That’s literally not the joke though. The joke doesn’t change at all if we correct the date to 1985, so clearly the error not only isn’t the joke, it’s not even a part of the joke. How is this so upvoted? People just slackjawed reacting like “omfg I remember the Simpsons!”
That makes no sense. You could literally remove the dates entirely and that point would still be made just by Mario -> Last of Us. Having the incorrect date for Mario doesn’t reinforce that point in any way.
Super Mario Bros came out in 1985, not 1972. Pong was 1972.
Grateful for you both bc I did not catch that part of the joke lol
That’s literally not the joke though. The joke doesn’t change at all if we correct the date to 1985, so clearly the error not only isn’t the joke, it’s not even a part of the joke. How is this so upvoted? People just slackjawed reacting like “omfg I remember the Simpsons!”
I think it is an important part of the joke, because it reinforces that no other types of games exist in this guys mind
That makes no sense. You could literally remove the dates entirely and that point would still be made just by Mario -> Last of Us. Having the incorrect date for Mario doesn’t reinforce that point in any way.
I think having the incorrect date for Mario makes it be more funnier
That’s fine, you can enjoy the silliness of an error or fun addition to the joke. But that’s still not “the joke” being made, which is my point.
It’s definitely not the joke, but you can’t know that it wasn’t an intentional part of the joke being made
No, the joke was that since 1985 there’s been no games, but the image says 1972.