I assume this is two statements: one without the parentheses, and one where each parenthesized word replaces the word before it. This is a compact, but borderline unreadable way to write two statements with the same structure. I hate it.

Edit: it makes a lot more sense in a live lecture, where the lecturer writes down the first sentence, then says aloud the second sentence while only replacing the necessary words on the board.

In the tree of life, flounders are a sub-sub-…-sub-species of bilaterally symmetrical animals: https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Holozoa=5246131?otthome=%40_ozid%3D1&highlight=path%3A%40Apionichthys_finis%3D3640785&highlight=path%3A%40Bilateria%3D117569#x2913,y-2310,w8.2796

Edit: let me preemptively be a pedant to myself and say that “sub-…-species” is wrong because “bilaterally symmetrical animals” is not a species. Flounder is itself a species AFAIK, not a sub-species of anything. It is a descendant of the common ancestor of all bilaterally symmetrical animals. There, now surely no one will find anything to be pedantic about :D

Sure, but what about Trick IMPLIES Treat?

Why is the text so weird… Is this AI generated? It’s gotta be.

That word… I think it means exactly what you think it means.

Have you been listening to the podcast A Problem Squared? This was a topic of the most recent episode (095 = Friday Fears and Disco Spheres). Friday the 13th is very slightly more common than other weekdays for the 13th.

https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/website/2022/04

There are exceptions to every rule. Sometimes it ends up being “between five and 15” which is psychotic.

these amazing fears of engineering

😱

Sooner or later they’re going to become meander scars or oxbow lakes, when the river reconnects with itself.

So that man grabbed the sword from the blade and yanked it out of the mermaid’s hand without her realizing? It doesn’t add up.

I don’t see how it’s wholesome - the larger dog is perpetuating the breed divide and flaunting his advantageous circumstances, while the lower breed remains helpless.

It’s kinda cute tho

It’s close, but no, the first panel has more than one person

Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist.

Thanks, Wikipedia.

Could have been just an obvious spambot with no relevance, but that’s just a guess.

It looks like a super genetic stock image, and I always assumed that’s what it is.

I am beginning to think this community is not for me, as I need every other joke explained. But I haven’t given up yet… What is the joke here?

Reality is so unoriginal

I’ll take your advice even further: I won’t even try to look up what a “discord kitten” even is.

Wow. Only desperate marketing would call that a function.

The page says two functions, what’s the second one?

(and to all smart-asses out there: what’s the first one?)