*Must Not Laugh...*

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So today in my English lecture, we were talking about WW2. (Our teacher gets off topic.) We looked at some inspirational posters for it. And lo' and behold, I see the ever so popular face of the army soldier I see all throughout the Blockland forums. "Take less, so they can have enough!" the poster said. But I just couldn't get out of my head the familiar avatars I've seen around here.

I don't know anything about this meme, how it got started, or why it's so popular, but it's VERY hard to take a picture seriously after it's become a meme. Even if it's not that funny. (At least for me, since I don't get the possible joke.)

Ever seen something from the Internet in real life?

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[GenaralSkar]

When I was learning about the Womans Rights moment or something, I saw the poster that is in the Bedroom.

[Dnitro]

I saw the poster in the Bedroom when I was in San Fransisco.
It was one of those "Stick your face in a hole for a picture" thingies.

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I saw the poster in the Bedroom when I was in San Fransisco.
It was one of those "Stick your face in a hole for a picture" thingies.

Oh, poster in the bedroom, you mean Rosie the Riveter? That was also in the lecture presentation, and while I was reminded of Blockland, I didn't laugh as much. While the poster is still a sort of parody, with the Block version (So I guess you could call it something like "Rosie the Builder" or something.) it does have a sort of serious connotation, asking people to work hard on building.

[Jacob/Lee]

Isn't the bedroom poster an inspirational object to encourage women working in arms factories during WWII?

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Isn't the bedroom poster an inspirational object to encourage women working in arms factories during WWII?

Exactly. Rosie the Riveter was inspired by a woman who was... well, riveting. She was working hard, which at the time, wasn't very common for women, as they were normally at home as house wives. WWII inspired them to go out and get jobs to help their community. So, showing a strong looking woman saying "We can do it!" worked as a motivational poster, which there were a lot of back then. That was one of the innocent ones, as opposed to pin-up girl..

[Comatose]

Basically, the meme is to signal that to shut the forget up, it is asking you for a drink for you to, well, shut the forget up. The actual poster is signaling I guess that you should take less of something sor the people that need it can have more.

[Ector]

MMMHMMM

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Basically, the meme is to signal that to shut the forget up, it is asking you for a drink for you to, well, shut the forget up. The actual poster is signaling I guess that you should take less of something sor the people that need it can have more.

The actual poster was encouraging people to use less so that there was more for the soldiers fighting in WWII. That's part of the whole idea of Rations, is to spread out the resources. WWII was really a patriotic inspiration for a lot of people. They wanted to help in any way possible. That poster was encouraging that.

@Ector : wat

[Kalphiter]

How about a nice cup of...

[Ector]

How about a nice cup of...

Shut the forget up

I'd drink to that.

[NickTheSushi]

I've seen the "We can do it!" poster from BL for sale in a Wal-Mart

[Pengie]

I saw a creepbear puppet.

[Sabbin]

I've seen the "We can do it!" poster from BL for sale in a Wal-Mart

With the bricks on it?

[SeventhSandwich]

Exactly. Rosie the Riveter was inspired by a woman who was... well, riveting. She was working hard, which at the time, wasn't very common for women, as they were normally at home as house wives. WWII inspired them to go out and get jobs to help their community. So, showing a strong looking woman saying "We can do it!" worked as a motivational poster, which there were a lot of back then. That was one of the innocent ones, as opposed to pin-up girl..

Except for the fact Rosie the Riveter is about as real as Santa Claus

Yeah, she never lived.