this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2026
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[โ€“] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)
[โ€“] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 26 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's a mashup between an old joke about a depressed clown and the poem Ozymandias by Shelley

[โ€“] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pagliacci but Ozymandias, no it doesn't make sense.

[โ€“] Prox@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

It does if you've seen the Watchmen movie.

I think, this maybe refers to the old joke about sad clown Pagliacci.