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People Are Cracking Up At These 40 Memes And Jokes From This Instagram Page Exploring Stereotypical Habits Of Middle-Class Dads
Most men can be fathers, but it takes special effort to be called a dad. And a rad dad? Well, that's just a next-level accomplishment in the dad community.
Instagram page Rad Dad posts memes about stereotypical upper-middle-class American dads, e.g. Middle-aged dad who refreshes himself with a can of cold beer after mowing the lawn in his New Balance sneakers. The fact that they are described as rad and not cool or lit adds to the homage for today's middle-aged dads, as it is '80s slang, the decade when many of them were youngsters. Bored Panda selected the pinnacle Rad Dad TM memes from the page for you to chuckle at.
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The page has merchandise: their designs of t-shirts, marble grey sweaters, and caps masterfully capture the style of rad dads and since they are illustrated with stuff like grills and embroidered New Balance sneakers, the whole apparel becomes super meta. Middle Class Fancy, the company that sells the merch, has its own meme page we recently wrote about. Middle Class Fancy and Rad Dad content sometimes overlap, as many of these dads do cookouts in their back yards, suggesting they are middle class.
It totally sounds like the plot of a bad movie that could exist.
Older dads of today might have noticed that not only is their youth slang back in right now, but fashion too. It seems that gen Z and alpha kids have found and brought back their dads' clothes from the eighties and nineties in secondhand stores, got bowl or mullet hairstyles, and started vlogging. Or flooded the streets, creating flashbacks into their youth for these rad dads. Just try to imagine a 55-year-old today teaching their son how to keep their mullet pristine or what bomber jacket goes with which basketball shoes.
Interestingly, the style of rad dads is not tied to a specific decade or generation so strictly. It appears that many dads just develop the same sense of casualwear style as they turn middle aged and these trends haven't changed much for over two decades now, much like middle-aged women cutting their hair short.
With anything English slang, the authoritative source of explanation is user contribution-driven Urban Dictionary. Here is the top explanation of a "Rad dad": "1. any dad who spends quality time with his kid as much as possible. 2. dads who surf, skate, snowboard or any extreme activity and teach their kids. 3. dads with long hair, mohawks or body piercings and dont give a shite what anybody else thinks."
What makes dads rad for you? Do these stereotypes apply to dads in your culture? What elements of dad culture have you adopted? Is it starting to take double chin selfies with a great view of salt and pepper nose hair? Growing a beer belly over the quarantine's baby boom? Share in the comments below, let's make it a safe space for rad dads.
Buhahaha, the literal translation from other languages is always brilliant!
yeah but by that age it;s more likely they have done something to deserve the torture.
No, don't argue about who's going home - revel in being on the same wavelength!
You forgot left in random places glasses with vodka so kid would think it was a water
Been there. 🙄 Then he told me I was being lazy, I just needed to focus, and eventually I was just useless. Wonder why I have a panic attack when I see equations, and failed algebra...?
and then phone their wives about everything that they actually needed in their bags for the day
...or quietly suffer in the name of manliness. No shiver must be shown, no lick of the chapped lip (also because he is dehydrated and must conserve fluids), and loudly proclaim that dirt improves the immune system as he eats a burger with filthy hands.
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Men have pockets big enough to put stuff in, can touch work surfaces and drink out of cups in the office kitchen without gagging at the level of filth and get to set the thermostats at work set to their comfort level.
Yeah right, my husband always ask me to put something in my purse…
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First half yes, second half no --- there's a leatherman, keys to multiple places, some string and assorted batteries, and various & varying other bits and bobs; and probably a tamagotchi.
This one is a) by a woman, and b) not even about dads, are you even trying by this point???
I always have a water bottle and lip balm and also a pocket knife. I am always too warm so I never need an extra layer.
I carry a purse. Men carried purses for thousands of years. Congress has the power of the purse, not the wallet. The 20th century can go to heck with it's machismo. Men can carry purses again.
It's not all that simple. You've got to remember to take your keys and wallet and then you've got to find them. All this while running late and not wanting to ask anyone.
I am a woman and all I ever have with me is my phone, wallet and keys and not even in a purse.
This made me laugh really hard. My husband and I have always liked to BBQ, but once he turned 35 we got a smoker and have been into it since hahaha
And now if you will be lucky to get house like this you won't be able to afford family or shoes..
lol - I could feel the uncomforted need for someone to wake up, but the want for them to stay asleep.....
HOLY S**T. I do not want to know how much money that dude spent that day.
I'm guessing the authors definition of middle and upper middle class, covers a broader spectrum in the U.S. than it does here in the U.K!
you forgot the worst of all... so evil it is typically only practiced by the evil uncle that comes to visit every now and then. Evil Uncle to unsuspecting five-year-old: "Pull my finger!" (I will leave the rest to your imagination, air freshener needed afterwards).
I'm guessing the authors definition of middle and upper middle class, covers a broader spectrum in the U.S. than it does here in the U.K!
you forgot the worst of all... so evil it is typically only practiced by the evil uncle that comes to visit every now and then. Evil Uncle to unsuspecting five-year-old: "Pull my finger!" (I will leave the rest to your imagination, air freshener needed afterwards).
