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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Wow.

Holy shit you missed the joke.

The use of the word "activity" here is obviously in reference to socializing, as its directly used in response to "do you want to hang out" to say "already did that with someone/you recently".

It's not referring to any random potential task a person might engage in. Is english not your first language? How the hell did you get to the interpretation that "activity" here refers to doing anything?!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, again, who the hell says "activity" instead of "already hung out with someone"?

Is the part of the joke that the person is dysfunctional in turning people down? Wouldn't a healthy introvert turn someone down in an appropriate manner?

A well regulated person could say something like:

“already did that with someone/you recently”. I'll catch up with you another time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Again, the weird paraphrasing, is why it's funny. No-one is actually doing it with those exact words except to be funny.

It's like asking someonen to to hang out by saying "could thine be compelled to spend a night in mine company, perhaps during the consumption of sustenance?"

Paraphrasing is the act of saying something with different words. Using unusual, inaccurate, hyperbolic or too many words is a common way to be funny.