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diljoejoe :
I think violent anti-barney humour was us symbolically slaying our toddlerhood
2024-07-15 15:10:31
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👑Joe :
Does “just put the fries in the bag” fall into this category
2024-07-15 14:52:45
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loveisforthenerds :
I'm going to miss this app so much
2025-01-18 19:26:20
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Flemingston III :
Millennials passed down the killing Barney lore
2024-07-15 15:02:25
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Aisha ✌🏽 :
there's so much childlore about picking who's "it"! bubblegum bubblegum in a dish, or icky bicky bonkey were my favs
2024-07-15 21:24:12
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Goober :
I’ve always wondered where I got the whole “floor is lava” thing from, everyone around me just knew it and I don’t remember learning it from someone
2024-07-15 15:01:53
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sun!!! :
heh boobs
2024-07-15 14:49:45
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Brooke :
I also think it’s so amazing how widespread these traditions were before the internet.
2024-07-15 15:17:41
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Patrick :
ODYSSEUS MENTIONED
2025-01-03 11:00:57
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Joe Busch :
I sang song about killing Barney back in elementary school, and I'm a millennial 🤣
2024-07-15 14:51:18
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Joseph :
The cheese touch
2024-07-15 15:14:11
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MagpieintheGarden :
I literally think about pet folklore in the US daily. Like, the Rainbow Bridge and Cat Distribution System have to be some kind of mythology
2024-07-16 13:18:36
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fettuccine_alfredo_basil :
the playground lore was always insane
2024-07-15 14:50:16
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Meribeth Keefer :
Anybody else remember the rumor Marilyn Manson removed a rib?!?!
2024-07-15 15:05:44
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punk lolita :
funfact about the anti barney humor I find insane is that I've even had in Portuguese with my brother. there's a tune that's centered around barney being incompetent and making hot dogs out of kids
2024-07-15 19:12:57
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Queenside Rook 🍉 :
My 8-year-old niece has been telling the "orange you glad I didn't say banana" joke recently and I was baffled that joke has survived for so long
2024-07-16 11:13:32
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🎀 :
Don’t forget all the handshakes. Lemonade, elevator, I felt like every school had different ones.
2024-07-15 22:51:33
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Goober :
The fact you put lil pop ups with sources or more info makes you at least top 10 creators on TikTok
2024-07-15 16:38:31
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Olga🎉🍉 :
No cause this is so prevalent in non-english speaking countries. We have songs that are completely gibberish that probably was once in english, but since kids can’t really speak english it got…
2024-08-12 08:58:53
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sigmalordliam :
I made a set of rules for 4 square with a specific name, I learned that there’s still 6th graders using those rules with that name.
2024-07-15 14:52:18
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madilynn ꩜ :
awww the culture of childhood!! that's so cool
2024-07-15 14:50:35
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Hector Rodriguez Jr :
I heard a lot of “I believe I can fly” variations growing up
2024-07-15 18:21:00
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Advice Chicken :
I'm always thinking about where the teasing little tune that we sing "na-nana-na-na" came from. All kids do it.
2024-08-01 04:26:59
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telepathet1c :
the gruesome parody of the Barney "i love you" song 😂
2024-07-15 17:58:02
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beep 🍉 :
Gen Z? I’m 30 and the Barney’s dead version of the song was around when I was like 4 lol.
2024-07-15 17:42:16
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