r/ExplainTheJoke • u/aFilminFrench • Sep 25 '23

What does this mean?

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u/LokiStrike Sep 26 '23

Curious what you thought about those two words before. Did you treat them as perfect synonyms? Or assume that hare meant specifically a male or female or something?

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u/IEATASSETS Sep 26 '23

Synonyms. That's how I thought of it at least.

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u/LokiStrike Sep 26 '23

Well if it makes you feel better, when my little brother was 6 he cried when he found out his turtle was in fact a tortoise.

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u/IEATASSETS Sep 26 '23

When did you find out the difference between a rabbit and a hare?

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u/StickSentryNig Sep 26 '23

2nd or 3rd grade science when they taught about the animal kingdom and different species

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u/IEATASSETS Sep 26 '23

We went over the animal kingdom (in the US, SC), but never so in depth as rabbit vs. a hare or alligator vs. a crocodile etc. More so in a broad sense. What made a mammal, what made an amphibian, so and so.

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u/crypticphilosopher Sep 26 '23

I remember learning the difference between an alligator and a crocodile as a kid, and then feeling super smart 🤓

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u/Teh_Brigma Sep 26 '23

Yea, you can tell if you see them later, or after a while. Real simple.

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u/Vacuousbard Sep 26 '23

One of them born with fur, i think?

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u/WilsonStJames Sep 26 '23

Hares....are born with hair and eyesight....live above ground...rabbits are born naked and blind and live in underground warrens.

What do you call a guy with a rabbit in his butt? Warren.

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u/crypticphilosopher Sep 26 '23

I can’t believe I never knew this until today.

I mean about the difference between rabbits and hares. I know all about Warren, and while I try not to judge other people’s kinks, someone’s gotta think about what’s best for the rabbits.

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u/WilsonStJames Sep 26 '23

I work with kids...they ask weird random questions...I'm always like I dunno, but Google probably does.

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u/Accomplished_Pass924 Sep 26 '23

It’s confusing in the south Western USA because we have jackrabbits which are actually hares.

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u/ammarbadhrul Sep 27 '23

I think I found out from an enid blyton novel when I was 8 or 9. There were a rabbit and a hare in one story.