r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • Jul 25 '26

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/Fast-Improvement7832 Jul 25 '26

WTF

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u/O_C_Demon Jul 25 '26

You were very insistent you had to "phone home" as I remember? No?

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u/Fast-Improvement7832 Jul 25 '26

No i dont

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u/ALazy_Cat Jul 25 '26

It's a movie reference

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u/Pragnlz Jul 25 '26

Oh god is E.T. that old now?

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u/FragmentedMeerkat321 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

everything’s that old now. you may as well be quoting from the adventures of tom sawyer. quote more from tiktok, youtube shorts or anime and you’ll be on solid ground with gen z.

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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy Jul 25 '26

2026 - 1982 = 44

1982 - 44 = 1938

I'm sorry. I'm right there with ya.

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u/kitten_orchestra Jul 25 '26

This math was very hard to believe for some reason. I’m shocked idk why.

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u/Pragnlz Jul 25 '26

Fuckin ay

I mean I know I just turned 30 but it still feels weird

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u/ALazy_Cat Jul 25 '26

I haven't seen the entire movie, just a bit of it, and I have seen that meme at least 100 times

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u/No_Muffin3405 Jul 29 '26

ET was already old when I was young. And I wasn’t born yesterday. 

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u/suspiciousvine Jul 25 '26

maybe he is not from angloshpere and usually speaks other language? I dont understand reference too

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u/ALazy_Cat Jul 25 '26

My native language is not English, yet I still understand movie references that has been around for years in memes, andonlylast year it started to slow down in usage. It's a reference to the line "E.T. phone home" from the 1982 movie E.T.