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Took me a minute to get this (midwest.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by seahorse@midwest.social to c/memes@midwest.social

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[–] CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I still don't :(

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

With the capitalization, I'm thinking the NBs' names are "Tooth" and "Nail." I think it’s a joke about NBs picking non-gendered preferred names.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I searched for a better explanation than this but I'm pretty sure you're right and the joke is just kind of a stretch

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago

It's certainly not a good joke.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

TIL non-binary people name themselves after school bullies from PG-rated movies from the 1990s.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think we each have to take a minute. Their minute doesn’t count for us.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

… I took a few minutes and still don't get it. In my defense I'm stupid and on top of that my native language isn't English, and puns often just don't click for me

[–] eatthecake@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I am a native English speaker and I don't get it either. I googled 'what are teeth and nails made of' to try and give myself a clue and got this delightful generative bullshit response:

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Fighting tooth and nail" is a phrase meaning you're in a desperate struggle, using everything available to you. By capitalizing it, it also turns tooth and nail into people with non-gendered names. That's all there is to it, it's just a pun.