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Grandpa Simpson Remembers When YouTube Had a Dislike Button

This is a single-panel meme using a classic scene from the animated series The Simpsons. Elderly Abraham 'Grandpa' Simpson is seated on a tree stump holding a cane, gesturing as he speaks to a group of seated children including Bart Simpson. The text at the top of the image reads 'Back in my day, Youtube had a dislike button'. The joke is a nostalgic, humorous complaint referencing YouTube's 2021 decision to hide public dislike counts, framing the feature as a piece of past internet culture that older users remember and lament, while younger internet users may have never experienced it.
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Back in my day, Youtube had a dislike button

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This is a single-panel meme using a classic scene from the animated series The Simpsons. Elderly Abraham 'Grandpa' Simpson is seated on a tree stump holding a cane, gesturing as he speaks to a group of seated children including Bart Simpson. The text at the top of the image reads 'Back in my day, Youtube had a dislike button'. The joke is a nostalgic, humorous complaint referencing YouTube's 2021 decision to hide public dislike counts, framing the feature as a piece of past internet culture that older users remember and lament, while younger internet users may have never experienced it.

Origin notes

This meme originates as a repost from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, pulled via RSS feed. It uses a widely popular, long-running Simpsons meme template depicting an older person recounting outdated experiences to younger generations, edited to add the text referencing YouTube's removed public dislike button. This template is commonly used for jokes about forgotten or retired features of 2010s internet culture.

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