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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 92 points 5 days ago (8 children)

It's all connected. It's a series of tubes.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 5 days ago

we are just very fine sieves

[–] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago

The body, it's not, it's not something you can just dump something on, it's not a big truck.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 5 days ago

Like how when you kiss you're just connecting a long tube from your ass to theirs.

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure the internet is really a big truck.

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nope, it's a tiny black box with a red LED on top of Big Ben.

[–] SystemDisc@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They’re referencing this (or perhaps the original speech, but this remix was super popular on the internet back in the day): https://youtu.be/_cZC67wXUTs

[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ah OK, thx, I was only familiar with "the internet is a series of tubes".

I was referencing an episode of The IT Crowd.

https://youtu.be/iDbyYGrswtg?is=FbCqs22ozJRmvuhv

[–] SystemDisc@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

Glad to drop some ye olde internet knowledge

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I wish there was so much more of that show.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wish Graham Linehan wasn't a transphobic pos

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

💯. It would have to be without his involvement.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We are essentially a coiled tube surrounded by a maintenance apparatus.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Would you still love me if I was?

[–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Okay Art Vandelay

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

So your saying our bodies are the original Internet?

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago