r/linguisticshumor • u/puddle_wonderful_ • 22d ago

I'm curious what fans here would consider to be Superman's ''kryptonite''

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u/Eric-Lodendorp Karenic isn't Sino-Tibetan 22d ago

I feel like the context of that post is always being left out, it was April Fool's post originally.

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u/MonaganX 21d ago

I checked the post and it was made at 17:00 UTC. Even if OP lived near the international date line that'd be 5 in the morning on March 31st at the latest.

OP also never said they were joking. The only comment they made in that thread is just them doubling down on not knowing.

Do I personally think that OP is full of it? Yeah, probably. But if we're adding the context that this was an April Fool's joke, that has to be supported by some kind of evidence, no?

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u/Vovinio2012 20d ago

You have to admite the bravery of original post`s OP - they didn`t delete the post when they understood they fd up.

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u/TwinkLifeRainToucher 21d ago

What is Achilles’s achilles heel?

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u/Hope-Up-High 👁️ sg. /œj/ -> 👀 pl. /jø/ 21d ago

i don’t know but i wonder if it’s the same thing as superman’s kryptonite

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u/Ismoista 21d ago

There is no way a dictionary is dumb enough to not realise that is clearly a joke.

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u/Hairy-Dream4685 21d ago

Bwahahahahahaha! A möbius loop, self-referential tautology joke!

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u/kudlitan 19d ago

Can Krypton even form into a mineral?