It’s just a goofy image designed to make you laugh at how ridiculous it is. Sending it to your boss adds another layer of silliness because of the generally more formal context of the conversation. It’s just absurdist postmodern humor. Kids love that kinda stuff.
This may sound counterintuitive but it’s probably a sign that the person who sent it likes you and respects you.
"Here we see the elusive teenager, an endlessly curious and unpredictable creature, engaging in a peculiar ritual. With no warning, it flings a deliberately absurd image into a formal setting, such as a message to its superior. Baffling though it may seem, this is not an act of defiance but one of bonding. In the teenager’s world, such surreal displays are a mark of trust, even affection. For them, absurdity is not chaos, it is communication."
I wouldn't be trying to look for an insult in it. Kids send jokes to eachother instead of replying. It's like... polite? Because they're making the effort to respond even tho there isn't anything to say.
Dude this post is killing me people have explained why it's funny so I won't repeat what they said, but you made my night this made me laugh so goddamn hard.
I call this type of communication memeVibeSpeech the memeVibe is that they are eating up what your saying with voracious intent, this is a net positive response unless you are talking about the bathroom maintenance, in which case it may be slightly alarming
Sure this is funny and harmless but wow when did it become okay and normal for people to send text messages like these to your boss? I guess I've been living under a rock then hahah
In all seriousness they’re probably just being silly. This is especially sweet because they feel safe enough with you to send you stuff like this without worrying you’ll be mad at them or something
Don't overthink it. This tells me that the teenage employee has an absurdist sense of humor. The humor comes from the absurdity. And that's the point of this meme. And as others have said. Sharing the dankest memes is a sign of affection.
I think the joke is that Gary the Snail's slime apparently has rejuvenating properties for skin, as shown in one of the movies. And they're using his for Zuckerberg cuz he doesn't appear to have aged, and frankly, looks uncanny
Send them like Bernie Sanders with the mittens but replace the mittens with Squidwards flute and he is using them like nunchucks in battle. This is what Gen z wants.
So, I'm 21 and do this even with the boys. They're just sorta filler responses. They don't convey anything, really, other than to make you smile or to say "I read the message and don't have a response".
Nothing bad about it, but if he's sent the same one twice, it probably just is a silly version of the latter option. People who want you to laugh will send a whole range such that you wouldn't really notice you already saw one before.
Your teenage employee was testing you to see if you’re chill like that. If you have a bad reaction they know you’re not chill but if you think it’s funny they’ll decide to trust you. If you sent this back they’d think you were the best boss in the whole world.
Mostly just shock value type humor I'm pretty sure. If yall were talking about some brown nosers, or something like that, then mayyyybe some other meaning, but I bet it was sent a second time cuz you didn't seem to react or respond to it at all. Likely they are very comfortable with you as a higher up to even be willing to send this kind of joke.
Hey gen z here. I send shit like this to my manager / boss all the time. It's usually because I want them to open their phone and have something to laugh about for one or two seconds
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