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Creative_Safety_5867 t1_j69987r wrote

I have heard this joke a million times, I still don't get it. Can anyone tell me what it means?

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Val_lerry03 t1_j69bg05 wrote

The boy is acting like he doesn't know the value of the dollar or the quarter so that the barber can keep giving him quarters. Let's say this game has been going on for a month every day, the boy would have made 30 quarters which is 7 dollars and 50 cents in total because all he did daily was to choose the quarter over the dollar. Now if he just picked the dollar, then the barber would have understood that the boy isn't actually dumb and hence he'd stop trying to prove to everyone that he's dumb by telling him to choose between the quarter and the dollar. PS I tried my best to break it down idk if you're still confused 😪

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soepvorksoepvork t1_j69lf6y wrote

>on for a month every day, the boy would have made 30 quarters

60 quarters

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Musy01 t1_j69ctpa wrote

Basically, the boy is aware that the barber believes he is dumb, so he continues to choose the two quarters over the dollar bill in order to trick the barber into continuing to show other customers how 'dumb' the boy is. If he chooses the dollar, then the barber will stop handing him money since he would no longer appear dumb to the barber and the other customers. The boy is actually quite smart.

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Western-Image7125 t1_j69avb5 wrote

The barber thinks the boy is dumb for choosing quarters over a dollar, because he thinks he can’t do math. But the boy is taking quarters on purpose because he wants the barber to think he’s dumb, so he can keep getting free quarters from the barber forever. So who’s the real dumb one here

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Creative_Safety_5867 t1_j69az5y wrote

Ooooooh, thanks for the explanation

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Western-Image7125 t1_j69c579 wrote

This is a very common type of joke, where there is a dumb person who thinks they are smart but the other person appears dumb but is actually smart

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