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[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 135 points 2 years ago

Tell me you work in the US without telling me you work in the US.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Not calling you out specifically, but I see this phrase everywhere and don't understand its popularity. It would be more concise and equally "clever" to just say "Sounds like this guy works in the US". What is the appeal that everyone keeps typing this?

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 years ago

AFAIK it's been a challenge some people did on... twitter I think?
Basically it's "Tell me you're XYZ without telling me you're XYZ" and people responded with funny answers.
At some point that got turned around and people satrted to use that sencence structure to indicate that the thing they are commenting on would have been a great answer for that challenge.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Thanks yeah, I've seen that sort of thread. If anything in this particular case it would make more sense if the comment was "tell me what country you're from without telling me what country you're from."

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

Tell me you don't get memes without telling me you doing get memes...

[-] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Memes gonna meme.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Regurgitating memes isn't about being concise or clever lol

[-] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

It may be coming from those popular AskReddit threads, such as: Tell me what you do for a living without telling what you do for a living.

[-] noxy@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

Why did you type out "what is" when "what's" is shorter and as clear?

and did you really need that "just" in there?

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