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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) For the joke to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] tor@poeng.link 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nope, had to be cakes out, specifically to piss off the people who get angry when they detect something men stereotypically enjoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Actually everyone listed in the joke is a lesbian... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chobeo@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago Cakey snatch isn't exactly my preferred choice but when in Rome. permalink fedilink source parent [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -11 points 2 years ago (3 children) i still don't see what the point is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because a sexual relationship requires 2 people to touch, so it is a relatable setup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah but like, you don't need to specify that one individual is naked. If that's a required factoid of the statement, the engineer, mathematician, and physicist should also be naked. But there's no mention of that. Now i don't have much experience in relationships, particularly inter personal ones, but to my knowledge, you are generally clothed most of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You are overthinking it. This is just a premise to setup the joke that an engineer deals with approximation while the other two give up because they'll never reach 0. It could be a bowl of ice cream for all that matters, but people like corny jokes, so that's it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago no i understood that part. Unless the naked woman has something to do with that part of the joke itself, then i don't know why it's mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Were you neutered as a child? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 points 2 years ago (4 children) no i just don't fucking understand why the naked woman matters here. Could be fucking anything, a pile of a billion dollars. Three turtles, or a goat, it's the same joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think it's the same joke when it's three turtles or a goat, because the joke is "I think I can get close enough...to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman." You think the same chemicals that turned the frickin frogs gay is responsible for this aversion to sexual thoughts? "Could it not be a naked woman? That clutches my pearls." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) “I think I can get close enough…to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman.” that's what i would assume, but then again it never states anything, so this is like walking into a fucking storage shed and seeing a colonoscopy going on. It's just fucking weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly, it's the same joke regardless so why get bent out of shape over it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i mean yeah, i guess so, but that's not what im confused over. I just want to know why specifically it was written with a nude woman? It never alluded to anything in particular. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It could be a research grant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) engineers love research grants, well known behaviorism of an engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent [–] LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could be fucking anything Like a naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i mean yeah, that's one of the options. Could also be an orphan source. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x10097110@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The engineer will never reach her, but his boner will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago im pretty sure most people have arms. An engineer almost certainly does. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] tor@poeng.link 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nope, had to be cakes out, specifically to piss off the people who get angry when they detect something men stereotypically enjoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Actually everyone listed in the joke is a lesbian... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chobeo@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago Cakey snatch isn't exactly my preferred choice but when in Rome. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nope, had to be cakes out, specifically to piss off the people who get angry when they detect something men stereotypically enjoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Actually everyone listed in the joke is a lesbian... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chobeo@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago Cakey snatch isn't exactly my preferred choice but when in Rome. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* Actually everyone listed in the joke is a lesbian... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chobeo@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago Cakey snatch isn't exactly my preferred choice but when in Rome. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -11 points 2 years ago (3 children) i still don't see what the point is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because a sexual relationship requires 2 people to touch, so it is a relatable setup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah but like, you don't need to specify that one individual is naked. If that's a required factoid of the statement, the engineer, mathematician, and physicist should also be naked. But there's no mention of that. Now i don't have much experience in relationships, particularly inter personal ones, but to my knowledge, you are generally clothed most of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You are overthinking it. This is just a premise to setup the joke that an engineer deals with approximation while the other two give up because they'll never reach 0. It could be a bowl of ice cream for all that matters, but people like corny jokes, so that's it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago no i understood that part. Unless the naked woman has something to do with that part of the joke itself, then i don't know why it's mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Were you neutered as a child? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 points 2 years ago (4 children) no i just don't fucking understand why the naked woman matters here. Could be fucking anything, a pile of a billion dollars. Three turtles, or a goat, it's the same joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think it's the same joke when it's three turtles or a goat, because the joke is "I think I can get close enough...to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman." You think the same chemicals that turned the frickin frogs gay is responsible for this aversion to sexual thoughts? "Could it not be a naked woman? That clutches my pearls." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) “I think I can get close enough…to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman.” that's what i would assume, but then again it never states anything, so this is like walking into a fucking storage shed and seeing a colonoscopy going on. It's just fucking weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly, it's the same joke regardless so why get bent out of shape over it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i mean yeah, i guess so, but that's not what im confused over. I just want to know why specifically it was written with a nude woman? It never alluded to anything in particular. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It could be a research grant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) engineers love research grants, well known behaviorism of an engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent [–] LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could be fucking anything Like a naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i mean yeah, that's one of the options. Could also be an orphan source. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x10097110@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The engineer will never reach her, but his boner will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago im pretty sure most people have arms. An engineer almost certainly does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because a sexual relationship requires 2 people to touch, so it is a relatable setup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah but like, you don't need to specify that one individual is naked. If that's a required factoid of the statement, the engineer, mathematician, and physicist should also be naked. But there's no mention of that. Now i don't have much experience in relationships, particularly inter personal ones, but to my knowledge, you are generally clothed most of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You are overthinking it. This is just a premise to setup the joke that an engineer deals with approximation while the other two give up because they'll never reach 0. It could be a bowl of ice cream for all that matters, but people like corny jokes, so that's it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago no i understood that part. Unless the naked woman has something to do with that part of the joke itself, then i don't know why it's mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah but like, you don't need to specify that one individual is naked. If that's a required factoid of the statement, the engineer, mathematician, and physicist should also be naked. But there's no mention of that. Now i don't have much experience in relationships, particularly inter personal ones, but to my knowledge, you are generally clothed most of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You are overthinking it. This is just a premise to setup the joke that an engineer deals with approximation while the other two give up because they'll never reach 0. It could be a bowl of ice cream for all that matters, but people like corny jokes, so that's it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago no i understood that part. Unless the naked woman has something to do with that part of the joke itself, then i don't know why it's mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You are overthinking it. This is just a premise to setup the joke that an engineer deals with approximation while the other two give up because they'll never reach 0. It could be a bowl of ice cream for all that matters, but people like corny jokes, so that's it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago no i understood that part. Unless the naked woman has something to do with that part of the joke itself, then i don't know why it's mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago no i understood that part. Unless the naked woman has something to do with that part of the joke itself, then i don't know why it's mentioned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Were you neutered as a child? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 points 2 years ago (4 children) no i just don't fucking understand why the naked woman matters here. Could be fucking anything, a pile of a billion dollars. Three turtles, or a goat, it's the same joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think it's the same joke when it's three turtles or a goat, because the joke is "I think I can get close enough...to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman." You think the same chemicals that turned the frickin frogs gay is responsible for this aversion to sexual thoughts? "Could it not be a naked woman? That clutches my pearls." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) “I think I can get close enough…to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman.” that's what i would assume, but then again it never states anything, so this is like walking into a fucking storage shed and seeing a colonoscopy going on. It's just fucking weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly, it's the same joke regardless so why get bent out of shape over it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i mean yeah, i guess so, but that's not what im confused over. I just want to know why specifically it was written with a nude woman? It never alluded to anything in particular. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It could be a research grant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) engineers love research grants, well known behaviorism of an engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent [–] LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could be fucking anything Like a naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i mean yeah, that's one of the options. Could also be an orphan source. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 points 2 years ago (4 children) no i just don't fucking understand why the naked woman matters here. Could be fucking anything, a pile of a billion dollars. Three turtles, or a goat, it's the same joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think it's the same joke when it's three turtles or a goat, because the joke is "I think I can get close enough...to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman." You think the same chemicals that turned the frickin frogs gay is responsible for this aversion to sexual thoughts? "Could it not be a naked woman? That clutches my pearls." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) “I think I can get close enough…to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman.” that's what i would assume, but then again it never states anything, so this is like walking into a fucking storage shed and seeing a colonoscopy going on. It's just fucking weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly, it's the same joke regardless so why get bent out of shape over it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i mean yeah, i guess so, but that's not what im confused over. I just want to know why specifically it was written with a nude woman? It never alluded to anything in particular. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It could be a research grant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) engineers love research grants, well known behaviorism of an engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent [–] LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could be fucking anything Like a naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i mean yeah, that's one of the options. Could also be an orphan source. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think it's the same joke when it's three turtles or a goat, because the joke is "I think I can get close enough...to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman." You think the same chemicals that turned the frickin frogs gay is responsible for this aversion to sexual thoughts? "Could it not be a naked woman? That clutches my pearls." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) “I think I can get close enough…to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman.” that's what i would assume, but then again it never states anything, so this is like walking into a fucking storage shed and seeing a colonoscopy going on. It's just fucking weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) “I think I can get close enough…to engage in unspecified sex acts with this woman.” that's what i would assume, but then again it never states anything, so this is like walking into a fucking storage shed and seeing a colonoscopy going on. It's just fucking weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) You objection is noted Mr. Spock. Man your station, please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) also, if the woman is naked, does that mean the mathematician, engineer, and physicist are also naked? Because that would make a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The mathematician is naked, something about pure and direct truth. The physicist is wearing a bow tie, chippendale cuffs and a banana hammock. The engineer has on his new invention: Assful chaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i like this interpretation of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly, it's the same joke regardless so why get bent out of shape over it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i mean yeah, i guess so, but that's not what im confused over. I just want to know why specifically it was written with a nude woman? It never alluded to anything in particular. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i mean yeah, i guess so, but that's not what im confused over. I just want to know why specifically it was written with a nude woman? It never alluded to anything in particular. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is it really that confusing? If it had said there was a pot of gold the implication is clear that the person who reaches it will be rich. You ask "why a nude woman?" and the answer is simply because, just like being rich, desiring a sexual partner is a common desire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) A pot of gold explaining the rules to you about it ringing a bell would definitely be even more suspicious than a random naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago i would definitely be more suspicious of it. This is probably another paradox frankly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's a pot of gold. Obviously there's a leprechaun involved who will be presenting the riddle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Makes sense. But that would not make me less suspicious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i think it would make equally as much sense, if not more, if the word naked was just removed. It's just fucking shoehorned into it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I thought it implied an erection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago that could be it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It could be a research grant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) engineers love research grants, well known behaviorism of an engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) engineers love research grants, well known behaviorism of an engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I have friends who are engineers and whose job is to turn theoretical research into applied projects to find research grants for their team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago schrodingers engineer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could be fucking anything Like a naked woman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i mean yeah, that's one of the options. Could also be an orphan source. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago i mean yeah, that's one of the options. Could also be an orphan source. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x10097110@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The engineer will never reach her, but his boner will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago im pretty sure most people have arms. An engineer almost certainly does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago im pretty sure most people have arms. An engineer almost certainly does. permalink fedilink source parent
