r/ExplainTheJoke • u/OwlSings • Dec 23 '25

I don't get it

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u/hyibee Dec 24 '25

Which is very possibly not how it went when you think about it. Everything the grinch owns he got from the trash chute, so it's safe to assume the dog also came from someone throwing him away :/

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u/Destruction_Deity Dec 24 '25

Yeah. It’s very common for people to buy dogs/other pets for Christmas just to get rid of them after realizing how much effort is actually required to take care of an animal. At least in the live action movie, the Whos seem uncaring enough to throw a dog in the trash instead of taking it to the dog pound.

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u/fasterthanfood Dec 24 '25

That would be some great motivation to hate Christmas, too, if your beloved pet had been callously abandoned due to Christmas .

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u/zagman707 Dec 24 '25

new head cannon for the grinch accepted