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I was 27 at your age, son (lemm.ee)
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[–] blattrules 7 points 1 year ago

This is basically the same as a Steven wright joke

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait what-

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My interpretation: The father is possibly misremembering how quickly he achieved milestones in his early adulthood and he now has unrealistic expectations for his son.

Or the father is just giving his son shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My take is that it's either similar to saying that the dad had to walk uphill both ways or it's just a piece of absurdist humor where the stupidity of the statement is itself the joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for putting a name to something I couldn't express so concise! Apparently I really enjoy absurdist humor lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Steven Wright did it better.