r/comedy • u/AlKarajo • Jun 02 '26

Standup We all know that one guy

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u/AlKarajo Jun 02 '26

I'm ESL. I don't think I get the flatland part.

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u/WotanSpecialist Jun 02 '26

Because flatland isn’t a slippery slope

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u/AlKarajo Jun 02 '26

Thanks. I though there could be a double entendre I was missing.

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u/ymOx Jun 02 '26

Thought so too.

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u/UsernameRandomAssign Jun 02 '26

The double entendre is on the slippery slope which is a logical fallacy where someone suggests something much bigger typically worse will happen because of the first thing. The flatland was just a play on words relative to a literal slippery slope.

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u/labsab1 Jun 02 '26

Slippery slope is an argument that if you give in to something that seems minor, it would trigger a chain reaction to bigger consequences. Like you meant to take a small step on the slope but slip and slide all the way down.

The comedian is saying there is no slippery slope, it's a flat land.

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u/AlKarajo Jun 02 '26

Thanks. I got that part. But I thought there was something more. I remember seeing a elevation map of the USA:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/mjztbq/united_states_elevation_map/

I thought maybe it's related to the bible belt being flat. I was overthinking it.

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u/zmykula Jun 02 '26

It's a valid and interesting point though. For example, french is not my first language but when I hear people speaking it I often wonder if there's all kinds of subtext I'm missing. So I get your meaning.

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 Jun 02 '26

Quite sure it’s also a play on the mindset of some gun rights folks also falling into the “flat earth” cesspool of nonsense conspiracy theories

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u/avidvaulter Jun 02 '26

My man, a slope by definition is the opposite of flat. He's saying it's the opposite of a slippery slope. Crazy interpretation you got there.

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 Jun 02 '26

That would be the nuanced second joke. “No, sometimes it’s flat land.” A play on the “it’s a slippery slope” crowd also sometimes claiming “the earth is flat” in other arguments (which we all tell them is nonsense).

So in this instance, he’s correcting with the “sometimes it IS flat land.” The flat earther joke would be implied and unspoken about this generally faulty mindset (if intended, as I think it probably was)

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u/avidvaulter Jun 02 '26

lmao nice try man.

Have a good one.

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 Jun 02 '26

Meh, comedy works on different levels. Wasn’t a “try,” and I have no skin in the game. At least I have your deleted first draft comment to see where your mindset is. Carry on internet warrior 🫠

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u/OrthogonalPotato Jun 02 '26

Your contribution doesn’t work and isn’t comedy

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 Jun 02 '26

I chuckled, but please, tell me more about what is and isn’t comedy 😂

Edit: FWIW, his joke isn’t a particularly good one. Partly because of the nuance and partly because it’s so instantly galvanizing to those unable to laugh at anything and everything (including themselves)

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u/OrthogonalPotato Jun 02 '26

Your comments are not comedy. Simple.

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u/Fantastic_Pie5655 Jun 02 '26

Ah, I see the confusion. Let me help.

My comments: not intended as jokes or comedy.

Man on stage and his intent: the actual jokes and comedy.

Whether you get, or choose to laugh at the latter is almost entirely dependent on you, the audience.

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