Thats gotta be the worst one i have seen so far wow. Whats the opposite of a punchline?
I think it’s a reference to cyanide smelling like almonds. In particular I remember a Jodi Foster movie The little Girl who lives down the Lane where Jodi poisons a rapist. He says, “It tastes like almonds.” as he drinks the tea. Jodi Foster says, “It’s the almond extract.” knowing it’s the cyanide.
So the punchline is setup to be something about poison but gets subverted by the hand grenade.
Theeeere u gooo. And now i look stupid :D Thank you for enlightening us!
Found the clip for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bds6OYX85gA
Tiny detail, its “the almond cookies”
And Downfall has a scene for the second half of the joke. (Warning, while it’s not graphic you may not want the scene in your head)
Hoo boy that was fucked up.
AL-mond cookies.
Oh I got the cyanide reference. Still sucks as a two-sentence horror. Would better suit the plethora of antijoke subs.
It reminds me of all the dumbass TSH posts that only exist to explain Reddit fun facts, like rabies causing hydrophobia.
It’s an anti-joke. I love it.
For real, this is gold. Read in Norm Macdonald’s voice for maximum comedic effect.
Two go through a tunnel. Says the third to the fourth: You, I think we’re five. Says the sixth: I don’t get it.
Cyanide smells (and maybe tastes?) like almonds. For people aware of this there is a subversion of expectation. It isn’t particularly good joke but taken satirically it’s alright.
Smells like bitter almonds, which smell like bleach.
https://youtu.be/WYagO-nup6c?si=WdDJy3PP1yDw8wAl. (I really hope I’m remembering the contents of this video correctly, because if I wasn’t, that would be embarrassing, but I don’t have the time to check right now)
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I have tasted it
it smells like it but it tastes like lye without the sodium taste
but what does lye taste like?
salty cyanide duh
What’s the purpose of the grenade then? He poisoned her, then blew up with a grenade. Why?
There was no poison. You’re supposed to think she’s poisoned, but he meant the grenade.
That’s some Nolan shit.
It’s supposed to be a one-two punch. You’re expecting him to kill her with cyanide, but it turns out you were mistaken! Then he kills her anyway
This kind of joke can totally work in a well-paced comedy, but not a two sentence horror. It’s a stretch to do it in two sentences.
It’s called an anti-joke and I found it funny. It was obviously set up that way by the poster.
Nah turns out its actually a very smart joke, see Blue_Morpho’s reply and my follow up.
Anti jokes are capable of being smart. Lmao
Usually anti jokes are funny due to a lack of punchline, but this joke does actually have a functioning punchline and subversion of expectation. It just doesnt work as well if you dont get that the almond bit is about poison.
hugpoint?
Reminds me of the worst opening line contest.
https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
2023s winner:
She was a beautiful woman; more specifically she was the kind of beautiful woman who had an hourlong skincare routine that made her look either ethereal or like a glazed donut, depending on how attracted to her you were.
I unironically like this
naw this is gold
How are you on 196 and unfamiliar with shitposts
It’s like the Bulwer-Lytton (writer known for terrible cliche writing, who people intentionally mimic in jest) of two sentence horror.
I call it non-medy
thank you :)
I genuinely thought it was hilarious. The first sentence is the setup, while the second delivers a misdirection and finishes on an absurd conclusion.
I would say the opposite of a punchline is throwing a grenade at a motherfucker
Why would he slide the pin across the floor? That’s the real horror.
To advertise to her he’s gonna blow himself up. She’s already got the cyanide, he’s still gotta make a statement
2 second horror is gonna be a gold mine when ai movie generators drop
Isn’t there or wasn’t there a TV series based on Two Sentence Horror already?
For the people who don’t know cyanide supposedly smells or tastes like almonds.
They smell like bitter almonds, which smell very different than the sweet almonds most people are used to. https://youtu.be/WYagO-nup6c?si=E_O44PHdOrSZanX3
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I thought it was arsenic.
HCN smells like
burntalmonds. Not sure about the taste.Edit: bitter, not burnt.
One of the best 2 sentence horror stories i’ve read
Plot twist, his wife was a creature.
Doesn’t arsenic supposedly taste like almond?
I think it’s cyanide but honestly I’ve never checked.
Actually I have both, let me go check it real quick.
Dude, it’s been an hour already, are you going to let us know or … Oh.
No, it’s cyanide. Bitter almond, specifically. Arsenic has no flavor to humans.
How do you know?
You can eat a small amount of arsenic without dying, so that’s been tested. (Plus, death from arsenic poisoning isn’t instant, so you could ask someone.) IIRC, the claims about the smell of hydrogen cyanide come from one person that survived inhaling a very small amount accidentally.
Specifically HCN. I don’t think the salts smell, but I’m not positive on that. But they are also toxic.
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Well, to be precise, certain types of almonds. Actually, the reason those species of almonds taste/smell like cyanide is actually because they contain higher than normal amounts of cyanide, so really, it’s cyanide that tastes like cyanide.
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I think it’s a reference to cyanide smelling like almonds. In particular I remember a Jodi Foster movie The little Girl who lives down the Lane where Jodi poisons a rapist. He says, “It tastes like almonds.” as he drinks the tea. Jodi Foster says, “It’s the almond extract.” knowing it’s the cyanide.
So the punchline is setup to be something about poison but gets subverted by the hand grenade.
Kinda like the end of Psycho II.
“You sure you won’t have a sandwich?” SPANG
