rustydrd@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 个月前What's your favorite community on Lemmy that has no equivalent elsewhere?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-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 · 8 个月前message-square81fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·8 个月前The Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But !tomswifty@midwest.social is thriving!
minus-squareimaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 个月前TIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It’s like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 个月前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.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 个月前It was a couple months before that, actually. I wouldn’t talk shit about a community that shut down in protest.
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 个月前I’m gonna need someone to explain what that is a little more. I’m super confused.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 个月前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.
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