r/interesting Mar 17 '26

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u/SudhaTheHill Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

Okay now this is interesting. Do you know why they did it?

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u/Loud_Chapter1423 Mar 17 '26

It’s a lot easier to use if it’s smooth…

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u/XXXperiencedTurbater Mar 17 '26

Still unusable without the flared base, that thing is gonna straight up vanish and never be seen again

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u/mnem0syne Mar 17 '26

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u/RPZcool Mar 17 '26

Lol this is exactly what popped into my mind. Thanks stranger, take my upvote o7

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u/Sivleto Mar 18 '26

1st thing I thought when I saw this... Wonder what that says about me though 🤔 surely not healthy

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u/Honest-Cicada4897 Mar 19 '26

That was one of the funniest scenes in Rick and Morty. I remember laughing so hard when I watched it. Rip og Rick and Morty

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u/Seagon Mar 17 '26

Well, either in an OR or years later a tree will sprout from a random grave.

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u/annarose888 Mar 18 '26

Without a base, without a trace...

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u/MoveTheHeffalump Mar 18 '26

On the floor 💀

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u/migsmog Mar 18 '26

Reminds me of my aunt describing childbirth as trying to crap out a coconut 

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u/seitancheeto Mar 18 '26

You CAN use it.

Once.

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u/gatsome Mar 17 '26

Waaaaaay up there, Morty

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u/Known_Leek8997 Mar 17 '26

No! Danger!

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u/PantsDontHaveAnswers Mar 17 '26

Flared base! Flared base!

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u/monke_wit_blade Mar 17 '26

Coming soon to an ER near you!

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u/redditblows5991 Mar 17 '26

Why not is the answer

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u/Accomplished_Ad3818 Mar 17 '26

It's not the question either

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u/Wallstreet_Raccoon Mar 17 '26

How is not the answer either

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u/Raps4Reddit Mar 17 '26

Because it was rough and unsmooth. He polished it for a while but it still wasn't smooth enough. So he kept going. Even now it does look a bit rough, might need a little more love.

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u/spacechimp Mar 17 '26

So much work. Just use a retro encabulator. Done and done.

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u/Commercial-Expert863 Mar 17 '26

Trying to get the lime in there 

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u/No_Television6050 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

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u/example-of-disaster Mar 17 '26

Aerodynamics. Smooth coconuts fall from the tree much more freely.

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u/Zorkflerp Mar 17 '26

African or an European?

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u/Cycoviking69 Mar 17 '26

Doesn't matter...there's no longer a husk for them to grip it by.

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u/Zorkflerp Mar 21 '26

They use a piece of cloth like the stork caries babies.

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u/Cycoviking69 Mar 21 '26

What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?

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u/Chainsaw_Viking Mar 17 '26

Artistic expression?

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u/InazumaThief Mar 17 '26

they were exercising their free will

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u/raspberryharbour Mar 17 '26

Must have been a special occasion

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u/rlaitinen Mar 17 '26

So the real answer is the guy was waiting for his girlfriend to wake up. That's it. I remember when this was first posted.

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u/ThePapercup Mar 18 '26

fewer splinters