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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When I was eight, I remember being asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I joked, "hmm, a triceratops." Nobody registered amusement at all, and I couldn't figure out why. Were the other kids unable to appreciate my mastery of the absurd, or were they saddened by my evident brain damage? Either way the joke is on me, I grew up thrice as horny.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I grew up thrice as horny.

You may not be a triceratops, but at least you managed to be a horny toad.

That joke is probably as lame, if not even more

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. The problem with people not knowing when I'm joking never did go away, though. For instance, that story really happened. And Trevor if you ever read this, laugh at people's jokes you fucking weirdo.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Come over to Germany. We live the dry humour.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have toyed with the idea, after moving to the UK a few years ago. There's an odd appeal to living in increasingly severe cultures. Germany, then perhaps North Korea, Switzerland...

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Germany, then perhaps North Korea, Switzerland

One of those things is not like the others.... Never liked Switzerland myself.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I joked, “hmm, a triceratops.”

I grew up thrice as horny.

So, more like a Styracosaurus maybe?