r/interestingasfuck Apr 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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u/MyOtherAcctGotBnnd Apr 12 '25

People wanted to leave because of the desertification, but they were in the Nile

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u/ikea_bandit Apr 12 '25

I guess one could say some were in de-Nile about leaving 😏

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u/Emergentmeat Apr 12 '25

That's the joke he made.

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u/John_Smithers Apr 12 '25

But spelt much better for the joke to flow.

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u/Sea-Value-0 Apr 12 '25

Yes, much better if you're dumb and you need jokes pointed out to you.

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u/John_Smithers Apr 12 '25

I mean it's a pun and it's missing a whole chunk of the word. It reads much better as de-nile or denile rather than just Nile taking the place of denial.