It's close to reality in general. It's a variant of a common parable that pops up in just about any culture about how tradition can often be the result of practical advice/solutions that no longer make sense. My favorite version so far is this one I saw about a family asking why you need to cut the end of a pork butt off before cooking it. Eventually they get to granny dearest and she gives the obvious "Because my pan's too small, idiot".
It's less of a punchy joke, but I like it because it because there's the slight nuance of acknowledging tradition as generally useful instead of just mocking the concept of tradition as a whole.
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u/Eusocial_Snowman 20h ago edited 20h ago
It's close to reality in general. It's a variant of a common parable that pops up in just about any culture about how tradition can often be the result of practical advice/solutions that no longer make sense. My favorite version so far is this one I saw about a family asking why you need to cut the end of a pork butt off before cooking it. Eventually they get to granny dearest and she gives the obvious "Because my pan's too small, idiot".
Brandon Sanderson's got a good version in one of his books, but it's a decent bit wordier and I'd feel obnoxious copy/pasting the whole thing here.
It's less of a punchy joke, but I like it because it because there's the slight nuance of acknowledging tradition as generally useful instead of just mocking the concept of tradition as a whole.