@rustydrd@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoWhat's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?message-square78fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down15
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?@rustydrd@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink21•9 months agoThe Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But !tomswifty@midwest.social is thriving!
minus-square@imaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink9•9 months agoTIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It’s like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!
minus-square@Artyom@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•9 months agoI’m gonna need someone to explain what that is a little more. I’m super confused.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink7•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-squareLadlinkfedilink4•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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink4•9 months agoIt was a couple months before that, actually. I wouldn’t talk shit about a community that shut down in protest.
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!
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