400,000 species - Lemmy.World

Those cans aren’t all white and neither are we - get your ears checked weirdo.
I can’t hear you over all the buzzing from their wings!

I am a middle aged white guy and I honestly don’t give a shit about the Beatles lol

They have maybe 4 or 5 songs I actually like and I’ve always said they were overrated

That’s because the Beatles broke up in 1970, so anyone who remembers them from their active years is well over 60, which would be really stretching the definition of middle-aged
It definitely is. I think the person who made this meme might be middle-aged by now.
I’m 42 and I grew up surrounded by people my own age who were Beatles fanatics lol people actually kept listening to them long after they broke up

38 here. I absolutely love the Beatles. I didn’t like their earlier stuff when I was younger but I’ve worked my way backwards from Help as I’ve got older.

I love all of it.

How about beetles? Wanna discuss beetles?
Yeah, I’m still pissed they made bumblebee a Camaro.
Me too!
What car was he supposed to be?
They’re severely overrated, but also quite culturally/historically relevant. So… what can ya do?
I’m not proposing we do anything. I think they deserve their fame.
We could send Japanese women to individually destroy their careers.
Sounds like a bunch of work tho
They’re all trained saboteurs, they need little to no guidance. Get this… we use performance artists. Success is guaranteed!
the word overrated means nothing and is used by cowards to try to discourage enthusiasm for things they can never comprehend.. it needs to be burnt on a word pyre.. it's impossible to overrate The Beatles, only a figment of the Matrix would think that..

I’ll rephrase:

I think the Beatles are not nearly as good or enjoyable as many people suggest, and I’m not afraid to say it.

not nearly as good or enjoyable as many people suggest

you just reiterated your disdain for enthusiasm and nothing more, demonstrating how meaningless the word is.. you are a chatbot..

Such edge

They also had stupid haircuts.

Even more super edge and such a hilarious and charming gif worthy of repeating
You sound like you’re highly overrated by yourself.
you sound scared to have an opinion

Of what, exactly? People are allowed to be as enthusiastic about The Beatles as they want. I’m a big fan of their music myself.

Your comment, on the other hand? That was self-important edgelord nonsense lol

you're afraid someone will use the word overrated on your enthusiasm.. also, you continue to demonstrate my point by trying to attack me personally.. it's what a coward does..
That makes even less sense than your FIRST bit of nonsense 😄
do your best, i don't expect much from Vikings or hippies
So I guess UNDERrating IS possible in the weird little universe you’ve built for yourself 🤷
You sound like a very articulate 13 year old lol
so, i sound like a human.. you sound like beep boop..

you sound like beep boop…

beep boop? BEEP BOOP?!?!?

👁️👄👁️

That really hurts my feelings 😭😭😭

I will be haunted by your harsh words for many a sleepless night 👻😱👻😱👻😱

It looks like I might have lost some fake internet points too!!! 😰😰😰😰

#OH MY GOD!!!

the trauma is too much… I’m going to be sick with fear!!! 🤢🤢🤢🤮

They are extremely relevant, culturally and historically. They broke new grounds for music, and a lot of today’s music would simply not exist without the Beatles, or some of their contemporaries. That alone means they’re not overrated.

However that doesn’t mean everyone has to love them. It’s possible to recognise their relevance without worshipping them.

I mean honestly, wtf do I know. Most people would hate a good portion of my music library. This is all subjective.
I think this is a case of the Seinfeld effect where people take them for granted due to them being so influential that part of their sound has become imbued into every single pop band that came after them.
It’s like how Elvis improved the sandwich market forever with his invention.

Yeah, there are any number of “But so-and-so did it so much better than the Beatles!” instances, but the thing is that so-and-so wouldn’t have even tried if the Beatles hadn’t done it first.

Take or leave their music, there’s no denying the massive influence they had.

Hate the Beatles all you want. You just can’t hate the Stones.
I’ll bet there are more stones than species of beetle
Types of stone or instances of stone?
Individual stones
Ok, let’s start counting.
I’ll take the left side, you go right. We’ll meet in the middle. Go!
Ok, I’m done. I counted 4.
Maybe try again? I’ve found 456,734 so far.
I forgot to mention that I’m really lazy.

I’m beginning to think that you might not be right for this project… Have you considered pivoting to body design at Porsche?

Don’t change a winning formula.
True, inspired laziness can often be highly effective 😁
Don’t underestimate the number of beatle species. If I remember correctly, 3/4 of insect species and 2/3 of animal species are beatles
Yes, there are around 400 000 species of beetle
The stones still do shows. The Beatles do not.
One beatle at least still does shows… At least, last I heard Paul was still touring, maybe he’s retired by now though
Middle-aged men would be in their 40s-50s. Not to diss my dead relatives too hard, but you're thinking of old fucks that would have any solid opinion on that. In a handful of years, the music middle aged men will be up in arms about is *NSYNC.
I actually wasn’t thinking about it at all. I was thinking about bugs!

Could’ve taken five seconds to alter the image so that it actually said “beetle” instead of responding to every comment trying to explain your joke.

Truly a failure of a shitpost.

No that’s the point though. And yes, this explanation is also the point. Glad you liked it!