14 points

I understand, but it’s worded so poorly. Would .ame more sense if they said they were that 1 doctor instead of 2/10?

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I think the joke is that it’s a rating rather than a sample.

So this doctor gets 1* reviews vs the 4.5* doctors.

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I had the same initial reaction but I think the doctor is treating it as a rating and not a fraction. E.g. a 90% grade doctor would recommend it, but they’re a 20% doctor.

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Or he’s such a bad doctor he can’t understand fractions?

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There’s no math prereqs!

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It’s a different joke. He’s saying a doctor with good ratings like 9/10 would say to stop, but he has bad ratings, 2/10, so he’s going to give bad advice.

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3 points

I like to think this doctor goes up to eleven.

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When reading the joke, replace the / with “out of” and the wording comes out better for the joke.

9 out of 10 doctors would suggest you quit. Luckily I’m a 2 out of 10 doctor.

Therefore good doctors would say you should quit, but I’m not a good doctor.

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I would make less sense because then you would think he’s saying 9 out of 10 different doctors recommend against it, ruining the punchline.

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He should have said 1/8 doctor

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I have never heard of “2/10”, but after a bit of research, I see a couple very loose connections:

  • An accounting term regarding a discount for prompt payment. I do not see reference of this being used in a drug context
  • Smoking something and rocking the pipe back and forth between the “2” and “10” positions on a clock. I do not think this applies to cocaine, or even “crack”
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It’s a 5 star rating joke.

And you don’t smoke cocaine

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3 points

Welllllll

It’s a 10 star rating joke tbh

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2 points

That’s crack, yo.

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2 points

Not with that attitude, you don’t.

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3 points

Dr Leo Spaceman?

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