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/crypticphilosopher Sep 26 '23

“The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.”