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social cue fails (MANY more images in post) (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 100 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Is it me, or are 95% of these not misread social cues but just pronunciation fuckups?

[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 54 points 21 hours ago

I was thinking the same thing. But they're entertaining!

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 6 points 15 hours ago

Feels like low-rated chess, where you can distract your opponent by making a move on the other side of the board. Just by mentioning mispronunciations, people were attracted to them.

Alternatively, many of them might be bots that didn't understand the "prompt".

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, I was debating a different title but I ended up on one based on the original tiktok video