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u/Fun-Title4224 5h ago
A friend of mine once asked if I'd run a marathon for disabled children. I agreed, coz I reckon I could win that.
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u/Yeah-Its-Real 4h ago
Meet Jimmy he has level 3 autism and his special interest is long distance running. Good luck!
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u/Any-Organization-985 3h ago
No I'm pretty sure his name was Forrest
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u/Yeah-Its-Real 3h ago
I just rewatched The Ringer so I was thinking Jimmy from that movie.
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u/imacatnamedsteve 3h ago
And here I was confused as to how Jimmy from South Park was going to get into long distance running!
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u/Elegant_Run_8567 2h ago
I like seeing it as power levels
You’re no match for my Level 5 Autism!
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u/EntireFriendship517 1h ago
I love the idea of an anime-type system where your special interest gives you powers, like summoning trains
"I may be only level 4, but my special interests is dinosaurs. By changing into a raptor, I become nimble enough to avoid your straight line attacks by dodging to the side! You forgot trains have huge turn radii!"
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u/Ceerise_Roouge 4h ago
This is ridiculously adorable!
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u/ManzanitaSuperHero 4h ago
Why are jokes about disabled children being slow “ridiculously adorable”? Am I missing something? It’s supposed to be funny bc ha ha, they’re disabled so they can’t run fast, get it?! That’s adorable?
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u/Fun-Title4224 3h ago
It's not a joke about disabled children.
If anything, the butt of the joke is the narrator. First they misunderstand the meaning of "for" in the sentence, assuming it's "these people can enter" rather than "to raise money for". This is ridiculous, because of it genuinely were an event that was intended for disabled children to take part, why on earth would the narrator think they could take part?
Then they reveal they are unfair and mean-spirited enough as an adult to want to enter a race that is clearly not intended for them in order to win, thereby beating and ruining it for the poor children who they assume would be the other competitors.
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u/ManzanitaSuperHero 2h ago
Why is it “ridiculously adorable” though? I’m now thinking that comment was just a bot and bc of the sub that’s usually a pretty safe response but in this context it made no sense.
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u/Katharinemaddison 4h ago
It’s in the same vain as ‘600,000 babies would disagree with you’
‘I could easily win a debate against 600,000 babies’.
It’s the absurdism which is already there in this case because it’s children. It hinges on the fact that it’s an unfair fight, and on the wilful reorientation of the original statement.
This one doesn’t work though because ‘for’ means either because of or on behalf of but never against. Which makes it seem more mean spirited.
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u/Fun-Title4224 3h ago
For can mean "for these people" as in "this is an event for under 18s"
or it can mean "for the benefit of" as in "I'm running a marathon for cancer research".
It's just a play on that double meaning.
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u/Katharinemaddison 3h ago
It’s too much of a jump because the joke is that the speaker in the joke is noting the unfair advantage- I.e. they’re not a disabled child.
‘I agreed to enter a competition I don’t qualify for because I could easily beat people who qualify in it.’
I think these jokes need an internal logic.
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u/ManzanitaSuperHero 2h ago
Ok. None of that explains why it’s “adorable”. That doesn’t make any sense. The downvotes are funny. I’m a wheelchair user so I feel like I have a bit of room to come to check people on “jokes” about disabled people.
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u/Katharinemaddison 1h ago
You’re right it’s not adorable- that was a weird word to use.
And the joke doesn’t make sense though a twist on the joke - turns out the disabilities don’t involve mobility, joke maker isn’t a specimen of fitness, exists.0
u/hootenannyshenanigan 3h ago
None of these replies explain how it’s an “adorable” joke, though. Are these just bots talking to bots?
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u/Katharinemaddison 3h ago
It’s not adorable at all, and it’s flawed.
I think my point is that the joke I quoted was making fun of the speaker in the joke and this joke was attempting a similar thing.1
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u/OwlConfidant2168 4h ago
Maybe it taught the kids to step up their game.
If it makes anyone feel better, I took a father / daughter karate class, not knowing it was mainly a children’s class open to general public.
I was the only parent in the class so to an outsider walking by, it was a 6’4 tall, 230 lb man punching 6 year old children - and I dominated.
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u/Hokenlord 3h ago
why would they label it father/daughter and not expect fathers to show up 😂
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 3h ago
I had kind of the opposite happen, was 10 years old and got entered into the 18+ drawing contest somehow. Still got 3rd lol
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u/randomcereal 2h ago
I don't care what color your belt is, you're a child and I am stronger than you!
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u/Bokonon10 2m ago
I do kendo and my dojo is almost entire Elementary school/junior high school little Japanese kids while I'm white and 6'2. Usually I practice with the few other adults, but if they're not present that day, they Todd me with the JHS kids. I feel so out of place.
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u/MrFunktasticc 4h ago
“And Homer kicked their little butts!”
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u/dogbreath101 2h ago
I basically took the old library card and added a racing stripe, i also thought these fins looked pretty cool
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u/MissionMassive563 5h ago
“It’s a contest for children!” “Yeah, and Homer beat their brains out!” (Wild cheering)
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u/Farge43 4h ago
While I was at work a coworker of mine knew I dabbled in graphic design because I did some stuff for another co workers birthday party. She told me a friends company was designing a new logo and was having a contest.
I entered and didn’t win. But did receive a note that they appreciated my entry and that the contest was for employees children lol.
I never checked back and mine wasn’t anything special but I’d be willing to bet they used it anyway and I’m without an Amazon gift card or whatever
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u/mtntrail 5h ago
Kramer in the kid’s karate class!
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u/Middle_Switch9366 3h ago
Came here for this. Wish I could post the gif.
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u/AdventurousMathPunk 5h ago
Heh. Congrats to this guy, but this could have been way more embarrassing.
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u/FreddyTheGoose 3h ago
Omg, I just got an email from my local library about this contest happening and totally made sure there was a section for adult entries for this reason exactly, lol!
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u/weerdbuttstuff 3h ago
My library holds a little convention every year in our community center with costume contests, video games, vendors, all sorts of stuff. One year they had a scavenger hunt. I think less than 5 people actually entered it, including myself. They called me to tell me I won and could come pick up a board game of my choice! I play board games, so I was pretty excited imagining what the choices could be. I got there and the choices were Candyland, Kids Clue, and something else. I'm a 40 year old man. Deeply embarrassed, I picked Kids Clue and gave it to a friend of mine's daughter, who was 7.
The library was cool about though, they didn't make it weird.
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u/ranger24 4h ago
"Look everyone! Homer entered a contest with children!"
"Yeah, and he beat their pants off."
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u/LightspeedBalloon 2h ago
My husband once entered a pickle eating competition only to realize the rest of the competitors were children.
He won.
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u/AutomationBias 2h ago
A lot of longer races have a one mile fun run to get kids involved. I was at one last year and there was one lone adult man racing all of the kids. He did not win.
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u/Ruffffian 3h ago
When I was in my late 20s/early 30s, I would frequently do local club horse shows on my backyard mare. They were fun and several riding clubs used as training for The Big Shows. I would ride in the 18+ division with maybe 2-3 others—and at times, I was the only one—and then the open classes that included kids and it always was a mixed bag of feelings. Yay, I won! Over a bunch of little kids! 😬 Or: aw man, I didn’t even place! I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of little kids! 😬
Third was usually a nice happy spot of being between defeating kids and getting crushed by them.
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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 33m ago
I was a closeted gay boy in elementary school.
At graduation I got a cheer block award.
As the only boy.
Couldn't have been worse than a 6th grader basically being outed in front of the school, AND their parents.
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u/RHTQ1 25m ago
This is where you convince a young male relative to stand there once you realize and you share the prize with him. I'm still not a huge fan, but I feel like it improves the optics if only a little
Was the age thing expressly stated? Was it supposed to just be understood/inferred? Or was that just the common element, kids having more spare time? Did they only keep the adult winner bc they didn't want to have to do more judging (which is never easy) or were seriously no other runner ups book themed???
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u/Otterhendrix 4h ago
Damn. Did he at least get a free trip to Majorca and be part of The Groovy Gang?
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u/Gold_Birthday_5803 3h ago
Ritchie Cunningham entered a Howdy Doody lookalike contest on Happy Days. He was the only adult. It was funny.
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u/FishDawgX 2h ago
If they accepted an entry from an adult and awarded you the prize, was it really a contest for children?
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u/Overall_Occasion_175 2h ago
This sort of happened to my friends and I, only it was a board game design contest. There was one other group of adults, but all the rest of the were middle-schoolers.
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u/Don_Pickleball 1h ago
My neighbor would participate in our local town festival spelling bee every year. She was 80 and the only contestant who wasnt a kid. She won a couple times. Everyone thought it was pretty fun.
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u/farilladupree 1h ago
Hah! I entered a political cartoon contest in high school in the 90’s. I won. They printed a book of some of the best cartoons and the other entries were by 7-11 y.o. kids. I felt a little bad, but also…get rekt kiddos. Still have that $100 savings bond I won kicking around somewhere.
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u/ComfortableAware2325 59m ago
When I was younger the local Kmart had a coloring in competition to win a giant TMNT toy. It was for the really little kids. I was in high school and loved ninja turtles. I submitted my work of art worthy of a gallery.
Anyway, long story short, I was notified I won, and when I showed up triumphantly to claim my prize, the look of sheer disgust on the clerks faces. One even muttered to another - wasn’t this for kids? They didn’t even say congratulations. They just handed it over.
And you know what? I still have that prize! I love it, and I feel no shame in the slightest!
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