If I read it, will I understand why “feet” is in the sneeze-causing list?
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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Isn’t this a joke from Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
Deebster@programming.dev 1 year ago
NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I read it as a joke of increasing absurdity. Sniffing pepper makes people sneeze so that one works (besides the trying to make a plant sneeze part). He got a bit distracted by experiment 2 and mixed up the involuntary reactions sneezing and tickling and tries to tickle it with a feather. He then gets further distracted between experiment 2 and 3, and tests feet which are commonly ticklish.
When I break it down like this you can see that it is a very funny joke, as one can always tell from a detailed explanation of the joke.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The smell?
nodimetotie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I also don’t get it. Not everything that smells causes you to sneeze. None of the methods actually make sense. A feather tickles you, not makes you sneeze. And the pepper? The experiment is invalid. Did not disprove the hypothesis, needs more testing.
Masimatutu@mander.xyz 1 year ago
It is.
nodimetotie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Huh, that photo even appears on the webpage