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I feel old saying this but I think its dumb to put the “Nobody: _____”. Crop that and this meme works just as well, and IMO a whole lot better.
"nobody:" indicates that in the kid's perception, the split up was out of the blue. The "nobody:" formulation indicates a moment of initial silence, or of everything being fine. The contrast of initial silence/everything seeming ok, and a dramatic break up of one's parents adds an extra layer of drama and comedy to the situation. It serves a purpose.
What I don't get, is why wouldn't it be everybody? Everybody was silent like everything this is normal
I do appreciate the explanation
It’s funnier to imagine it like “nobody said anything” or “nobody said nothing”, it kind of implies a casual delivery, it answers a question of how it all started
Felt like it. In sixth grade, some kid was getting bullied for their parents splitting. The teacher asked everyone with separated parents to raise their hands and more than half the class did.
That kid with their weird family still being all together and stuff.
Useless nobody for real.
They're the same picture.