Grandpa Simpson Recalls Old YouTube Yellow Ad Warning Dot, And Kids Don't Believe It

This meme uses a classic scene from the animated series The Simpsons, where Grandpa Abraham Simpson sits on a tree stump on a grassy hill, telling a story to Bart Simpson and other local children who are seated on the ground listening. Overlaid text quotes Grandpa stating, 'Back in the days youtube used to have a yellow dot so you know an ad is coming', referencing an obsolete early YouTube feature that warned users an advertisement was about to play. The original post title 'And they still don't believe it' refers to the younger characters being unfamiliar with this old feature and doubting that it existed, playing on the common joke of older internet users recounting outdated platform experiences to younger generations who did not live through that era.

The base visual is a screenshot pulled directly from the long-running American animated sitcom The Simpsons, using the popular 'Grandpa Simpson telling old stories' meme format. This edited version of the meme was shared as an RSS feed entry from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, with the original post title 'And they still don't believe it'. It is part of a broader trend of memes using generational gaps in internet platform experience for comedic effect, targeted at users who remember early YouTube features.