• Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    So, again, who the hell says “activity” instead of “already hung out with someone”?

    Is the part of the joke that the person is dysfunctional in turning people down? Wouldn’t a healthy introvert turn someone down in an appropriate manner?

    A well regulated person could say something like:

    “already did that with someone/you recently”. I’ll catch up with you another time.

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      2 months ago

      Again, the weird paraphrasing, is why it’s funny. No-one is actually doing it with those exact words except to be funny.

      It’s like asking someonen to to hang out by saying “could thine be compelled to spend a night in mine company, perhaps during the consumption of sustenance?”

      Paraphrasing is the act of saying something with different words. Using unusual, inaccurate, hyperbolic or too many words is a common way to be funny.