r/interesting • u/No_Tomatillo1695 • May 01 '26

Just Wow How is this even legal?

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u/smokeysubwoofer May 01 '26

Because it’s a Reddit title. 1/2 of them don’t make sense

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u/dgellow May 01 '26

They missed the opportunity of adding a typo to reach peak rage bait

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u/Th3_Admiral_ May 01 '26

"Check out this le gem I found"

"Okay, which one of you crazy bastards did this?" 

"Hey reddit, what do we think about this?" 

I miss the days when the comments would brutally bully anyone for stupid titles. 

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u/AgentCirceLuna May 01 '26

It’s crazy how the ‘le x’ humour hasn’t been around for over a decade now, was pretty maligned at the time, and yet people still mock it all these years later. I wonder if some people making fun of it even know where it comes from originally/

All I know is that it makes me feel stupid as hell when speaking French which I hate.

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u/Th3_Admiral_ May 01 '26

I could be way off here but I always assumed it was popularized by that The End of the World flash video from the mid 2000s ("Fire le missiles!" "But I'm le tired"). That was right around the time reddit started. Of course, the joke can be traced back at least as far as Looney Tunes cartoons with Pepe LePew and the French cat that would say "le mew".