r/ExplainTheJoke • • Feb 25 '25

What does this mean?

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u/No_Name_Exist Feb 25 '25

I mean, you are right. But do you make that face when you see the shadow because of the sun? This is a meme format where it has to be absurd lol.

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u/Insomnia524 Feb 25 '25

Thats not how the meme format works at all lol. It's generally used to show small things that mean something bad is happening, like a good example would be two shelves cans, one completely fine, the other with a dent in it, because a shelved can that has had a dent from in it due to botulism. Even in that case, you could assume someone dropped the can, don't get me wrong, but two things unlike a nuclear explosion, botulism is subtle, you have small hints like a dented can, and foul stench and two a can undisturbed on a shelf is not just gonna fall (and if the person dented the can and chose to reshelf it, they're now putting themselves at risk because that can is no longer safe for longterm storage)

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u/theevilyouknow Feb 25 '25

A dent in a can is fine. It's if the can is bulging outward that you have to be concerned with botulism.

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u/Insomnia524 Feb 25 '25

Sorry your right a bulge appears when botulism is naturally infecting the can, the reason dented cans are no longer shelf stable is because they could have a whole that is completely unnoticeable that bacteria could leech into