this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
296 points (99.0% liked)

memes

16768 readers
2711 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/Ads/AI SlopNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Meet Reddy Kilowatt!

Reddy Kilowatt is a cartoon character that served as a corporate spokesman for electricity generation in the United States and other countries for nearly one hundred years. Currently, the Reddy Kilowatt trademark is owned by Xcel Energy.

Source

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Old safety PSAs were more hardcore in general. The other week, I stumbled on this Riff Trax version of "Shake Hands with Danger":

https://youtu.be/_nqa6e6WV2o

Fans of the "Well there's your problem" podcast will probably recognize the song. This thing gets increasingly gory as it goes. I think there's an argument that not shying away from the brutality is a more effective message.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

My grandfather's brother died exactly this way

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Don't shy away from The Horror.

I mean, do, but not as a director. Be werner herzog. Get the weird details.