rustydrd to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWhat's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down16
arrow-up1181arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?rustydrd to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 months agoThe Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But [email protected] is thriving!
minus-squareimaqtpieAlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoTIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It’s like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI’m gonna need someone to explain what that is a little more. I’m super confused.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoIt’s a type of joke where the spoken line relates to the described manner of speaking, usually in a pun, eg. “Salmon is just the best,” Tom said superficially. The adverb “superficially” sounds like “super fish”, which describes Tom’s attitude towards salmon.
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoWas it locked permanently due to the Reddit API changes perhaps? Or was it before that? I know some subs did lock indefinitely, but Reddit forcibly reopened some I think.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoIt was a couple months before that, actually. I wouldn’t talk shit about a community that shut down in protest.
minus-squareHarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoTIL we have a Tom Swift community
The Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But [email protected] is thriving!
TIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It’s like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!
I’m gonna need someone to explain what that is a little more. I’m super confused.
It’s a type of joke where the spoken line relates to the described manner of speaking, usually in a pun, eg.
“Salmon is just the best,” Tom said superficially.
The adverb “superficially” sounds like “super fish”, which describes Tom’s attitude towards salmon.
Was it locked permanently due to the Reddit API changes perhaps? Or was it before that?
I know some subs did lock indefinitely, but Reddit forcibly reopened some I think.
It was a couple months before that, actually. I wouldn’t talk shit about a community that shut down in protest.
TIL we have a Tom Swift community