• radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I once had three students in one class who were all named José. For the purpose of avoiding confusion, I asked if it would be alright if I called them Hose-A, Hose-B, and Hose-C and they all loved the idea.

    This is a true story. The day they were all absent and I got to ask the class “Where my Hoses at?” was a red letter day in my life.

  • Joe Bidet@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    When people make a joke about a name in a different language than theirs, based on not being able to pronounce it correctly, is it just stupidity, or stupidity AND racism?

    (i guess answer depends on whether or not the different language is spoken by a minority in the space stupid people make that joke?)

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      17 days ago

      Rhyming and punnyness has been a staple of humor since the first laugh was uttered.

      I’ll be the first to dog-pile a few bullshit English contractions that are hilarious, like ya’ll’d’ve.

      Humans are pretty funny creatures, no matter the color.