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xkcd #3237: Husband and Wife

Title text:

Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3237/

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The title text is necessary on this one.

[–] wavebeam@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

It explains the "my wife" reference, which isn't immediately clear from the statement about "my husband". At least to my pop culture illiterate brain.