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Lemmy just do some linear algebra at the grocery store (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by adj16 to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That shit was wild. Folks were actually pissed about dad over there.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And then you try to tell them it's a joke and they say "jokes are supposed to be funny"

But like? It is?? How is it not funny???

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I guess you'd have to accept that it was an absurd postulate. And they did not.

My favorite was all of the "Doesn't he know this happened 60 years ago!" Like, mf don't YOU know this happened 60 years ago!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
  1. This is the internet, there are people who are actually like that, and we're sick of them.
  2. absent tone of voice, intonation, and an understanding of his character, we have no idea if he's joking. It's a story being told second hand through a small amount of plaintext.