You wouldn't have heard of this forest; it's pretty underground
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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Ok but where is a link to the sinkhole story? I wanna see full size images.
This link has some good ones https://www.instagram.com/thishowthingswork/p/DHofVuXO1Rf/?locale=zh-hans&img_index=1
rehosted
Wait how did someone discover a hole with a fence built inside of it???
Did someone have the coolest secret base in the world or something?
It's a natural fence. I won't take further questions
monky king
The fence looks pretty new
It's odd cause I remember this but thought it was in Vietnam.
Well, it's in Guangxi, which borders Vietnam, so you're not that far off. Guangxi's karst landscapes are wild.
The one in Vietnam is called Son Doong
if I only play the girls sometimes, think women's clothing looks uncomfortable, and don't have strong opinions about my gender can I still visit the sinkhole
If you pay a tithe to trans people, yes.
I can't go because I can't pay the tithe.
How much is the tithe. My friends are ace so I only have garlic bread unfortunately
I would have to check but that might be better than money.
You don't have to pay with money.
Wait, shit, that sounded like a creepy sex thing. I meant you don't need both your kidneys.
Lol
Sweet, now we know ahead of time where to go if the bugs finally take the valley.
i dont get what the first part has to do with the second part of her tweet
I can see why lemm.ee is shutting down.
Hey to be fair I'm a hexbearian and I don't get the joke either 
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The joke is that the first part of the post suggests that the news would be that the reader is trans. The expectation is subverted with another piece of news that is really cool. There might be a deeper layer about how trans people might suppress the realization that they're trans by distracting themselves, but I don't really know.
I'm autistic and I grant a license to dunk to this post because it is very funny
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another one for hexbear's owl collection?
Our Parliament grows ever bigger.
It's a bait and switch joke.
before i can answer i must know do you play as a girl in video games, have a fascination with feminine clothing, and "wish you were a girl"?
i do indeed yes
have i got some GOOD news for you
i still dont get it π
PLEASE normalize explaining things. we cant all be on the internet 24/7 ππ»
The first part is a common implication that the person might be trans, but then switches it up to talking about something completely different.
so youre saying theres no joke here. its just... switching the topic randomly... alright
It's a classic anti-joke. You set up for a joke punchline, then you say something that isn't the expected joke, and usually isn't even funny. The thing that makes people laugh is that they were expecting a joke and then it isn't one.
This particular one really probably only works if you hang out in certain types of online trans spaces, because otherwise you won't recognize the setup.
Even more explanation, spoilered for easier scrolling:
The joke this anti-joke is riffing on is actually also kind of meta, now that I think about it.
Ok, so, if you think you're a boy, but you play as a girl in video games, have a fascination with feminine clothing, and "wish you were a girl", then you might be, in fact, not a boy, you might be trans.
The joke then, is how often the above statement gets bandied about in trans spaces. It's a true statement, almost self-evidently so, and yet, if you're an egg (which in this context means a person who is trans but doesn't know it yet), you sometimes don't realize you're trans until/unless you see this statement somewhere and then start thinking about it. So people in trans spaces, especially spaces where there are a lot of eggs for whatever reason, will post this kind of sentiment constantly. It's kind of funny how often.
So here we are with the original anti-joke this whole thread has been about: the person on twitter starts the sentence that always ends with "you might be trans", but then actually posts a pretty neat news article, and since you're expecting "you might be trans" and get instead "neat underground forest found in China", then if you're me, you chuckle a little, because it's pretty funny.
It's inverting the reader's expectations in an amusing manner
i hope you come to hexbear when .ee shuts down. we love our owls!
you've sure convinced me
im not kidding though? i think you'd be happy here. theres already a couple other owls, and even an owl power poster! but there's always room for more. we have multiple owl emoji stickers! i hope you come 
i wasnt kidding either π
user who is chronically offline and keeps causing stirrups because they're being genuine while everyone they interact with is hiding behind 3 layers of irony and meta-irony
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stirrups
Neigh.
lol great! see you soon 
βI have some news for youβ is a facetious way that people sometimes imply someone might be trans. But the joke is that the βnewsβ is a literal news story. Maybe with the added twist that itβs a subject thatβs nerdy in a way that fits with stereotypes of trans people. Not sure about the last part though.
ohhhhh now i get it. finally someone actually explaining it πππ»
thank you friend
Any dinos down there?