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Broken clock and all that (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 132 points 7 months ago

The joke itself does a kind of bait & switch, it makes you think it’s going to be a trans joke, but then the last line sort of subverts expectations. The trans portion is necessary for the setup, as the punchline doesn’t make much sense without it, but it’s more a gender inequality joke.

[-] ArachnidMania@lemm.ee 77 points 7 months ago

Thanks peter

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

It's almost like a garden path sentence.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

A gender path sentence, if you will

[-] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

hot damn, that's a great term

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