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He fell into a well, actually

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm being dense, but I'm gonna need a mansplanation for this one.

[–] teft@startrek.website 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, actually the joke is making fun of the way certain people explain things to people they think are dumber than them. But don't you worry your pretty little noggin. We'll make sure you understand this joke.

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Struggling over whether to upvote, downvote, both, or neither 🤔

[–] Nemo 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why you should have three lemmy accounts: One to upvote, one to downvote, and one to do neither.

I feel like some effort could be saved on that third one by not actually making the account until the "neither" button is added ;P

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Upvote, downvote, leftvote, rightvote?

Upvote, upvote, downvote, downvote, leftvote, rightvote, leftvote, rightvote, bvote, avote, startvote!

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Interestingly, both, and neither do the same thing here.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think it’s a play on “well, actually blah blah blah fact maybe” rebuttals.

[–] Hyggyldy@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hate when I catch myself "Well, actually"ing. I'll either try to reword it to not sound so dickish or I'll discard it if I think it's not actually helpful or interesting.

I think I've eliminated the "[well, ]actually" from my speech patterns (unless using it sparingly for comedic effect) due to the memes as well. Turns out the dumb internet image macros can have a positive impact after all.

[–] Tarcion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Just omit either "well" or "actually". Maybe swap both for "surprisingly" or "unfortunately" depending on the context of the correction. I understand the struggle :(

[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Typical Redditor lol