The old Lemmaroo
I'm getting a "could not resolve URL" break in the chain here. How best to fix?
- lemmy.world Wholesome Gang Moment - Lemmy.World
EDIT: The gangs went to beat up the homophobe, NOT the tutor.
My first switcharoo! Hope I did okay. Please let me know if I messed up.
Start of chain - https://lemmy.world/comment/5381868 Chain terminates at kbin.social/m/switcharoo
This post will be updated regularly.
'Lemmaroo' is a portmanteau of 'Lemmy' and 'switcharoo'. The latter word is the name that was given to a long-standing tradition, originating from Reddit, wherein users try to form a long chain of linked comments across posts in various communities wherein a play on words has been made based on someone's unintentional ambiguity.
If you still use reddit, r/switcharoo explains it perfectly, the key takeaway being:
>A switcharoo occurs when a witty [lemmy user] feigns ignorance about which of two subjects in a post (typically an image) is more comment-worthy. > > These 'roos are linked in a chain; this [community] keeps track of the most recent link.
If not, here's a summary of the key rules:
Rules of the game:
- Someone makes a comment which has some unintended ambiguity, and another replies with a joke based on the ambiguity.
- You then reply with “Ah, the old switcharoo” (or {thing}aroo), and include a link to the most recent switcharoo comment, which is the latest post in this community.
- Then, post a link to your comment here to grow the chain. Please follow the convention of:
"Switcharoo: Thing A vs. Thing B"
when titling your post. You may want the link to point to a comment one or two levels above your switcharoo so readers have enough context to get the joke. - As per the tradition, others can then reply to your Lemmaroo comment with "Hold my {subject of the ambiguity}, I'm going in!", and then "Hello future people!".
Example comment thread:
User 1: "I can't get my kids to eat their vegetables" (introduces the subjects - the kids and the vegetables) User 2: "You should eat them then" (ambiguity - the kids or the vegetables?) User 3: "Are you telling OP to eat their kids?!" (follow-up) User 4/YOU: "Ah, the old [switcharoo](link to latest post here)" (this is the roo comment) User 5: "Hold my kids, I'm going in!" User 6: "Hello future people!"
Community rules:
- Don't spam and be nice
- Make sure it's not the same user making the set-up and the punchline, and ensure both subjects involved in the switcharoo have been correctly introduced
- Title your posts as per the convention of:
"Switcharoo: Thing A vs. Thing B"
- Always link to the latest post so the chain doesn't branch out
- Mods have ultimate say over what is or isn't a roo
- Only link posts please
The switcharoo chain is forked, unfortunately. If you make a new switcharoo, please skip over this one and link to the previous switcharoo.
- lemm.ee [Old repost from Imgur] My sister's boyfriend was born with an underdeveloped hand. This was their Halloween costume - lemm.ee
Not actually my picture. I stole this and kept the original title. Source: https://imgur.com/wIhWelK [https://imgur.com/wIhWelK]
- https:// feddit.de /comment/2462435
Unfortunately, it doesn't link to the first post in this community.