The Future Is Now, Old Man

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About

The Future Is Now, Old Man refers to a reaction image taken from the American sitcom Malcolm in the Middle in which the character Dewey says the line. The still has been used primarily on Reddit as a reaction to captions describing futuristic scenarios.

Origin

The image comes from the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Lois' Makeover", which aired January 27th, 2002.^[1] Dewey says the line in a game of basketball while stacked on his brothers' shoulders.

Spread

On December 10th, 2016, the image was posted to 9GAG ^[2] with a caption about the Indestructible Nokia 3310, gaining over 160 points (shown below, left). On February 25th, 2017,^[3] the image appeared on /r/MemeEconomy,^[3] gaining 230 points (shown below, right).

When your grandpa throws a Nokia and he knocks you out but you throw a Galaxy Note 7 and it explodes The future is now, old man.

When grandpa tries to show you his p---- mag collection from 1984 but you pull out your iPhone and introduce him to 600 GB of pokemon p--- The future is now, old man

Following its appearance on Reddit, the image became a popular meme template over the following two years, appearing in multiple subreddits and sometimes edited to fit different subcultures. For example, a January 16th, 2018 post in /r/forhonor^[4] gained over 430 points (shown below, left). Twitter user TheYearIs20BC^[5] made a joke about Lucina in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, gaining over 590 retweets and 2,700 likes (shown below, right).

When the Centurion you're fighting gets hit with your cutscene attack and dies instantly The future is now, old man.

20Bc 20BC Follow @TheYearls20BO When players start ranking you higher than the character you were supposed to be an echo fighter of The future is now, old man. 20BC

Templates

Various Examples

when your grandpa is playing pong and then you throw away his pong machine, bring in a computer, and introduce him to doki doki literature club The future is now, old man.

When grandpa tries to teach you how to j------- into a sock and you show him your Fuckmaster 5000 latex blow-up doll with pulsating p----, non-drip nut collector tray and realistic orgasm moans on Dolby Atmos TM surround sound system. The future is now, old man.

Unpluggin your grandpa in order to plug in your gaming pc The future is now, old man.

When you grow old and don't understand the future technology Guessthe future is now

when grandpa has dementia The future is now, old man.

When your post get past yesterday hottest post The future is now, old man.

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External References

^[1] IMDB – Lois' Makeover

^[2] 9GAG – The future is now, old man

^[3] Reddit – /r/memeeconomy

^[4] Reddit – /r/forhonor

^[5] Twitter – TheYearIs20BC

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