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[-] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago

Four humors? Like four types of jokes?

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago
[-] zewm@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Yea I don’t get it at all. I don’t understand the tweet or the screenshot.

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Look up the Four Humors, it predated germ theory.

[-] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I find it crazy how much niche information that some people on the internet seem to know.

Xkcd I'm one of the 10000...

https://xkcd.com/1053/

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's also crazy to realize something you think to be common knowledge turns out to not be common knowledge. We learned about the four humours in high school English because it's relevant to analyzing older texts. I don't think I know anyone IRL who don't know what they are.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Well, lots of folks here, who speak English as a second language. I had my analyzing-older-texts classes in German, where these humours were not relevant to the best of my knowledge. I once heard about them in psychology class, but that's about it.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

English is also my second language, but I still remember learning at least a little bit about it. Maybe it was in history class, or maybe it was as part of the introduction to germ theory in natural sciences class

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