It sucks to be on the outside of an inside joke. Especially when the "insiders" total a couple million people.
A few years ago, such a large inside joke would have seemed impossible. Yet, thanks to YouTube, inside jokes can spread like a virus. One person finds a YouTube clip. He shows it to five kids in his dorm room. They like it, and each shows it to five kids in his or her dorm room. And so on. Soon, the world is blanketed with the joke.
Today, at a breakfast with friends, I was clearly on the outside of a YouTube inside joke, and it didn't feel good. A reference was made, everyone laughed, except for me.
Here's the clip they were referring to. It' s really not all that funny. Everyone at the breakfast table claimed it was a YouTube craze, and I'm doing my part to make sure you're not awkwardly on the outside of a YouTube, all inclusive inside joke. It's called "Charlie the Unicorn:"
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that was painful
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