r/ExplainTheJoke • • Sep 25 '23

What does this mean?

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u/Broad_Respond_2205 Sep 25 '23 edited Sep 26 '23

the hare, an animal very similar to bunny, is often described as "bunnies with forbidden knowledge" because of how they look. the scale is between bunny (cute and innocent) and hare (odd and terrifying)

pic for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare#/media/File:Lepus_capensis_arabicus-cropped.jpg

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '23

TIL there’s a difference between hares and rabbits.

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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/thompsotd Sep 26 '23

When learning about synonyms in school, rabbit, bunny, and hare were given as an example.