rustydrd@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down15
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minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkarrow-up21·10 months agoThe Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But !tomswifty@midwest.social is thriving!
minus-squareimaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoTIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It’s like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIt was a couple months before that, actually. I wouldn’t talk shit about a community that shut down in protest.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI’m gonna need someone to explain what that is a little more. I’m super confused.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 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-squareHarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoTIL we have a Tom Swift community
The Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But !tomswifty@midwest.social is thriving!
TIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It’s like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!
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.
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.
TIL we have a Tom Swift community