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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Hey my jokes land at least 20% of the time. And when they don't because they're built on too many layers of obscure references, the joke was for me anyway.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Say something as a normal answer, and then continue the conversation with "you know, that question made me think of this! Do you know it?"

Cool people find it interesting

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Cool people find it interesting

Are you implying that those, who don't - aren't cool?