Thats gotta be the worst one i have seen so far wow. Whats the opposite of a punchline?
I think it’s a reference to cyanide smelling like almonds. In particular I remember a Jodi Foster movie The little Girl who lives down the Lane where Jodi poisons a rapist. He says, “It tastes like almonds.” as he drinks the tea. Jodi Foster says, “It’s the almond extract.” knowing it’s the cyanide.
So the punchline is setup to be something about poison but gets subverted by the hand grenade.
Theeeere u gooo. And now i look stupid :D Thank you for enlightening us!
Found the clip for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bds6OYX85gA
Tiny detail, its “the almond cookies”
And Downfall has a scene for the second half of the joke. (Warning, while it’s not graphic you may not want the scene in your head)
Oh I got the cyanide reference. Still sucks as a two-sentence horror. Would better suit the plethora of antijoke subs.
Cyanide smells (and maybe tastes?) like almonds. For people aware of this there is a subversion of expectation. It isn’t particularly good joke but taken satirically it’s alright.
Smells like bitter almonds, which smell like bleach.
https://youtu.be/WYagO-nup6c?si=WdDJy3PP1yDw8wAl. (I really hope I’m remembering the contents of this video correctly, because if I wasn’t, that would be embarrassing, but I don’t have the time to check right now)
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I have tasted it
it smells like it but it tastes like lye without the sodium taste
What’s the purpose of the grenade then? He poisoned her, then blew up with a grenade. Why?
There was no poison. You’re supposed to think she’s poisoned, but he meant the grenade.
It’s supposed to be a one-two punch. You’re expecting him to kill her with cyanide, but it turns out you were mistaken! Then he kills her anyway
This kind of joke can totally work in a well-paced comedy, but not a two sentence horror. It’s a stretch to do it in two sentences.
It’s called an anti-joke and I found it funny. It was obviously set up that way by the poster.
Nah turns out its actually a very smart joke, see Blue_Morpho’s reply and my follow up.
Reminds me of the worst opening line contest.
https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
2023s winner:
She was a beautiful woman; more specifically she was the kind of beautiful woman who had an hourlong skincare routine that made her look either ethereal or like a glazed donut, depending on how attracted to her you were.
Why would he slide the pin across the floor? That’s the real horror.
2 second horror is gonna be a gold mine when ai movie generators drop
For the people who don’t know cyanide supposedly smells or tastes like almonds.
They smell like bitter almonds, which smell very different than the sweet almonds most people are used to. https://youtu.be/WYagO-nup6c?si=E_O44PHdOrSZanX3
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One of the best 2 sentence horror stories i’ve read
