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Borat came out twenty years ago this year–closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today–but it honestly feels like it’s been even longer, somehow.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3237/
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MAH WAIFE
I have an announcement to make.
Shadow the hedgehog is a bitch!
He pissed on my fucking wife. It’s true, he took out his hedgehog dick and pissed on her. And then he said it was “this big” and I said “that’s disgusting!”
The title text is necessary on this one.
Why?
It explains the “my wife” reference, which isn’t immediately clear from the statement about “my husband”. At least to my pop culture illiterate brain.
For me it’ll always be Kimura-sensei from Azumanga Daioh: “MAI WAIFU”
Ah just when I had forgotten he exists. I don’t like thinking about this guy lmao, his existence is cursed.
“High school is high school!”
And for centuries after the bombs were dropped and all human life extinguished xkcdbot kept plugging along, posting the ancient texts. Its karma points have dropped a bit since human extinction, but it is undeterred.
Wawaweewa!
VERY NICE!
I thought this was referencing Will Smith at the Oscars until I read the alt text.
The comic says “After two decades”…
Was Borat before the Will Smith thing? I don’t know. The past is such a long and windy place.
Randall Munroe loves to do these “x was closer to y than today” comparisons and while they’re interesting they dont help with the existential thinking
Huh. Never saw it.
Another win.
I would not have thought of Borat without the alt text. My mind went to Henry Youngman “Take my wife… please”
A solution is “my partner”. Although I don’t use it myself, I think it’s a better term, if the relationship is a good one.
That’s good when you’re not married. “My spouse” is a good neutral term when you’re married
“Lady of the manor” if you really want to take the piss
Thought he meant Adam Buxton
Unfortunately I’m not sure Buckles is quite the cultural phenomenon that Borat was. I am sure he’s okay with that though.
taxi driver ?
