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0 pointseszed5mo ago0 comments

Heh. That's why I'm intrigued by it! My bet is that it's some kind of satire based on that (almost universal) avoidance. Regardless, Mencken's wicked clever, and less-known than I think he deserves to be.

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kragen5mo ago

Comedy is often somewhat dependent on shared cultural assumptions, although that Sumerian fart joke is still kind of funny.

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0 pointseszed5mo ago0 comments

Heh. That's why I'm intrigued by it! My bet is that it's some kind of satire based on that (almost universal) avoidance. Regardless, Mencken's wicked clever, and less-known than I think he deserves to be.

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kragen5mo ago

Comedy is often somewhat dependent on shared cultural assumptions, although that Sumerian fart joke is still kind of funny.

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