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If finding parallels is the game, then this Twitter account is the winner.

It's called "True, I Guess..." and it shares — you guessed it — pictures of things that are technically true. It sounds simple, but believe me, just a couple of its tweets can make you question both your existence and the world around you.

Are nightmares dreams? Or free horror movies that you produce, direct, and star in? Do you have a skeleton inside you? Or are you (the brain) inside of a skeleton?

Continue scrolling and you tell me!

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A few months ago, my colleague Jonas wrote a piece on a subreddit with the same kind of energy as this Twitter account. Check it out if you haven't already!

Back then, Jonas compared these "obvious" remarks to dad jokes and I gotta say, I probably agree. Dad jokes are simultaneously beloved and maligned, deeply ingrained in the intimacies of family life, and yet universal and public enough to have a cult following.

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If there's one thing that describes dad jokes, it's wordplay. You know it goes, "Hey, do you know what time my dentist appointment is? Tooth-hurty." "Why do they always build fences around cemeteries? Because people are dying to get in." 

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Stanley Dubinsky, an English professor at the University of South Carolina and the father of two young-adult sons, is a real enthusiast of dad jokes, mostly of the non-pun variety; he likes to deliberately mispronounce words sometimes, just to hear his kids groan and scoff exasperatedly. 

"I take a little bit of perverse pleasure in causing them some embarrassment when I speak," Dubinsky said. "Your kids are embarrassed by you anyway, so the next best thing [to them laughing in earnest at your jokes] is to level with that."

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But Dubinsky is also a linguist and the co-author of the book Understanding Language Through Humor, and as he explains it, there's a particular type of wordplay that gives a joke the dubious distinction of being a dad joke.

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"Most jokes rely on some semantic ambiguity or grammatical ambiguity. The things people call dad jokes are the ones where the ambiguity is crushingly obvious," he explained.

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ravina nimje
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can be picky eaters, like what if they only keep on eating bacon forever. I bet 600 pounds is a small number.

Vicky Z
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely not true! Picky eaters have more chances to be overweight cause probably they don't eat properly especially if you exclude whole food categories from your nutrition or eat only junk!

Carol Emory
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well this statement is false. My son is autistic and a very picky eater. But what he does like to eat are things that aren't healthy and what he doesn't like are a lot of the healthier foods. You can be a picky eater and still be overweight.

Shelby Jackson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He never sugar coated or coddled anyone. He was very upfront with them and called out family and friends who enabled the bad eating habits. No nonsense doctor for sure.

Id row
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love Dr. Now. They should have a doll of him where you press his belly and it says, "Why you eat so much?"

WilvanderHeijden
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dr. Now can be brutally honest. "I've been meticulously following the diet." "No, you haven't because you're 3 pounds heavier than 2 weeks ago."

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Dodo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What if you're picky about only eating fatty foods?

DarkAngelNic
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am a very picky eater and I am very overweight so this doctor is wrong.

JeannevB
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I read his comment I hear his voice and accent in my head.

Dre Mosley
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dr. Now is savage. He doesn't hold back. The people on that show are completely delusional and don't need anything sugar coated.

Sofie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I understand people who disagree with this, but I think what picky might mean for him is that you only want what's best/highest quality all the time.

Marnie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then he's using the word completely differently from the rest of the English-speaking world, which would make him not very bright.

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Leslie Burleson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Making fun of morbidly obese people isn't funny. It's judgmental bullying . You don't know what that woman has been through in life to get where she is. She may not be intelligent enough , or she may not have been taught about proper nutrition , which is usually common among lower income populations. Making fun of people is mean, it's not comedy. Making fun of people in good nature is ok, but this isn't that

Jasmine
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well he's not making fun of her, he's putting the finger where it hurts. Ppl tend to lie to themselves when it comes to their eating habits. It's important to speak out the truth to change things

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Jill Tremblay
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think this should be posted on here. Just makes me feel bad for this person.

Victoria Lenny
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

smh why are ppl still soo fatphobic its gross. ppl gain weight for a ton of reasons, none of which are ur business :)

Stephanie Keith
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No fat shaming here. There is no malicious intent. He is literally telling them what they are already doing. If he were calling them fat pigs or saying mean things. Then yes, I'd agree with you. But a lot of people obviously cannot differentiate between fat shaming and a person telling you what is healthy and not healthy. There is a difference. Plus this is their doctor he has every right and all the business to be telling them exactly what they're doing. People have got to stop acting like those that are trying to help or somehow the bad guy.

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Cynthia M. Vatani
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just want to say that my friends and I are obsessed with My 600 Pound Life!!💟💟 I know that's crazy, right? A dear friend of mine who is a Nationally Syndicated Radio Host even has this great, super talented Comedian by the name of Benji Brown and he does the Character of "The Van" that picks Dr. Nowzardian's (👏👏💚🤍❤) New Patients...whoooo It will have you on the floor laughing 🤣 😃 😀. I personally think Agha Dr. Nowzardian can be a Savage sometimes with his remarks but hey we've all needed that someone to 'gather us up' from time to time. 🥰🥰 Bon Appétit, ya'll.

Mewregaurd Hissyfit
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course she's a picky eater!!!! She's got to pick up everything she eats to be able to shove it in her mouth!!!

⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or we could not fat-shame people, especially seeing as much of weight is genetic. two people with similar lifestyles can eat the same meals and gain vastly different amounts of weight. that works too.

Theodore Theodora
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3 years ago

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Stop with the fat-shaming. This isn't clever; it's cruel.

Sara DeBerg
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its not fat shaming or cruel. These ppl need a wake up call otherwise they could/will die from all the health issues.

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