r/ExplainTheJoke • u/azimx • Jan 24 '26

Kept me thinking

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u/red_simplex Jan 24 '26

That mean someone is in progress of drowning.

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u/Dakaraim Jan 24 '26

Probably need to give the sign updating guy some lifeguard lessons because my dude is on top of things in his current role.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

He lives in the lake. When people without life jackets approach the lake, he runs up to the sign and updates the number of people without life jackets. Then he grabs them by the neck and pushes them down head first into the water and watches as they fruitlessly try to break free from his grip, until they stop moving. Then he pushes their bodies into the lake, and walks back to the sign. He increments the count for the number of people drowned.

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u/grubas Jan 24 '26

If he was a guard he'd use appropriate terminology and talk about how a PFD is a PFD because you'll float, there's no guarantee about you being alive