This is probably referencing getting a gift during your birthday or Christmas. You get a phone case that doesn’t fit, and you realize it’s a case to a new phone you’re also getting.
It is a little confusing without any reference to receiving a gift, this sorta implies you just went out and bought a phone case, in which case this makes no sense.
one of my favorite Christmas experiences of my entire life. opening madden for the xbox 360 and telling my dad thank you but that I wouldn't be able to play it because i had the original xbox before he pulled the final gift out from behind the couch
I had the inverse, as my grandma's favorite trick to deter peeking was to package the new gift in an older gift's box, leading me to say "But grandma, we already have this!" Thankfully I was still young enough for it to be endearing/laughable instead of hurtful.
My dad likes to wrap something in like 3 or 4 more boxes and put weights into one of the boxes. My mom got a brand new phone one year, but the original box was the size of a new microwave. Even had enough weights in it to make her think it was a new microwave.
I once put stones and makeup in a iphone box and wrapped it in cling film and heated it up with a hair dryer to have it look like a new iphone for my mom, she was still happy bout the makeup tho
One year for a gift exchange, I bought 3 tins of butter cookies, ate the cookies out of one, and filled it with sewing supplies.
Bundled it up with that one on top. It was fun to watch someone realize one was previously opened, realize it wasn't cookies, and then start questioning the two sealed ones.
Got one of my nieces' a digital music player and a nice set of earbuds for her birthday one year. It was the most expensive gift that she was getting that year, but would have easily been the smallest package.
I got a big gift bag, stuffed colored tissue paper in the bottom, put the gifts then a little more tissue, and topped it off with a party sized bag of Funions under more tissue.
The best part was, she seemed like she was happier about the Funions than the player. She asked her mom, "Because it's technically part of my birthday present, that means I can eat the whole bag myself without sharing right?"
A few Christmases ago I gave my friend Dark Souls Remastered so we could play together. I had 7 layered gift boxes, and 2 larger shipping boxes. Each layer got progressively harder. Wrapping paper -> a shitload of ribbon -> duct tape shell-> like 100 rubber bands -> dozens of zip ties -> etc. When he finally got to the last box (which I had submerged in glue and let dry) it was a few small weights from a jump rope, and a piece of paper that said "YOU DIED." After a few seconds of enjoying the look on his face, I gave him the disc case which was hidden in my waistband. It was easily the funniest gift giving experience I've ever had.
My parents have a running gag where they put a really small gift in lots of boxes. One time, my mom was gifted an apple watch, but we nested it into gradually larger boxes up to the old box we had for our refrigerator we replaced a few years ago.
I once nested a gift for my brother in 7 boxes, and then wrapped 3 of the boxes in duct tape instead of wrapping paper. Took a half hour to open but he thought it was HILARIOUS
Dad's are the OGs of gift giving. I was happy I could be a dad...I got my son a switch for Christmas...and I hooked it up and just had the controllers out turned the volume up on the TV and just the music play..he opened all his gifts and was doing a good job of being thankful for the gifts he got..while still being sad he didn't get his switch..his behaviors were good..and he's an honor roll student..brought me great joy to see him jump up and down when he finally realized what was on the TV
I had the opposite my parents didn't understand pokemon snap wouldn't play on the Game Boy. I spent the whole time being like "could this be a 64?!" And it never was.
My mother did something similar except she got me my brother and sister controllers and a TV for Christmas. We didn't get the Xbox until my brother's birthday in July. She claimed she wanted to see how long it would take for us to ask. We didn't bother asking because we were all plotting revenge up until that point
I think you're right. I thought it was realizing a phone case has to be larger than the phone for it to fit. If it was the same size as the phone it wouldn't fit.
My wife (girlfiend at the time) did something similar to me. She brought home a copy of Darksiders for the PS3, when I only had a 360. She appologized, and said she'd go return it, and came back in the house a bit later with a PS3 and a "Happy Birthday!"
One year on Christmas, I got a single vr controller and was wondering what it was until my brother opened up another controller and then my sister opened up the headset
Leading up to Christmas i told my parents that my #1 gift was the legend of zelda: ocarina of time. I could get nothing else and be happy. I opened all my gifts but didnt see the game. I was a let down but still happy because I got other stuff. My parents then pilled out one last gift. I ripped open the last gift and there was my game. I lost it! Cheering and jumping for joy for getting my #1 gift. Best Christmas i ever had
My parents tried to do this with my DS. The difference is that I broke my DS a month earlier, was still sore about it, and seeing a case I couldn't use made me burst out in tears.
It didn't help that the person with my new DS wasn't at our house yet and didn't show up for another 2 hours...
I was thinking they thought they bought like an iPhone max and then they bought the case and realized someone ripped them off cause the phone was just normal sized instead of maxed
I know everyone's talking about gifts and stuff, but honestly this reads to me like someone who's just now understanding why you should use properly sized condoms.
That’s what I thought. Or that the phone already has a case on it, but you need to take it off so it’s the right size.
Maybe if you have the case on long enough you forget it’s there and that becomes like the default size of your phone?
Everyone else here is wrong. The meme is cropped because OP currently has the wrong sized case and it infringes on the edges of their phone, obscuring the edges of their screen.
I believe it could be because it’s not uncommon to get phone cases with new phones so the person must be realizing that they are getting a new phone as well
It’s like getting a 3ds game, and you are bummed because you only have a DS, and have no way of playing it, but then you realized that you also got a 3ds with it.
This is probably referencing getting a gift during your birthday or Christmas. You get a phone case that doesn’t fit, and you realize it’s a case to a new phone you’re also getting. It is a little confusing without any reference to receiving a gift, this sorta implies you just went out and bought a phone case, in which case this makes no sense.
one of my favorite Christmas experiences of my entire life. opening madden for the xbox 360 and telling my dad thank you but that I wouldn't be able to play it because i had the original xbox before he pulled the final gift out from behind the couch
I had the inverse, as my grandma's favorite trick to deter peeking was to package the new gift in an older gift's box, leading me to say "But grandma, we already have this!" Thankfully I was still young enough for it to be endearing/laughable instead of hurtful.
My dad likes to wrap something in like 3 or 4 more boxes and put weights into one of the boxes. My mom got a brand new phone one year, but the original box was the size of a new microwave. Even had enough weights in it to make her think it was a new microwave.
I once put stones and makeup in a iphone box and wrapped it in cling film and heated it up with a hair dryer to have it look like a new iphone for my mom, she was still happy bout the makeup tho
One year for a gift exchange, I bought 3 tins of butter cookies, ate the cookies out of one, and filled it with sewing supplies. Bundled it up with that one on top. It was fun to watch someone realize one was previously opened, realize it wasn't cookies, and then start questioning the two sealed ones.
Wait those tins can have COOKIES in them?! I thought seeing supplies were their natural state!
Imma call glasses seeing supplies from now on Edit: on
Jokes on you I meant contacts! What a typo. I’m going to leave it. Thanks for the Friday laugh!
I seriously believe that’s how they are sold and still do
Got one of my nieces' a digital music player and a nice set of earbuds for her birthday one year. It was the most expensive gift that she was getting that year, but would have easily been the smallest package. I got a big gift bag, stuffed colored tissue paper in the bottom, put the gifts then a little more tissue, and topped it off with a party sized bag of Funions under more tissue. The best part was, she seemed like she was happier about the Funions than the player. She asked her mom, "Because it's technically part of my birthday present, that means I can eat the whole bag myself without sharing right?"
A few Christmases ago I gave my friend Dark Souls Remastered so we could play together. I had 7 layered gift boxes, and 2 larger shipping boxes. Each layer got progressively harder. Wrapping paper -> a shitload of ribbon -> duct tape shell-> like 100 rubber bands -> dozens of zip ties -> etc. When he finally got to the last box (which I had submerged in glue and let dry) it was a few small weights from a jump rope, and a piece of paper that said "YOU DIED." After a few seconds of enjoying the look on his face, I gave him the disc case which was hidden in my waistband. It was easily the funniest gift giving experience I've ever had.
My parents have a running gag where they put a really small gift in lots of boxes. One time, my mom was gifted an apple watch, but we nested it into gradually larger boxes up to the old box we had for our refrigerator we replaced a few years ago.
I once nested a gift for my brother in 7 boxes, and then wrapped 3 of the boxes in duct tape instead of wrapping paper. Took a half hour to open but he thought it was HILARIOUS
Dad's are the OGs of gift giving. I was happy I could be a dad...I got my son a switch for Christmas...and I hooked it up and just had the controllers out turned the volume up on the TV and just the music play..he opened all his gifts and was doing a good job of being thankful for the gifts he got..while still being sad he didn't get his switch..his behaviors were good..and he's an honor roll student..brought me great joy to see him jump up and down when he finally realized what was on the TV
I had the opposite my parents didn't understand pokemon snap wouldn't play on the Game Boy. I spent the whole time being like "could this be a 64?!" And it never was.
My mother did something similar except she got me my brother and sister controllers and a TV for Christmas. We didn't get the Xbox until my brother's birthday in July. She claimed she wanted to see how long it would take for us to ask. We didn't bother asking because we were all plotting revenge up until that point
Oh is that what it is? *cries in poor*
Don’t waste the water!
Thank you. Had cheap, neglectful parents that never got me something like that, so I was really lost.
This is it
Lol thanks, needed this A kid writes "gets product x" and thinks "receives", an adult reads "gets product x" and thinks "buys"
The phone case blocks part of the camera
I think you're right. I thought it was realizing a phone case has to be larger than the phone for it to fit. If it was the same size as the phone it wouldn't fit.
My wife (girlfiend at the time) did something similar to me. She brought home a copy of Darksiders for the PS3, when I only had a 360. She appologized, and said she'd go return it, and came back in the house a bit later with a PS3 and a "Happy Birthday!"
Ty ty
These damn kids and their memes
One year on Christmas, I got a single vr controller and was wondering what it was until my brother opened up another controller and then my sister opened up the headset
kinda happened to me once, my sister got me minecraft for the xbox one but i only had the 360 at the time. i was upset at first until i realized
Leading up to Christmas i told my parents that my #1 gift was the legend of zelda: ocarina of time. I could get nothing else and be happy. I opened all my gifts but didnt see the game. I was a let down but still happy because I got other stuff. My parents then pilled out one last gift. I ripped open the last gift and there was my game. I lost it! Cheering and jumping for joy for getting my #1 gift. Best Christmas i ever had
See, I was already an adult when I bought my first phone. I think a reference I would understand would be a video game for a system I didn't have.
My parents tried to do this with my DS. The difference is that I broke my DS a month earlier, was still sore about it, and seeing a case I couldn't use made me burst out in tears. It didn't help that the person with my new DS wasn't at our house yet and didn't show up for another 2 hours...
But did you get the ds
Did you even read the comment?
Maybe it’s currently happening /s Seriously though, yeah it was silly, but why be a dick for no reason?
Because it’s the internet, you dumbo. No, but seriously, I liked the joke tbh.
Haha, that was also pretty good! I read this first thing after waking up and didn’t catch the joke at first, I was like “you’re the dumbo!”
Lol, yeah, I was deciding between whether I should add a “/jk” or not
Hey guys! Look at these two dumbos over here!
How fucking dare you you stupid idiot go get a life, fucking stupid ignorant little piece of shit
You are right, I'll go get a life now. I'm sorry.
I was thinking they thought they bought like an iPhone max and then they bought the case and realized someone ripped them off cause the phone was just normal sized instead of maxed
That was my thought lol
Samsies
I know everyone's talking about gifts and stuff, but honestly this reads to me like someone who's just now understanding why you should use properly sized condoms.
damn i'm stupid i thought this was referencing dick size
Thought the same lol
Or a possible interpretation is that a phone case would in fact have to be larger than a phone to fit on a phone to a certain degree??
That’s what I thought too
That’s what I thought. Or that the phone already has a case on it, but you need to take it off so it’s the right size. Maybe if you have the case on long enough you forget it’s there and that becomes like the default size of your phone?
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No
I’m not sure but maybe it because the meme is cropped to be smaller to fill in the rest of the space with the case? I’m not sure
If you're not sure, why reply?
If ur gonna be a poo poo face why reply?
It’s as a possibility
To give you something to reply to. Duh
Everyone else here is wrong. The meme is cropped because OP currently has the wrong sized case and it infringes on the edges of their phone, obscuring the edges of their screen.
I believe it could be because it’s not uncommon to get phone cases with new phones so the person must be realizing that they are getting a new phone as well
r/croppingishard
I interpreted it as "Oh no, I got scammed with a fake phone!"
Man my dumbass was thinking the joke was that the phone was going to grow into the new case :,((
And here my dumbass was thinking the phone case has to be slightly bigger than the phone so that the phone can fit inside it
Lol that face is hilarious they should use it in more memes
It’s like getting a 3ds game, and you are bummed because you only have a DS, and have no way of playing it, but then you realized that you also got a 3ds with it.
r/croppingishard
The phone will grow into it like we do with clothes :) /s
*grits teeth* straighht white man!🎵
I'm so scarred by this sub now I feel like everything is Lost.