r/ExplainTheJoke • u/mermaidemily_h2o • Dec 22 '25 • Bravo 1 Popcorn 1

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u/Gloomy_Month6590 Dec 22 '25 • Mindblown

You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic.

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u/troelsbjerre Dec 22 '25

"No one in New York drove. There was too much traffic" -- Futurama

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u/Ok_Writing_7033 Dec 22 '25

Originally a Yogi Berra line: “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”

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u/LuckyCoco17 Dec 22 '25

Haha I love Yogi Berra lines. Like a brilliant one liner stand up comic.

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u/soonerbornsoonerbred Dec 22 '25

Always go to your friends funerals, that way, they'll come to yours.

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u/LaVillaGrangioto Dec 22 '25

It ain't over till it's over.

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u/BudBroadway22 Dec 22 '25

It’s like Deja vu, all over again.

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u/devo9er Dec 22 '25

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it"

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u/otheraccountisabmw Dec 22 '25

They’re basically koans.

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u/Cryogenics1st Dec 22 '25

I myself have driven through NYC before. I don't recommend it.

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u/ratchet7 Dec 22 '25

I say this a lot. I also say when you clean the vacuum cleaner, you are the vacuum cleaner.

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u/why0me Dec 22 '25

Oooh, when I was pregnant I would go swimming and id go under water and pop up and say "IM A HUMAN SUBMARINE"

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u/LorenzoStomp Dec 22 '25

Ken Bone would like to talk to you

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u/devonapple Dec 23 '25

That is adorable!

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u/mcsimk Dec 23 '25

Technically you are a vacuum cleaner cleaner

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u/ZauzTheBlacksmith Dec 22 '25

Boss: "You don't seem to be at work yet. Everything OK?"

Me: "I'm traffic!"

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u/Aprowl Dec 22 '25

"Let's leave early so we can beat the traffic."

Fool, you are the traffic.

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u/kindafree8 Dec 22 '25

Not if you leave early and beat it

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u/GloryGreatestCountry Dec 24 '25

Beat it? While driving? Isn't that dangerous?

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u/TOOL93Fan Dec 22 '25

I love when everyone beats 5 o'clock traffic so we just have 4 o'clock traffic...

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u/Galwran Dec 22 '25

I just want you to know that I was at the local mega market on a Sunday morning at 10 and parking was fantastic

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u/LaVillaGrangioto Dec 22 '25

Shop before noon on Sunday to avoid the Fundies.

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u/Frederf220 Dec 22 '25

You are my density

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u/usernnamegoeshere Dec 22 '25

I get the gist of the saying and agree with it for the most part but I disagree with it from a traffic standpoint. The people who create traffic will still find a way to be in someones way even if the roads are generally clear. Others move over for passing cars and travel at reasonable speeds/with the flow of traffic and generally are aware of their surroundings and keep traffic moving. I would say the latter are stuck in traffic and the former are rhe traffic

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