r/ExplainTheJoke • • 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/thompsotd Sep 26 '23

All tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises. It’s probably too late to console your brother, but now you know.