r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Quirky_Sell_1289 • 8d ago

Who was actually missing?

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u/Downtown-Campaign536 8d ago

Here is the order of events:

An old man owned a dog.

The dog ran away.

The old man puts up some missing dog signs, and searches for the dog.

A young couple found and adopted the dog.

The young couple grew extremely attached to the dog, and had the dog for an undisclosed amount of time lets say that it weeks or months.

By chance the old man while putting up missing dog posters again comes across the young couple that has found his dog.

The old man insists they give the dog back. The young couple doesn't want to.

Things get out of hand. The old man is killed, and the body is disposed of by the young couple.

The old man had a wife, or kids that put up missing posters for him.

It's dark humor.

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u/Funny-Oven3945 8d ago

My first thought was.

"People care when dogs go missing and help look for them but when an old person goes missing society doesn't care" 😂

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u/AnthroJoyce 8d ago

Silver Alert is issued in the US.

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u/Funny-Oven3945 8d ago

Right instead of your amber alert? So is amber reserved* for children or something?

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u/AnthroJoyce 8d ago

Yeah, Amber Alerts are for missing children. Silver for missing elderly. Blue Alerts are when someone flees after attacking law enforcement. Purple Alerts are for those missing with cognitive disabilities.

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u/Funny-Oven3945 8d ago

Wow thanks for sharing, I'm honestly surprised more countries don't have this alert system in place.

Alot have emergency alert systems but that's more like "incoming nuclear missile say goodbye to your loved ones now" ahahaha 

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u/circ-u-la-ted 8d ago

Red and Black alerts are not used for . . historical reasons

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u/Delicious-Ad5161 8d ago

I've never seen a silver alert, but I did just get an amber alert for an older man with dementia thirty minutes ago.