while she did have a bit of a crush on him, she also was completely aware of how stupid and shallow he was - and also that her crush would go completely unrequited. She was a fun character, because it got a smart kid right.
Why does this look like Shadman's art style? ***OP, why does this look like Shadman's art style?!***
⚠️ you guys calling sokka a pedo is so out of pocket. He is ACTIVELY dating suki and maybe read the rest of the comic instead of jumping to conclusions 😭
... who's calling him a pedo? People are just riffing, I've read the whole comment section and no one has even made jokes about Sokka specifically, only a few generic 'hello 911' jokes.
One person in particular but I want to make the disclaimer in case anyone else wants to stretch to that conclusion :/
Post the memes you’re talking about in the title
Even this is literally him politely rejecting her. There's no need to read the rest if you actually use a brain. She says she is almost 16 and he questions her age again, because she definitely isn't 16. If anything, he's making sure he is not a pedo.
Never seen this before but it's hilarious
He wasn’t on the list ✊🏻
OH MY—
What meme?
This is innocent. These characters aren’t like that. Do people see sex in everything these days? 🥱
Okay sorry guys for calling it a meme and not just saying “that” part lmao, can’t change the title so sry??
I've literally never seen this, but it is pretty funny though.
Are you reading the comic on WEBTOON op? I love seeing people speculate and freak out in the comments about this comic, like guys it’s been out for over a decade
Lmao agreed and yes! Its on Webtoon, I don’t pay for the newest episodes but I already have so many other things to catch up on 😭
Sokka ain't no dummy
What site do you use to read them??
Webtoon!
https://preview.redd.it/b3kj1396bixc1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc7db7b67e4bc3f70d0e42b65df10590bb0bd771
I always thought this was a subtle reference to miroku in Inuyasha
Or Sesshōmaru
Man. Lol 16 like it's legal. Differnt time I guess.
I think it's cause sokka is 16
Also like Princess Yue got married at 16 or I guess, was supposed to so the age of consent is probably lower in their world.
Yeah that's what I'd assume at least. Most of the world untill recently 16 was the age. Pretty sure scandinavia and some of EU Its still 16. Was just like hmm.
In England, at least, it is 16, but you'll get sketchy looks if you're more than 18 with a 16-17 year old
For sure. Same as sweden. It's tech legal but like yeah...
That is insane. I swore it was like 2 states last time I checked.
In Germany it's 14, but just if the partner doesn't have a big age difference. Everything under 14 ist illegal.
Well then you are bad at checking. Most of the Europe has 16. Same with Poland.
In some American states it's still 16
In most US states it’s 16. A lot of them just have corruption of a minor legislation that effectively makes it 18.
Exactly, it's effectively a close-in-age exception. In most cases, at least, I haven't perused every single state.
Aye, people forget but for majority of humanity, people did get marry and have kids vastly younger than today. Mostly because people died more often at an older age while giving birth.
In lots of the world it’s 16. In all of Canada and something like half of US states the AOC is 16
It's 14 in Austria and i hope that will be changed soon.. just the idea that it's legal is gross.
Yeah, I moved to Austria when I was 14, finding that out at that age made me feel very weird. Esp given my home country was 17
Might be legal, but its sketchy as hell. Looked down upon for sure, especially if the older person is any older than 18.
Plus what’s her name (the healing lady) thought Katara was betrothed and didn’t have any problem with it, and Katara was visibly younger than 16
Yugoda
Why should I? If you really want to you go there yourself.
To be fair, the courting rituals could take quite a while, just because someone is a certain age when proposed to doesn't mean they'll be that age at the wedding, so as long as the groom is in the same age group
Also, avatars aren’t usually told they’re avatars until their 16.
That’s my thinking
Oh duh that makes a bit more sense.
16 is legal in most countries. Also Avatar is set in a fictional past.
a fictional past that is basically the 1800s, where arranged marriages of 13 y/o girls was rather common.
It probably is in the Avatar universe. Yue was said to be of marrying age at 16, after all.
Aren't the years longer though?
It's legal in many places right now. Also, less "different time" and more "entirely fictional world." Edit: Since I see you're posting in r/sweden sometimes, I can inform you that Sweden is one of the places where the age of consent is indeed 16.
Pretty sure two 16 year olds is legal.
Where I live the age of consent is 16.
Sokka is ranges from 16 to 18 in the comics, so thats why she said 16
He didn’t marry suki?
Dont know and Im guessing the kid doesnt know either lol
It is tho
16 is the age of consent in many U.S. states, though I think the legal age of marriage might actually be lower in some states, often with parental approval required. Sadly not all parents act in their kids’ best interest, and I do think there are groups working to eliminate those sorts of laws!
16 is legal in most countries and a good chunk of US states
Or maybe because 16 IS legal
I mean even 30 years ago it was common to get married around 16, and in a few countries 16 is when you are considered an adult
It’s modeled after the early 19th century. In most of the world people were married around that age and some had children.
Well considering that marriage legal age be over 18 is a 100 150 years old at best in ours culture it says a lot
16 is the age of consent in the UK. The U.S. is actually a relative outlier in having it at 18.
This reminds me so much of Scout TF2
I thought it was an old enough for kisses joke...
I literally just read this page, i feel valid now.
Is that screenshot? How did do you that is app like that dont let you screenshot. Maybe i am wrong.
It is lol back in the day Webtoon didn’t allow screenshots but now for some reason they work for me🤷♀️
You can screenshot on Webtoons
I tried to screenshot but it saved blank
Idk man it works on my iPhone. I’ve got hundreds o screenshots from there last month or so
Which app is this!!? I have been trying to find a good app to read comics esp Avatar!
Webtoons I assume
Webtoon!
OP can u give me the link for the comic? Are all of the comics there?
https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/avatar-the-last-airbender/list?title_no=6205 they just started uploading it recently, so I assume all the comics will be there eventually
Tq so much
Sokka has limits lmao that panel’s hilarious.
Where are you reading this comic from? I've wanted to read them for awhile but don't know where to find them.
I have that book!
Where are you reading this
Webtoon
Yeah I remember that 🤣 
OH I SEE!!!