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A place to post memes & images that won't absolutely obliterate your mental health! Memes must not stray into hopelessness and be generally positive or neutral.

I made this with my kid in mind, so that they can have a good, safe place to look at memes, just made to make folks laugh and smile!

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Source: xkcd #1282

Explain xkcd #1282

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see the issue with the consolation price? A goat is a few thousand bucks!

[–] Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The entire premise of a "zonk" is that the contestant would be disappointed. Goats were a common "zonk," and it's assumed most contestants would have no ability to house, and no use for, a domestic goat.

According to an interview with Monty Hall, several contestants actually decided to keep the animals; although rare, it was allowed since the animals were offered as prizes (and they were a lot more expensive than the consolation cash prize).

from the explainxkcd link, emphasis mine.

[–] Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 days ago

In hindsight it was pretty dumb of me to not post this too. Thanks for putting the information out there