The point is everyone knows it, that’s why the joke lands. So saying “I blessed the rains” is enough that they’ll piece it together. Trust the audience a bit > saying Aafrica twice

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itslilith 9 points 2 years ago

i get what you mean.

"Have you forgotten what happened down in Aafrika?"

...

"I blessed the rain"

would have been a better punchline, but it's still really good

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bolexforsoup 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah that’s all I’m saying lol it’d be stronger. Joke’s still funny of course

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Kedly 2 points 2 years ago

tbf, I instinctually know Dunuh duh duh dunuh duh DUH, and the lyrics not as much.

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cupcakezealot 53 points 2 years ago

making dad jokes? you better believe that's a pa-ladin.

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EmpathicVagrant 16 points 2 years ago

Okay yep a paladin named Pa that tells dad jokes is now on my character list

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EffortlessEffluvium 4 points 2 years ago

Pronounce it like Aladdin

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Donut 30 points 2 years ago

Why are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?

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scroll_responsibly 45 points 2 years ago

This is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica”

Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in

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Attaxalotl 3 points 2 years ago

Äfrica

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itslilith 2 points 2 years ago

That'd be pronounced like Ehfrika

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Attaxalotl 1 point 2 years ago

Åfrica?

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Omega_Man 17 points 2 years ago

I assumed because Africa doesn't exist on Toril.

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ouRKaoS 6 points 2 years ago

D&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?

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Stovetop 1 point 2 years ago

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nokturne213 4 points 2 years ago

Anyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?

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Exeous -10 points 2 years ago

Must be bot?

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breakingcups 11 points 2 years ago

Why would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays...

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Black616Angel 18 points 2 years ago

bits

I think its a byte difference.

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Donut 10 points 2 years ago

Maybe half a byte, like a nibble

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Exeous 3 points 2 years ago

Not sure, just question.

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Artemis 28 points 2 years ago

...and from a single meme we see the great divide between Gen X/Millenials and Gen Z. Poor Toto!

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Klear 13 points 2 years ago

Poor guy. Hope he finds his way back to Kansas.

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 5 points 2 years ago

There'll be peace when he is done.

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Omega_Man 9 points 2 years ago

What a great Weezer song.

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VindictiveJudge 7 points 2 years ago

Millenial here. I genuinely like the Weezer version better. I like the heavier guitar and I'm not a huge fan of the way the synth was implemented in the original.

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Atlas48 16 points 2 years ago

new plot hook for my vampire the masquerade game featuring the celetial chorus from the mage the ascension series.

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lord_ryvan 15 points 2 years ago

Man, I've heard this one as “I blessed the rains down in Ravnica”

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MalReynolds 10 points 2 years ago

wish there was music