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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:49PM (#18764763)
Do they no longer mean "pedantry"? Seems that they meant it and mean it.
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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by groestl on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:09PM (#18764910)
All of you have a mean pedantry going on.
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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by TrustAndSafety on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:29PM (#18766172)
a mean pedantry is not necessarily a median pedanticity
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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by reificator on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:19PM (#18766418)
But both are preferable to a mean pediatrician.
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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by gammateam on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:13PM (#18764961)
thats the joke
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Re:Why Exaggeration Jokes Work by groestl on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @04:46PM (#18765215)
64.3% of it. 14.3% is a wordplay, and 21.4% is explaining the joke, if you count this post fifty-fifty.
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