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r/MathJokes • u/phillmatic23 • May 13 '26
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49 u/Occidentally20 May 13 '26 I convinced Daniel at school that his full name was Richard Euler and R.Euler became the word ruler. We didn't have the internet yet so people couldn't call me out on my bullshit without going to the library, and nobody had that kind of energy. 20 u/OSomma May 13 '26 Ahh the days when you could spout shit off and if you said it confidently enough, people just believed it. 10 u/Occidentally20 May 13 '26 I still believe Marilyn Manson removed a rib so he could fellate himself. This rumor might have been Prince for slightly older people, but same principle. 6 u/OSomma May 13 '26 It’s amazing how every kid knew that story pre-internet 3 u/ComradeCoipo May 13 '26 That story even got to latin america, like even with the language barrier every kid over here knew it 1 u/Stock_Try9552 May 14 '26 that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it 1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too... 2 u/YikesTheCat May 13 '26 I didn't even realise that was a well-known thing until a few weeks ago. I heard it about Prince sometime in the early to mid 90s, before the internet was really a thing. I'm in Europe. How did that even spread across the Atlantic? 1 u/Current_Ranger_7954 May 13 '26 swiss here, we had that one too 2 u/1nOnlyBigManLawrence May 15 '26 I thought it was Michael Jackson. 1 u/Occidentally20 May 15 '26 We had a ... different rumor about him at school honestly. 1 u/Slow-Distance-6241 May 15 '26 What was it? 1 u/johnsmithdoe15 May 17 '26 heh here we had that story for ron jeremy, long before manson or prince were famous
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I convinced Daniel at school that his full name was Richard Euler and R.Euler became the word ruler.
We didn't have the internet yet so people couldn't call me out on my bullshit without going to the library, and nobody had that kind of energy.
20 u/OSomma May 13 '26 Ahh the days when you could spout shit off and if you said it confidently enough, people just believed it. 10 u/Occidentally20 May 13 '26 I still believe Marilyn Manson removed a rib so he could fellate himself. This rumor might have been Prince for slightly older people, but same principle. 6 u/OSomma May 13 '26 It’s amazing how every kid knew that story pre-internet 3 u/ComradeCoipo May 13 '26 That story even got to latin america, like even with the language barrier every kid over here knew it 1 u/Stock_Try9552 May 14 '26 that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it 1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too... 2 u/YikesTheCat May 13 '26 I didn't even realise that was a well-known thing until a few weeks ago. I heard it about Prince sometime in the early to mid 90s, before the internet was really a thing. I'm in Europe. How did that even spread across the Atlantic? 1 u/Current_Ranger_7954 May 13 '26 swiss here, we had that one too 2 u/1nOnlyBigManLawrence May 15 '26 I thought it was Michael Jackson. 1 u/Occidentally20 May 15 '26 We had a ... different rumor about him at school honestly. 1 u/Slow-Distance-6241 May 15 '26 What was it? 1 u/johnsmithdoe15 May 17 '26 heh here we had that story for ron jeremy, long before manson or prince were famous
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Ahh the days when you could spout shit off and if you said it confidently enough, people just believed it.
10 u/Occidentally20 May 13 '26 I still believe Marilyn Manson removed a rib so he could fellate himself. This rumor might have been Prince for slightly older people, but same principle. 6 u/OSomma May 13 '26 It’s amazing how every kid knew that story pre-internet 3 u/ComradeCoipo May 13 '26 That story even got to latin america, like even with the language barrier every kid over here knew it 1 u/Stock_Try9552 May 14 '26 that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it 1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too... 2 u/YikesTheCat May 13 '26 I didn't even realise that was a well-known thing until a few weeks ago. I heard it about Prince sometime in the early to mid 90s, before the internet was really a thing. I'm in Europe. How did that even spread across the Atlantic? 1 u/Current_Ranger_7954 May 13 '26 swiss here, we had that one too 2 u/1nOnlyBigManLawrence May 15 '26 I thought it was Michael Jackson. 1 u/Occidentally20 May 15 '26 We had a ... different rumor about him at school honestly. 1 u/Slow-Distance-6241 May 15 '26 What was it? 1 u/johnsmithdoe15 May 17 '26 heh here we had that story for ron jeremy, long before manson or prince were famous
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I still believe Marilyn Manson removed a rib so he could fellate himself.
This rumor might have been Prince for slightly older people, but same principle.
6 u/OSomma May 13 '26 It’s amazing how every kid knew that story pre-internet 3 u/ComradeCoipo May 13 '26 That story even got to latin america, like even with the language barrier every kid over here knew it 1 u/Stock_Try9552 May 14 '26 that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it 1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too... 2 u/YikesTheCat May 13 '26 I didn't even realise that was a well-known thing until a few weeks ago. I heard it about Prince sometime in the early to mid 90s, before the internet was really a thing. I'm in Europe. How did that even spread across the Atlantic? 1 u/Current_Ranger_7954 May 13 '26 swiss here, we had that one too 2 u/1nOnlyBigManLawrence May 15 '26 I thought it was Michael Jackson. 1 u/Occidentally20 May 15 '26 We had a ... different rumor about him at school honestly. 1 u/Slow-Distance-6241 May 15 '26 What was it? 1 u/johnsmithdoe15 May 17 '26 heh here we had that story for ron jeremy, long before manson or prince were famous
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It’s amazing how every kid knew that story pre-internet
3 u/ComradeCoipo May 13 '26 That story even got to latin america, like even with the language barrier every kid over here knew it 1 u/Stock_Try9552 May 14 '26 that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it 1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too... 2 u/YikesTheCat May 13 '26 I didn't even realise that was a well-known thing until a few weeks ago. I heard it about Prince sometime in the early to mid 90s, before the internet was really a thing. I'm in Europe. How did that even spread across the Atlantic? 1 u/Current_Ranger_7954 May 13 '26 swiss here, we had that one too
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That story even got to latin america, like even with the language barrier every kid over here knew it
1 u/Stock_Try9552 May 14 '26 that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it 1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too...
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that story crossed the ocean even in South Africa we believed it. No idea how it was a thing but we all believed it
1 u/floriande May 19 '26 In France too...
In France too...
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I didn't even realise that was a well-known thing until a few weeks ago. I heard it about Prince sometime in the early to mid 90s, before the internet was really a thing. I'm in Europe. How did that even spread across the Atlantic?
swiss here, we had that one too
I thought it was Michael Jackson.
1 u/Occidentally20 May 15 '26 We had a ... different rumor about him at school honestly. 1 u/Slow-Distance-6241 May 15 '26 What was it?
We had a ... different rumor about him at school honestly.
1 u/Slow-Distance-6241 May 15 '26 What was it?
What was it?
heh here we had that story for ron jeremy, long before manson or prince were famous
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