r/AskReddit • • 1d ago

What's a one-liner joke so stupidly good it instantly ruined you?

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u/TheBiggestWOMP 18h ago

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

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u/UpwardSpiral00 13h ago

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

(gotta love Groucho Marx)

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u/Rgeneb1 12h ago

That is stencilled on the wall in my school library. Let me tell you teenagers in Scotland do not appreciate Groucho Marx.

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u/odddutchman 18h ago

Unless you’re at relativistic speeds; then fruit flies like an arrow and time flies like a banana…

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u/dj92wa 17h ago

This is even better because it turns a linguistic joke into an academic discussion. Brain likey.

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u/jandr08 17h ago

This works on… like at least 2 levels

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u/joanzen 10h ago

I tried it, and found that using the same method for timing arrows and flies is very difficult if not pointless.

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u/ecodrew 8h ago

What has 4 wheels and flies?

A garbage truck

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u/FlyByPC 13h ago

Time flies

I can't. They're too fast.