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Broken clock and all that (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter

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[–] [email protected] 132 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The joke itself does a kind of bait & switch, it makes you think it’s going to be a trans joke, but then the last line sort of subverts expectations. The trans portion is necessary for the setup, as the punchline doesn’t make much sense without it, but it’s more a gender inequality joke.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 8 months ago

Thanks peter

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's almost like a garden path sentence.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A gender path sentence, if you will

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I won't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

hot damn, that's a great term