• FuglyDuck
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    5 months ago

    If…I understand… and I’m not sure i do… it’s a reference to a retort Harris had a while back. (maybe this speech)

    My mother used to — she would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, “I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” (Laughs.)

    You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.

    part of a swearing in ceremony for something. in any case, IIRC her father is Jamaican, so there’s some of that too.

    • @[email protected]
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      145 months ago

      You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you

      Relatively speaking to the American quality of discourse, that’s almost a Marxist dialectical analysis.

    • @pyre
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      95 months ago

      i don’t know why people meme on it. it’s not nonsensical. it just means “you think you came out of nowhere?”… it’s pretty clear that’s what it means too. people acting like it’s some indecipherable saying.

      • @Frozengyro
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        45 months ago

        Yea, or you could take it literally, as in you’d be disoriented and maybe have a concussion if you just fell out of a coconut tree.

  • Diplomjodler
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    165 months ago

    Understanding a statement like that requires a minimum of mental acuity. No wonder the Republicans freaked out.

    • @nieminenOP
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      125 months ago

      Lawls, I posted this only ever seeing the memes and/or references to “coconut tree” - all without any context. Never saw the original statement.

      I looked it up after making the meme, just thought it was funny either way.

  • @Fedizen
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    155 months ago

    Sounds like you need some … context

    • @robocall
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      45 months ago

      You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you

  • @KillerTofu
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    65 months ago

    Well, A told B and B told C I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.

    • @pyre
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      25 months ago

      eastern racists?

  • @[email protected]
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    -15 months ago

    I guess she told a story about a coconut tree. I was assuming it was because memers were encouraging Joe Biden to retire and have a relaxing drink out of a coconut under a tree in Hawaii or whatever.

  • massive_bereavement
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    -55 months ago

    I think you need some context: Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime. His sister had another one and paid it for a lime.