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      That was my exact thought process.

      “Wait, why is he spelling it wrong. It’s M- oh, he’s doing it on purpose. You dirty fucker.”

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      I’m not kidding, that’s what I though it was called at first. This was way before everyone knew what the game was, so it’s reasonable. It was right around when rails were added, which seems to be 2010, which feels weird that we’re 13 years later and the game is still popular.

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    A coworker recently showed a picture of Minecraft in a meeting and confidently said it was Roblox. I wanted correct him but I didn’t want to be that guy.

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      Depends if you’re vying for their job.

      “Come on Johnson, how are we supposed to trust your numbers if you don’t even know what you’re presenting”

      Proceeds to take over the presentation.

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        I read that in Cave Johnson’s voice, and him berating someone else with the last name Johnson is even more fitting

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      Do you think you could have been the other guy, showing a picture of a different popular game and confidently saying it was something else?

      (feel free to ignore this, i’m posting to check something with lemons)

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    My brother insists on calling Roblox “Robots” to his kids. This appropriately infuriates them. I’m workshopping Fork-knife to bug my step kids.

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      Fork-knife sounds like too much out of the gates, ya gotta pick one

      Start small with Forknight or Fortknife, workshop some more if that doesn’t get the desired reaction

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    Actually if there was a game called “Mindcraft” that would be as on flames as an af, no hat.

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      I teach middle school so I know all the latest slang. Can’t help myself though because I love to mess with them.

      I always ask them about pokey man cards and fort knife. Little do they know I had Pokemon cards before they were born and I have season 1 Fortnite skins that I got before they were old enough to play video games.

      I’ll say, “oh you’re a gamer? Do you play that fort knife game? Wait it’s what? Fork Night? Is it like a Mario kind of thing? What do you do in it?”

      Then after they explain I’ll say, “Wow, a lot has changed since I got that OG skull trooper skin. I stopped playing because everyone was straight dog water and I got bored.”

      They fucking love it every time.

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    Playing dumb and intentionally calling things by the wrong name will never stop being funny. Annoying, but funny.

    Lemonworld sure have the best microblag memes.

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      I still call it Pokemans despite growing up playing the games, buying the cards, and watching the show.

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        Them: “Why are you mocking something you like?” Me: “I DON’T KNOW! 😭”

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      I “mistakenly” mixed up bussin’ with bussy when my niece and nephew were in their late teens.

      I doubled down when they corrected me. “Well what’s bussy then? If you don’t tell me what it means I’m going to ask your friends next time I see them.”

      This was at a family dinner, by the way. My sister and BIL thought it was hilarious.

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      Calling TikTok “Facebook” or “Facey whatsit” goes well. Especially seeming as Facebook’s seen as an old person’s platform, even to the middle-age that were there for its heydays during their teens and 20s. Yet it’s still relevant enough that young kids know what it is.

      Double down on it.

      “Have you seen this TikTok?”

      “I don’t have Facebook.”

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    My mother called Bed, Bath and Beyond (back when it was an actual store) “Bed and Bath.” But she’s just like that. She also calls Menards “Maynards.” Not because of a Southern accent or something, she grew up in New York City. She’s just weird.

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      There was also bath and body works which smelled way better, maybe she combined both?

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        I think she’s just kind of dotty to be honest. You should hear what she thinks about preserving foods in her pantry for a decade or more. I don’t eat at her house.

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      Back in ye olde days it used to just be called Bed n’ Bath, guess they were yet to discover products Beyond that

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    The Internet should be a repository for so much knowledge that getting something incorrect should take a monumental effort.

    But… *gestures vaguely*