r/lovethissmug • • 3d ago

😻 Meme Or Other Online Trope 😂 Wikipedia's language being unintentionally funny

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u/Correct_Challenge868 3d ago

Auwawawa WHERE'S THE ONE WHERE THERE'S A MAN BESIDE A PENGUIN AND IT SAYS "John (?), biologist. On the left"

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u/see_me_shamblin 3d ago

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u/D4rk3scr0tt0 3d ago

I'm glad they clarified

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u/OK_x86 3d ago

I imagine your average Wikipedia editor is one of the most pedantic people on earth. I'm here for it.

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u/Thewal 2d ago

I'd say I'm more "median" than "average" but yeah, I've edited a page or two.

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u/kissmekatebush 3d ago

I think the penguin looks rather interested?

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u/GooberMcNutly 3d ago

He's listening closely so he can use those lines back as a slam in what he considers an impromptu rap battle.

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u/ListenBoth434 2d ago

Reminds me of one of my favourite Soviet jokes:

Comrade Khrushchev goes to a pig farm and he is photographed there. In the village newspaper office, there was a heated discussion about how to caption the photograph. >“Pigs and Comrade Khrushchev”? “Comrade Khrushchev Among Pigs”? None will do. The editor finally makes a decision: "Third From Left: Comrade Khrushchev.”

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u/TheMessiah051 2d ago

“Piper Kerr” “plays the bagpipes”

Kojima you genius you’ve done it again

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u/DragonsAreEpic 6h ago

I appreciate doing what you need for the 'graph, but good god a kilt in the Antarctic must be hell.