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[–] werty 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People say how are you and I respond with 'I am a meat popsicle' but noone gets it. It's ok if i only amuse myself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Where'd you learn to negotiate like that?

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

I have a nail polish called I Am A Meat Popsicle and it's the sickest thing ever

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Nothing wrong with communicating exclusively through Futurama quotes

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

The most erotic part of the woman is the boobies

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I've had entire conversations that were just gifs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Dark humour is like children with cancer.

It never gets old.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Heh, where's the emetic? Also known as the 'sudden info dump.'

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they should have said "off colour jokes" instead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's just British or Australian English.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seems like this is an increasingly common thought pattern - a subject comes up, the brain searches for a meme or a quote to regurgitate. To me the process seems awfully similar to how AI churns old content into new content. But "It's not evil when WE do it," right?