It takes a second to understand- or I’m just special
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Jacob_Young6138
πŸ“…︎ Jun 10 2020
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I still don't understand why I got in trouble in high school for turning in my Biology lab notebook with a turd in it.

The teacher told us specifically to keep a log in our notebook!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/teduh
πŸ“…︎ Jul 28 2020
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Help me to understand a pun, how I found it quote unquote.

I’ve never seen an old man named Kyle or Justin πŸ€”πŸ€”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Some-MCFC-Fan
πŸ“…︎ Jul 15 2020
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I was gonna post a joke about Sodium but then I was like Na, people wouldn’t understand it.

Haahhahahahahaa i hilarious

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πŸ‘€︎ u/forrest134
πŸ“…︎ Mar 09 2020
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My girlfriend thought it would be funny to replace my medicated shampoo with regular shampoo. I tried to understand why it was funny, but

the joke just left me scratching my head.

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I couldn’t understand how a boomerang works. Then it hit me.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/T995CC
πŸ“…︎ Dec 21 2019
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At first I didn’t understand seatbelts then it clicked
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Dancer9d9
πŸ“…︎ Sep 25 2019
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I bought an accent table, but I can’t understand a word it is saying.
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I went camping for the first time last night, and finally understand why people love it so much...

It's in tents!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/greyconscience
πŸ“…︎ Jul 13 2019
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I had a dream last night that an orange kept trying to speak to me but I couldn’t understand it

Too bad I don’t speak mandarin

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πŸ‘€︎ u/BallinWhiteKid
πŸ“…︎ Dec 06 2017
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I tried reading Homer's The Odyssey but couldn't understand a word of it

It's all Greek to me

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πŸ‘€︎ u/GladstoneBrookes
πŸ“…︎ Jan 22 2019
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I understand daylight savings time, but why does it have to be at 2 am?

I always have trouble staying up that late to change my clocks.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/pbmax542
πŸ“…︎ Mar 11 2019
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I didn't understand butter until someone explained it to me ...

  ... now it's clarified.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/tqgibtngo
πŸ“…︎ Jun 09 2017
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I don't understand why people expect me to remember what fraternity or sorority they're in. It's all Greek to me
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πŸ‘€︎ u/halagabir
πŸ“…︎ Aug 10 2017
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I don't understand how people have sex in cars. I've never seen a car with enough room to do it comfortably.

Even doing it in a limo would be a stretch.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/BadCorey
πŸ“…︎ Dec 23 2015
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One of my friends doesn't understand logarithms no matter how I try to explain it to them...

They're having an exponential crisis.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Xealloch
πŸ“…︎ May 03 2017
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I must admit, I joined this subreddit despite not being a dad.

I’m a faux pa.

Edit: This took off a lot better than I expected.

I feel like a father figure now.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/RedShirtCashion
πŸ“…︎ Jul 09 2020
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I went to my doctor today and told him I was having problems with my hearing. He asked, β€œCan you describe the symptoms?” I replied, "Sure..."

β€œThey’re yellow, Homer’s fat, and Marge has blue hair.”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/madazzahatter
πŸ“…︎ Jul 01 2020
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*On a date*

Date: So, what do you do?

Me: * holds up menu * you just pick one from this picture book of meals.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Niyi_M
πŸ“…︎ Aug 22 2020
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The Queen was showing the Archbishop of Canterbury around the royal stable when one of the stallions close by farted so loudly it couldn't be ignored. "Oh dear," said the Queen, "I'm dreadfully sorry about that." "It's quite understandable," said the Archbishop,

and after a second, "For a moment there I thought it was the horse."

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Jan_Tik
πŸ“…︎ Aug 02 2019
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There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator

Only a fraction of you will understand that

Edit: I see this joke has been quite divisive! Thank you to everyone who made this joke a thousand times better in the comments, you're all amazing, and thank you for the awards!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/PhoenixFlamebird
πŸ“…︎ Apr 01 2020
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If I had a nickel every time I was confused

I’d be like, where the fuck do all these nickels keep coming from?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/dragoon2745
πŸ“…︎ Mar 27 2020
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I failed my Calculus exam because I was seated between two identical twins.

It was hard to differentiate between them.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/porichoygupto
πŸ“…︎ Mar 21 2020
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We need help naming some murderous cats.

We recently discovered mice in our pantry. Everyone’s advice? Get a cat. Apparently they are stone cold killers.

We made some calls and learned from our vet that they had two cats that need to be rehomed. I agreed to take them sight unseen. I think it’s a boy and girl but I don’t actually know. We pick them up next week.

We want to instill the right spirit into our mercenaries by naming them after famous murderers, but want to lighten the mood with puns.

So far we have come up with Jeffrey Paw-er but we are certain our Reddit friends can do better. We need male and female options. I understand one cat is black and the other is a brown mix.

We need help coming up with names, anyone up for the challenge??

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πŸ‘€︎ u/sveil96
πŸ“…︎ Nov 21 2020
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The 5 stages of butter
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πŸ‘€︎ u/thinkingamer
πŸ“…︎ Sep 16 2019
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A dermatologist asked two surgeons what they were laughing at

One of the surgeons responded "you wouldn't understand, it's an inside joke."

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Pet owner: "Vet , my birds are stuck together."

Vet: "I'm sorry, I don't understand. It's toucan fusing."

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πŸ‘€︎ u/VERBERD
πŸ“…︎ Nov 19 2020
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Had the wife stop the movie to watch a quick clip. After she sat down I told her" You could cut the dogs feet off".

She said "I don't understand.....".

I said " UN-PAUSE".

I had to explain it to her...

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πŸ‘€︎ u/JJJoyce
πŸ“…︎ Oct 30 2020
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A man is talking with his therapist...

Therapist: It seems you have a severe phobia of marriage. Do you understand the symptoms?
Man: Can’t say I do.
Therapist: Yeah, that’s the main one.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Daudelin1
πŸ“…︎ Oct 22 2020
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I just failed my trigonometry test...

It's because I don't understand sine language.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/hallsguide
πŸ“…︎ Oct 01 2020
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So, I bought a coin minting machine on eBay for $10...

But the thing only makes pennies. I understand now why it was so cheap. It makes cents

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πŸ‘€︎ u/aakashrajaraman
πŸ“…︎ Sep 26 2020
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My daughter was playing with my computer and she broke the R button and tried to eat it.

She craves anarchy.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/coot32
πŸ“…︎ Dec 14 2018
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Life’s a beach
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Quivant
πŸ“…︎ Jun 22 2018
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The chicken police

So my family has chickens and in order to understand how this pun came to be I must give a little background on a running joke my family makes. When our chickens do some crazy we’ll say something along the lines of β€œ(chicken’s name) is on crack.” This was a few days ago so I don’t remember the exact words but it went something like this: Somebody: (chicken’s name) you need to get off of whatever crack you’re on. In my head: Wait a second, I feel like I can make a pun here... And about 10 seconds of thinking later I said some along the lines of β€œOr else we might have to call the poultrice!”

Get it? Poultry + police. Felt like a genius.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/PlatypusQueen17
πŸ“…︎ Aug 15 2020
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For Sale. Old batteries, free of charge.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Toffeemanstan
πŸ“…︎ Jan 11 2018
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Joke I came up with today

So this surgeon always posts pictures of the masks he wears during his surgery on Instagram. He does this every single time he has a surgery, and his nurses can never understand why. Eventually, he garners a massive following on Instagram. So, he goes into his supervisor's room, and he says, "Hello, it's a pleasure to see you". The supervisor says, "To what do I owe the pleasure?" The surgeon says, "Well, my Instagram business is really taking off. I think it would be better for me to quit being a surgeon and focus on Instagram full time". The supervisor thinks he's a little crazy but decides to let him do what he wants. The former surgeon now goes and buys as many masks as he can to sustain his Instagram account. Eventually, he becomes so wealthy that he is able to buy all these lavish things and not have to worry about economic failure. However, one day, he decides to begin posting pictures of medical needles on his Instagram account instead of masks at about the same time that he gets a horrible sickness that is almost always fatal. Because he posts pictures of masks now, his account begins failing, and even though he tries to save it, he's unable. He no longer has any money to treat the illness and is on his deathbed. His entire family is surrounding him, and his father leans in to hug him. As this happens, the ex-surgeon says in a weak voice, "Dad, where did I go wrong?" The dad, with tears in his eyes, seeing what his son has been reduced to and sadly knowing his dear son's death is imminent says, "You post syringe, you lose subscriber"

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πŸ‘€︎ u/TwoPolesGaming
πŸ“…︎ Aug 26 2020
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With so much madness in the world today, I'm trying hard to Compose myself...

But I'm going to need a minuet to get a Handel on things, so please Holst on. There's no Haydn from reality, even if I can't stanza much more. I'm guessing the current madness originated in Britten - possibly during the Brahms age. Alas, I'm so Bizet writing my Chopin Liszt I will have to get Bach to you later when I'm Abel to compose my thoughts on how to overcome. GRRRRR.... I keep forgetting to purchase rainbow Schubert and must write that down. I also have to fix my microwave which Baroque earlier today when my son tried to Satie some vegetables. I do wish he would've refrained. Oh, I still have to go to the Barber as well. But, I digress... Once the madness calms down I hope y'all can Ravel in the moment. If you don't understand it, though, that's okay - it's all Grieg to me and I don't want to cause y'all any additional Strauss.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/andersonfmly
πŸ“…︎ Aug 27 2020
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Dad: Tell me a joke.

Me: I don't think you'll understand it. It's and inside joke.
Dad: Okay. *walks inside house*
Dad: Okay. Now tell me.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheRealStickBoi
πŸ“…︎ Aug 08 2020
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My wife accidentally killed one of her plants by over watering...

I told here I guess it wasn't the right Thyme for it.

Yes, it was a Thyme plant.

(My son is too young to understand how great her eye roll was so I need recognition somewhere)

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Itsmydouginabox
πŸ“…︎ May 28 2020
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I can't believe my wife wanted me to get rid of my silt collection!

It's like she doesn't understand the sedimental value!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/CaptainAmerilard
πŸ“…︎ Jul 14 2020
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The other day I broke a jar and my friend asked why I did that

I replied, β€œyou wouldn’t understand, it’s jar gone.”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/albrrrrr
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r/dadjokes is recruiting moderators, join us!

Update: Thanks for all your applications! Give /u/parin89 and I a few days to take a look and confer!
(if you haven't put your application in yet, you've still got time)

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Greetings /r/dadjokes subscribers,

Years have passed since this sub started up, and there are now literally millions of you. Whoa.

Two million people is just two many two handle for two moderators. Especially these days, when both /u/parin89 and I have two many other responsibilities and a whole lot less time. I'm 200% sure most of you would agree that more mods are needed.

So we're looking for 5 more moderators to get involved. If you're keen to apply, read the rest of this post and answer the three questions in your comment response.

Answer these 3 questions in your reply:

  1. How would you describe a dad joke?
  2. Do you currently moderate any other subreddits? If yes, which ones.
  3. You see a post that is not breaking the rules or reddit's posting guidelines, but is generally disliked by the community. What do you do?

Only apply if:

  • You're a reasonable, fair-minded and patient human
  • You're in it to keep this community a happy, friendly and safe place for other humans
  • You've got previous mod experience from a decent sized community (let's say... 5k+)
  • You're cool with the first few months being a trial run
  • You understand that while we could use more active moderation, and would benefit from a few more rules, one of the things that makes this community great is that it's pretty open (after all, dad jokes repeat a lot and not every "repost" is necessarily an opportunistic attempt to game karma)

We'd benefit from a few practical things as well, it would be great if:

  • You live in a timezone that covers off either the USA, the UK, Australia (we'd like a spread)
  • You've got some automod experience
  • You've got some sub-customisation experience

Don't apply if:

  • You're ready to come out swinging with a power tripping ban hammer
  • You're more concerned about Internet points than real people

We'll leave this stickied for a week and then come back to message a few people and make some selections.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/tali3sin
πŸ“…︎ Oct 14 2019
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The Coffin Joke

Three brothers are trick or treating near a shady house. Suddenly, a spider appears on the first brothers arm causing him to scream in shock. This causes the second brother to run away in fear only to get hit over the head by a dead tree branch. The third brother tries to escape but trips over a coffin. Filled with fright, the three brothers decide to go back home before they are stopped by a ghost that informs them, β€œThe items you have encountered today will kill you in exactly 20 years.” and vanishes into thin air. Understandably, the three brothers were terrified out of their wits and ran back to their house.

20 years later on Halloween, the first brother has booby trapped and spider-proofed his entire house. Unfortunately, he accidently runs into a wall causing a black widow to fall on his arm and killing him.

The second brother has prepared for many years and made sure that he was nowhere near any trees. However, he somehow miscalculated by one day and was killed when a lightning bolt struck a tree causing it to fall and crush him.

The third brother completely forgot about the ghost’s warning and was having dinner with his wife. His allergies were really acting up that night, so he decided to go to a pharmacy to purchase some allergy medicine. Suddenly, without any warning, the entire store goes dark and a giant coffin appears in front of him, opens up, and starts moving towards him. Remembering his frightful Halloween over 20 years ago, the brother starts desperately throwing everything in sight towards the coffin but to no avail. Now there is nothing else left other than a lone bottle of NyQuil. In one last brave attempt, the brother throws the bottle of NyQuil at the coffin and it miraculously vanishes.

Because NyQuil keeps the coffin’ away.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/schosple-collopis
πŸ“…︎ Apr 14 2020
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Circumcision Puns Aren't Funny

My wife gave birth to our first son on Friday. This morning they came to get him for his circumscion and we were feeding him a bottle. The nurse said we were going to have to cut it short. I said ok, but not too short. And nobody laughed. They looked at me like an idiot. Hopefully the internet will appreciate this.

EDIT: Didn't expect this to garner so much attention, but I guess it deserves some elaboration. Yes, this actually happened and we had our son circumcised. Everything went well without any complications. I made this decision with my wife based on hygienic, traditional, and aesthetic reasons, and I am confident in my decision. I am circumcised, and I'm happy with it.

There are times in my son's life that i will need to make decisions for him, and this was one of those times. I understand that some people think I have committed a terrible crime against my son, but I disagree. There are many arguments for both sides, and I think these decisions should be made by family and doctors when the bridge comes to be crossed.

I'm not going to go through and answer all of the questions and insults individually, I have a newborn to take care off, but y'all feel free to hash it out.

Also, I still think my joke was pretty damn funny.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Oemus2776
πŸ“…︎ Jun 27 2018
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A knight was trying to woo several maidens he knew with some jokes...

He had different kinds of jokes for each maiden, as he knew they each had different types of humor. Margaret was first, and the knight stood before her and tried out a new knock knock joke. A boy watching nearby asked his mother, "why did he tell her a knock knock joke?" The mother replied, "well sweetie that's because her husband used to always tell them, so she appreciates them more." Next was Priscilla, and as the knight stood before her he tried out the joke the court jester told him. "Why did the knight use a court jester joke?" Asked the boy. "Well sweetie that's because Priscilla isnt very bright and she wouldnt understand most other jokes." Finally it was Dawn's turn. The knight began his joke but the mother quickly covered the boys ears. "Why did you do that?" Asked the boy. "Because you are too young for the humor the knight uses on her, and the knight is always darkest before Dawn."

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πŸ‘€︎ u/DeChadley
πŸ“…︎ Jan 17 2020
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A lot of people these days are talking about chilies.

I don’t understand? Why is it such a hot topic?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/jlionbad
πŸ“…︎ Feb 27 2020
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The difference between a numerator and denominator is a short line

Only a fraction of people will understand it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/socdist
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