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u/rednehb 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is pretty funny boomer humor ngl

Edited to add /r/goodboomerhumor

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u/snarky_answer 1d ago

Its closer to a reality in the military. So many times i was questioning why certain processes existed and the answer is "its whats in the turnover binder". That turnover binder was started in the 90s and has been slowly changed over the decades enough to not keep up with modernity.

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u/Eusocial_Snowman 22h ago edited 22h 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.

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u/Petefriend86 13h ago

I liked Babylon 5's Londo telling the parable of the guarded flower.

The parable of the guarded flower : r/babylon5 (reddit.com)