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Drako

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GagHalfrunt

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I recently saw one of these Camaros on the road and realized just how poorly they've aged in terms of design. I remember they looked futuristic at the timed they were released, but they look absolutely terrible today.

On the bright side the cars have aged much better than the drivers. People who drove those cars look REALLY bad now, usually it's a combination of a wife-beater, jean shorts, bald on top and a permed mullet in the rear.
 

Fritzo

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I recently saw one of these Camaros on the road and realized just how poorly they've aged in terms of design. I remember they looked futuristic at the timed they were released, but they look absolutely terrible today.

The F body cars (Camaro and Firebird) were both terrible after the 3rd gen. All the money went into the engine, and nothing into the suspension, brakes, or body panels. After the late 90's they started becoming a bit better, but by then they reminded me of Chevy Luminas- smooth boring wedge cars.

On the other side of the scale was the Firebird and Trans-Am, which were Pontiac's version of the F body, and they started getting more and more obnoxious looking as the years went on. The WS6 version in the TA's final years is worth mentioning, otherwise that whole period did not age well.

Still looks good:
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Looks like a car of the future from 1972 D: :
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kage69

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I've been hearing people make that reference forever, and am still trying to figure out where exactly the humor comes from.

Is it because Elaine used it on Seinfeld? I don't care, my douchbagometer pegs when I hear it.
 

uclaLabrat

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I've been hearing people make that reference forever, and am still trying to figure out where exactly the humor comes from.

Is it because Elaine used it on Seinfeld? I don't care, my douchbagometer pegs when I hear it.
A Ozzy couple actually went on trial for murder in the late 80s when they went on a camping trip in the outback and their 2 year old toddler went missing. They claimed a Dingo dragged their child off into the night and killed it. I think they were actually found guilty initially and later exonerated. But "A Dango ate mah babay!" was quite a common theme when I was growing up

Edit: Here ya go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain

Double edit: Damn you jodell.
 
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BladeVenom

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I've been hearing people make that reference forever, and am still trying to figure out where exactly the humor comes from.

Is it because Elaine used it on Seinfeld? I don't care, my douchbagometer pegs when I hear it.

A dingo ate a woman's baby, the government didn't believe her, and she was charged and convicted of murder. Eventually evidence was found that proved her story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain
 

kage69

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On the bright side the cars have aged much better than the drivers. People who drove those cars look REALLY bad now, usually it's a combination of a wife-beater, jean shorts, bald on top and a permed mullet in the rear.

I would have added a pair of huge crappy shades to that equation, but yeah - truth. The office lush at my old place of work in MD got divorced (shocker) and turned into one of those. I heard he even doubled down with that retarded single earring look too.
 

kage69

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Guys, I asked where the humor was. Holy widespread reading fail batman! I'm quite aware of what happened - my curiosity relates to how an infant being devoured by dingos and the subsequent hell her mother went through is anything to crow about and turn into a punchline or meme. Back in the 80s living in the ME, my mother had Brit and Aussie friends of hers almost come to blows over it in our living room in front of my sister and I.

Anyone who thinks that shit is funny should check out your links though.
 

destrekor

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Guys, I asked where the humor was. Holy widespread reading fail batman! I'm quite aware of what happened - my curiosity relates to how an infant being devoured by dingos and the subsequent hell her mother went through is anything to crow about and turn into a punchline or meme. Back in the 80s living in the ME, my mother had Brit and Aussie friends of hers almost come to blows over it in our living room in front of my sister and I.

Anyone who thinks that shit is funny should check out your links though.

I think the humor simply comes from the basic premise, once you boil it down and remove the "this actually happened - brutally" from the idea. Most importantly, it just came to be? Language and memes are notoriously fickle and inconsistent, and often not exactly of sound morals. ;)
 

Howard

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A Ozzy couple actually went on trial for murder in the late 80s when they went on a camping trip in the outback and their 2 year old toddler went missing. They claimed a Dingo dragged their child off into the night and killed it. I think they were actually found guilty initially and later exonerated. But "A Dango ate mah babay!" was quite a common theme when I was growing up

Edit: Here ya go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain

Double edit: Damn you jodell.
Good thing they don't have the death penalty there, eh?
 

uclaLabrat

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I think the humor simply comes from the basic premise, once you boil it down and remove the "this actually happened - brutally" from the idea. Most importantly, it just came to be? Language and memes are notoriously fickle and inconsistent, and often not exactly of sound morals. ;)
I think the humor comes from the fact that no one believed the family for years after it happened...then the actual evidence was found and everyone kinda shut up about it.