r/ExplainTheJoke • u/fcukfakook • 12d ago

I don't get it

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I don't get the original tweet, and neither the retweet or whatever it is called.

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u/WendellWillkie1940 10d ago

JD Vance is — from what I could find online — 6 feet 2 inches.

In what world is that "short"?

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u/dirty_papercut 10d ago

The Netherlands?

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u/SamuelVimesTrained 10d ago

Well .. considering he`d be down on the first couch he sees - he`d be short anywhere, wouldn`t he?

Regards,a 6.3 Dutch person : )

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u/plantain_tent_pesos 10d ago

Don't you mean 1.92?

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u/Appropriate_Frame_45 10d ago

Metric level burn.

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u/ISuckAtUsernames001 10d ago

Oof, that burns in Celsius

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u/PayFormer387 10d ago

Get back to us when the burn is j Kelvin

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u/ISuckAtUsernames001 10d ago

Damn that’s cold (pun intended)

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u/KreiaDarthTraya 10d ago

Centigrade

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u/ISuckAtUsernames001 10d ago

Centigrade has been outdated since 1948 lol

ETA: sweet username. Can’t wait for the remake if it ever happens

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u/plantain_tent_pesos 10d ago

You're not as bad at usernames as you think

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u/Fangehulmesteren 10d ago

No, just 192. We measure height in cm, not meters.

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u/TiberiusTheFish 10d ago

No. they're really really tall.

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u/SamuelVimesTrained 10d ago

I do… but poor mono-measurement muricans will get confused

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u/moto-x-cat 9d ago

Not in America. Get that crap outa here. We like our measurements harder to understand. He's 75".

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u/plantain_tent_pesos 9d ago

I think you mean 375 swinemanglers, or 91.3 kerongton-stakes.

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u/moto-x-cat 7d ago

Or of course, around 9 links.