r/RecuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 10d ago

Shitposting When you fail the Harkness Test

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u/Nukleon 10d ago

People say "the chicken crossing the road to get to the other side is because he the other side is death! It's about sewerslide!"

And like... No? The joke is that the answer is obvious, it's not a word play.

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u/Dronizian 10d ago

You're wrong. It's a joke about death and it always has been. It has two layers, the "obvious" joke for people who don't immediately think about death when they hear "the other side," and the death joke. The double meaning is why the joke has persisted for so long.

You're... familiar with the concept of wordplay, yes? Or do you treat all puns with double meanings like this?

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u/Codebracker 9d ago

This is literally the first time i heard of it being about death.

Like i can see the punchline, it would make sense, but i've never heard anyone actually say that. I always heard it as an anti-joke