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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago

Had to say it out loud.

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This would be much more enjoyable without the reply at the bottom.

Edit: Found it without the reply https://i.imgur.io/VTJcGSm_d.webp

[–] 3C273@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago

This is the internet version of a laugh track

[–] AlexJD@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Took me an embarrassing amount of time.

[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I still dont get it.

What to say out loud?

Is it suu sticks.

Kuu sticks

Or zoo sticks?

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A coo sticks

Acoosticks

Acoustics

You win. Thank you.

I needed the "u" here to grasp it.

But honestly I think my stupidity on that one is funnier than the joke itself.

[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

ok so far.

It'll become funny once I understand the double meaning. What does it mean the way it is written "coo sticks"? I get the "coo" as the sound of the pidgeon, but the "sticks" escapes me.

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker, but I didn't find it funny at all. I got the A coo sticks = Acoustics right away, but it seems forced. Saying a sound 'sticks' is not how one would describe a sound not traveling/bouncing.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The coo doesn’t bounce. It sticks.

The pun is “acoustics”- which is a branch of physics that deal with sound (and also the term for acoustic qualities of a particular enviroment; which is something that is very carefully controlled on a stage)

[–] jadero@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

There word "sticks" is being used in the sense "adheres". So the "coo" doesn't bounce around in a series of reflections, but instead remains attached to the first surface it strikes.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cooing, is the term for the noise pigeons make.

[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly I would translate a pidgeon sound with an R

Like

Chrooo.

But thats just my 2 cents.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, since when did animal noises get accurately described?

Like yeah.

I mean.

I have seen some documentary using leafs and straws to blow which sound like fucking invitations. Or af least should.....

you know, I am some kind of a scientist myself

[–] pranaless@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A coo sticks.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Pretty lame concert with only one audience member. Are they being punoshed for something?

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I'm going to use a version of this if anyone ever brings up the whole duck-quack-echo thing.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This might be my favorite community outside my own instance

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

"Quack, damn you"