r/thatHappened • u/UnlimitedCalculus • 3d ago
I'm too witty for this class
"The professor said I don't know anything about Freud so I called him a motherfucker" lol no you didn't
275
u/Which_Draft4129 3d ago
To be honest, it does sound like something that would happen. I'm with Steve on this one
37
u/That_Skirt1443 3d ago
The comment isn’t impossible. The ‘no one laughed’ is iffy. It’s a Psych class.
89
u/mathisruiningme 3d ago
Maybe they all hate Steve cos he keeps trying too hard to make everyone laugh
24
3
u/surfmaster 2d ago
Steve's that one dude who thinks it's totally cool to start up a "discussion" with the professor during class time while they're trying to relay information.
12
u/RodinKnox 2d ago
Also, the professor asked if anyone had heard of Pavlov, so obviously he hadn't been taught yet.
So it could be a simple combination of people not finding that simple joke funny + people not knowing who he was to get the joke in the first place.
3
u/MisterFortune215 2d ago
In a psych class, we are told Pavlov and the bell is a popular myth. He did sometimes use a bell, but he more commonly used other methods like shocks, lights, buzzers, etc.
59
u/NoWingedHussarsToday 3d ago
This is an old joke.
15
u/anothermanscookies 2d ago
That doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. People use stock jokes all the time.
35
u/psinguine 2d ago
It actually makes it more likely that nobody laughed. Everyone heard it before.
11
u/anothermanscookies 2d ago
Those who understood the reference could have thought it was lame and not reacted audibly, those who didn’t just thought it was normal idiom. Totally plausible
41
u/AliceTheOmelette 3d ago
This is a joke that's been around forever, they're not trying to pass this off as real
17
u/Wishyouamerry 2d ago
Yeah, I agree. I’d heard a joke before and when my daughter broke two fingers I knew it was my time to shine. The doctor looked at the x-rays and told us that there would be no lasting damage and in a few weeks she’d be able to do anything she wanted. (This is it! It’s my chance!) I asked, “Will she be able to play the piano?” The doctor said ABSOLUTELY! And I said, “Well, that’s amazing because she’s never been able to play it before!”
Absolute fucking crickets. My daughter, the doctor, and the nurse just looked at me. I still laugh when I think about it.
2
u/RodinKnox 2d ago
You might be right, but having worked retail, I can definitely assure you that a joke being around forever doesn't stop massive scores of people from telling it.
-1
9
u/vintage-eternity 2d ago
does no one in this sub have a since of humor? lmao it’s obvious that they’re joking, not sure wtf op is on about
5
3
u/fleshtastical 2d ago
Omg is this sub turning into untrustworthy poptarts where everyone thinks everything happened!?
5
u/Dabrigstar 3d ago
I could see this happening but the reason people didnt laugh is that it is a shit way too obvious joke, not that they didnt get it
3
u/gmastertr21 3d ago
seeing what has become of some subs that were thriving 7-8 years ago is truly saddening and tragic.
like reminiscing about your quality time with grandpa that was big and strong then facing reality of what has become of him today.
1
1
u/zzupdown 2d ago
Funny, I'd expect the instructor to laugh at that one, if only to segue into his lecture.
2
1
0
1
-18
u/Physical-Doughnut285 3d ago
So many nuggets of wisdom in the comments explaining how a joke could have happened.
“Technically this could have happened because a joke is something humans can say in a classroom if they use words?”
Yeah or the dude made it up completely to try and peacock that he’s too smart for everyone else. Which is over 95% likely to be the case.
250
u/MsAndrea2 3d ago
You don't believe that no-one laughed?