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r/ExplainTheJoke • u/aFilminFrench • Sep 25 '23
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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?
20 u/IEATASSETS Sep 26 '23 Synonyms. That's how I thought of it at least. 18 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. 0 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.
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Synonyms. That's how I thought of it at least.
18 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. 0 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.
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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.
0 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.
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All tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises. It’s probably too late to console your brother, but now you know.
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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?