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Russell's teapot (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by MrSmiley@lemmy.zip to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Analogy devised by Bertrand Russell

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Spanky the purple hippo and Doug the rock are my gods.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heathen! Spanky is a purple rhinoceros!

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Definitely a hippo. It has been revealed to me.

It's the custom version of the teapot that planet peterson uses. Generic edgy atheist YouTube debate bro but he's pretty funny.

[–] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Welp, I can’t argue that lol.