Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world ThatWeirdGuy1001 @lemmy.world 2mo ago

I was reminded of this after my phone autocorrected "honestly" into Throckmorton.

And before anyone complains about the ifunny watermark this picture was taken from Google.

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- First off: Nice username 😎
  
  Secondly: Is that an actual episode or is that an edit? It's the Simpsons so it's hard to tell 😅
  
  Thanks.
  
  And it's an edit from s8e23 "Homer's Enemy" about Frank Grimes, or "Grimey"
Extra funny bc of Throckmorton’s sign which is a penis joke in radiology.
What's the deal with phones auto-correcting to unusual proper nouns? Why is that even an option, if it's literally a word I've never typed/swiped?
- I blame it on modem algorithms/"ai" crap.
  
  I noticed like 5 years ago that my phone started switching words I use all the time and it just kept getting worse to the point I have to spell out the word crap.
  
  And in the last year or two mine has started to randomly capitalize words that absolutely don't need it.
Had never heard of this meme, assumed it was a different humorous Throckmorton reference - which is essentially a medical dick joke that grew into a meme including multiple published meme studies in medical journals
TIL about the Throckmorton plot

I'd really love to see the complete text lol
- Not me actually learning history after making a shitpost.
  
  tldr: His given name was Francis, though I like Throckmorton (*edit: better) as that....
Yo Throck, you down to hit the frictionless ramp this afternoon?
- Hell yeah bro let me just grab my mobius board and we can shred for infinity!
  
  Ouch I hit my Throckyticles
But he wasn't a throck.

He was a Throck morton.
- Bumm, bumm, bumm, bumm, Ba-bumm ba-da-da-bumm
Dwayne Throckjohnson
Throckyticle
- Is that like the Peter-tingle?
Clearly from an English textbook. Tis a common name around our way. Just doing a bit of skateboarding before receiving a hamper from a rich land-owning uncle, before setting off to colonise a small country and borrowing some sacred artefacts for a few hundred years.
- Nice ancient precious artwork! Glad i discovered it!
Hey, waddup big T? Ready to hit them halfpipes?
Pft Throck’s real friends call him The Throckmeister.
Throckausaurus is a total legend of the frictionless ramps 🤟😝
Throckdoor! 🐲🔥🛖
The lost brother of Frog, Newt, Snake, and Toad Morton of Redding, 2241.

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