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Shigeo Kageyama optical illusion

[REPOST] Art by me ✨

I've noted before that my favorite punchline on Tumblr is "hang on, gotta look something up/okay that's funny."

Let me explain why:

It is a way to say "I don't get it" without blaming the joke or the teller.

It is a tacit admission of ignorance without shame or judgement.

It assumes responsibility for acquiring the knowledge the respondent doesn't already have.

It cues other people who Don't Get It to do the look-up themselves, allowing them to get that full impact of Getting It without derailing the post with explanations.

It gives subsequent readers, whether or not THEY got the joke, a little frisson of good feelings when they realize that someone else is now In On The Joke.

This is interesting this information has shared by Sudanese activists and journalists two years ago, but there is radio silence. So why is it coming out now? Is it because Sudan is entering its 4th year of the genocide? Either way look at how news outlets from the West deliberately pick and choose which pressing matter is worth sharing or not!

Please talk about Sudan at the same time! Boycott the UAE, donate to fundraisers and grassroots organizations and protest in the streets! Consider helping my friend, Randa (@rnd8) in the meantime. She is a Sudanese living Rwanda. She has raised funds to evacuate her family and we have achieved the goal, so she is extending a helping hand to her cousin, Maryuma, and her two young children, Rayan and Reem! They are in Khartoum, the capital, and they need to evacuate to Egypt!

This is a legitimate fundraiser via association. Randa's fundraiser has been shared by two sources: Jin (@/jinforjustice on IG), and @/northgazaupdates! You can read more about it here.

Please donate here.

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