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I was 27 at your age, son (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would you spoil the punchline in the title?

What's the logic in this?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

There is none.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

This is basically the same as a Steven wright joke

[–] Quills 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait what-

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years 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] 8 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Steven Wright did it better.