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[–] [email protected] 133 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The joke itself does a kind of bait & switch, it makes you think it’s going to be a trans joke, but then the last line sort of subverts expectations. The trans portion is necessary for the setup, as the punchline doesn’t make much sense without it, but it’s more a gender inequality joke.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's almost like a garden path sentence.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A gender path sentence, if you will

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

hot damn, that's a great term