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Up_Vootinator t1_j6ob079 wrote

Reply to comment by darkingz in A rapist and a therapist are prime suspects in a case. Who went to jail? by weakgutteddog27

So shouldn't the joke be phrased "A rapist and therapist...." instead of "A rapist and a therapist...." I didn't get the joke and thought that was the funny bit. If I'm still not getting it, can you explain?

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rusty6899 t1_j6oeagq wrote

It’s just not a very funny joke. The joke is basically just an attempt to exploit the fact that the word “therapist” contains the word “rapist”, which isn’t an original observation and other jokes do it much better and even they aren’t particularly funny.

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darkingz t1_j6oea72 wrote

“A the-rapist” still kinda works if “the” is the title (though a little awkwardly). I’m not overly defending how it’s presented or how funny it is though so you could probably find better ways to present the joke itself. Merely trying to mention that it’s not based on sounds, so as long as you can read English, you should be able to understand the joke.

That said, it could’ve been a number of issues:

  • autocorrect adding an article to an incorrect place

  • general screwup of the presentation

Etc

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