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A test of wit, should you choose to accept it!
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To be fair I only knew that because of reading a feminist film review someone posted on here a few weeks ago. Not really something you'd ever be taught in school nor something you'd likely read outside of certain websites.
Iirc it's along the lines of "if two women are alone will they talk about something other than a man".
Can anyone spoiler the answer to number 1?
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I wasn't satisfied with that one myself. The answer is apparently the question itself. Grrr. 
Yep, good ol' Bechdel: grab a work of fiction at random where at least two women have a dialogue, are they talking about a man? It does have an annoyingly high hit rate!
I wasn't satisfied with that one myself. The answer is apparently the question itself. Grrr.
Yep, good ol' Bechdel: grab a work of fiction at random where at least two women have a dialogue, are they talking about a man? It does have an annoyingly high hit rate!
I wasn't certain if it didn't actually have an answer or I was missing the point of rhetorical in this context 
. 11/11 then yay!
. 11/11 then yay!It is true. Also tends to have a high hit rate in every day life
(I think that says more about my chosen female friends than anything else).
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I wasn't certain if it didn't actually have an answer or I was missing the point of rhetorical in this context
It is true. Also tends to have a high hit rate in every day life
Yeah, 1's meant to be a total troll by design. But more importantly, I dare you to submit your modified Bechdel hypothesis to the pits of Mumsnet!
Yeah, 1's meant to be a total troll by design. But more importantly, I dare you to submit your modified Bechdel hypothesis to the pits of Mumsnet!
I don't have a death wish
.Although I wonder if by me hearing the convo I've inadvertently changed what's being said
.Schrodingers Bechdel
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Although I wonder if by me hearing the convo I've inadvertently changed what's being said
Schrodingers Bechdel
Now we're talking... the observation effect.
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My inbox spam has set off a runaway reaction of abstraction, I approve.
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Exactly this. Except I definitely didn't find any of them funny.
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Sir, you still win the medal of honour!
1. What do you get if you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? Obvious
2. Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn’t. Not a clue
3. I tried walking up a hill without a watch but had neither the time nor the inclination. Obvious dual reference
4. What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care. Obvious
5. What do you get when you cross an octopus with a cow? A reprimand from the Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics Committee and immediate withdrawal of your grant funding. Am tempted to say that there was something a group did that was perceived to be wrong so funding was eliminated
6. Your mum is so mean, she has no standard deviation. Mean as in the math link
7. A German asks for a martini. "Dry?" says the bartender. "Nein, just one." Obvious because a German would ask for a beer and nein of them (jk)
8. Two women walk into a bar and discuss the Bechdel test. Wasn't the bechdel test that thing who Alien had where it sees how "gender" fair it was some feminazi scheme of women together discussing something not male, nor what men had done or anything male at all?
9. Pavlov is sitting at a bar, when all of the sudden the phone rings. Pavlov gasps, "Oh no, I forgot to feed the dogs". Nope
10. How many Marxists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, the lightbulb contains the seeds of its own revolution. Lame
11. I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it. Ha because Tories keep taking more and more
Oh and no not one of these even raised a smile
2. Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn’t. Not a clue
3. I tried walking up a hill without a watch but had neither the time nor the inclination. Obvious dual reference
4. What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care. Obvious
5. What do you get when you cross an octopus with a cow? A reprimand from the Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics Committee and immediate withdrawal of your grant funding. Am tempted to say that there was something a group did that was perceived to be wrong so funding was eliminated
6. Your mum is so mean, she has no standard deviation. Mean as in the math link
7. A German asks for a martini. "Dry?" says the bartender. "Nein, just one." Obvious because a German would ask for a beer and nein of them (jk)
8. Two women walk into a bar and discuss the Bechdel test. Wasn't the bechdel test that thing who Alien had where it sees how "gender" fair it was some feminazi scheme of women together discussing something not male, nor what men had done or anything male at all?
9. Pavlov is sitting at a bar, when all of the sudden the phone rings. Pavlov gasps, "Oh no, I forgot to feed the dogs". Nope
10. How many Marxists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, the lightbulb contains the seeds of its own revolution. Lame
11. I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it. Ha because Tories keep taking more and more
Oh and no not one of these even raised a smile
do they allow that?
Two men walk into a bar, the first asks for a glass of H2O. The second says "That sounds good, I'll have a glass of H2O too". The second man died.
Two blood cells meet and fall in love, but alas, it was all in vein.
I tried to remember some other good science jokes, but they're Argon.
Two blood cells meet and fall in love, but alas, it was all in vein.
I tried to remember some other good science jokes, but they're Argon.
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Escalation, at last!
Yes, yes, I can feel the dark side rising! Sling your mud, release your bile! Let the comedy sparks fly from your fingers!
Points for doing it right.
At least you've got something to cerebrate.
Sadly, I can't go.
I'm barred from most public venues for incitement to riot and grievous prosody harm. 
My hobbies are Countdown and University Challenge, and how'd you do?
Ho, ho! A man of science -- at last! ... Now if we could just add genius.
Love me some hydrogen peroxide in the morning.
Yes, certainly, just hand in your penis, purse and privilege at the door. Yep, most are lovely people.
Yes, yes, I can feel the dark side rising! Sling your mud, release your bile! Let the comedy sparks fly from your fingers!
Yeah, my friends have a penchant for cycling Indy spam. But considering its effect, I should probably contemplate a career in reverse psychology.Seen it before and I'm crying...
Points for doing it right.
At least you've got something to cerebrate.
Sadly, I can't go.
I'm barred from most public venues for incitement to riot and grievous prosody harm. My hobbies are Countdown and University Challenge, and how'd you do?
Ho, ho! A man of science -- at last! ... Now if we could just add genius.
Love me some hydrogen peroxide in the morning.
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A test of wits? You were half right.
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