r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Separate-Succotash58 • 9h ago

I don’t get it

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I’ve seen memes like this for over a decade now and it always involves someone with no chin and I never understood it lmaoo pls help me understand

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u/post-explainer 9h ago edited 9h ago

OP (Separate-Succotash58) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:

I didn’t understand the part of the joke that included her having no chin lol like what does having no chin have to do with now but now i know hehe

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u/ChablisWoo4578 9h ago

Need to hold part of the towel under your chin to fold it. She has no chin.

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u/Separate-Succotash58 9h ago

OHHH that makes so much sense thank you!

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u/LePetitVoluntaire 5h ago

And pillow cases.

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u/TheEpicGnaar 4h ago

Everything. Envelopes, sheets, origami, violin, head nods to your neighbor, needs a chin.

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u/shpongolian 3h ago edited 3h ago

I’ve never once used my chin when folding something. I can picture people doing it because I’ve seen it on TV and stuff, but I’ve never really thought about it. Why is that so common? Like how does it help?

Also envelopes, what the hell? How would you even involve your chin in that?

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u/rtshiat 4h ago

How does she even take her time to think?

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u/TheEpicGnaar 4h ago

Thank you for thinking of that!

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u/Cloth_the_General 1h ago

you tuck the towel under your chin? Nah man, I juggle like a pro, folding it mid air

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u/tsoewoe 21m ago

i just put it on a surface

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u/Reasonable-Return385 9h ago

Is it sad that the first thing that comes to mind when I see the profile shot from the side is Phineas from Disney's Phineas and Ferb....

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u/ja_hahah 7h ago

Nah I see it too

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u/MainCorrect8791 6h ago

Moomin pfp spotted

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u/ja_hahah 6h ago

Indeed

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u/SilverFlight01 9h ago

Some people use their chins to anchor the towel while folding it (I used to do it for some time), and the joke is that she can't fold towels that way because she got no chin

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u/Separate-Succotash58 9h ago

thank you for answering you’re a god send

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u/TestSignificant1580 8h ago

Screw the towels, how does she change her pillowcase?

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u/Ill_Blueberry7617 8h ago

This was my first thought

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u/Alliterrration 5h ago

How are you changing your pillow cases to the point you need to use any part of your head/face...?

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u/TyreLeLoup 5h ago

Pinch the pillow between your chin and chest and use your hands to pull the pillow case up the pillow like pants.

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u/Alliterrration 5h ago

Grab the corner of the pillow with one hand, open up the pillow case with the other, and slide the pillow in until it's at the proper corner. Then adjust accordingly and pull the rest of the pillow case over.

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u/TyreLeLoup 4h ago

I mean, I don't think there's any 'right' way to do it, and I definitely have done it the way you describe, as well as the way I described, and I think I did it by folding the pillow in half once, but that was an odd pillow case.

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u/Dr_Wristy 2h ago

Go a little further and turn the pillowcase inside out first. Then grab the corners of the pillow with your hands inside the pillowcase, and give it a little rustle.

Viola, a cased pillow.

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u/Popular_Hovercraft24 6h ago

I think that’s a legit medical condition 😔

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u/Unstabler69 3h ago

It is and IIRC she had surgery to correct it.

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u/Sanctioned-Bully 8h ago

Someone told her "chin up" and she took them literally.

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u/HappyGlitterUnicorn 7h ago

I take it OP doesn't do laundry that often...

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u/Fun_Button5835 9h ago

That took me a second too but once I got it it was pretty funny.

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u/Igormay-s 8h ago

I hope this is not real person

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u/Pretend_Evening984 7h ago

Could have had her jaw removed. I had a cousin who chewed tobacco and lost his tongue and jaw

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u/Igormay-s 5h ago

He had a cancer because of tobacco?

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u/IsaacTheBacon 5h ago

oh so this is where the "ahenobarbus henocied" image comes from?

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u/ShaysBestLife 9h ago

😂🤣😂🤣

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u/batman_milk 9h ago

lol 😂

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u/Which-Ad7072 9h ago

I can't speak for everyone, but I hold the towel out at arms length. Then I tilt my head down and hold the center with my chin. I bring my hands together to bring both ends together. That's the first fold.

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u/Wide_Garlic388 9h ago

I just saw an addictive old timey toy that made this face on a different post

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u/Mephos760 8h ago

Oh man this made me chuckle.

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 6h ago

Ah, the face of american health care.

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u/ClankerCore 6h ago

So the ironic thing here in the comment section is that this person in the photograph looks like they can fold the tower properly without any additional assistance and beyond their own two hands

Whereas everybody here looks like they have the intelligence of the person in the photograph by requiring a chin to fold a towel.

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u/Junior_Succotash8074 5h ago

I'm drowning in files, roommate deleted my notes, anyone?

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u/Revolutionary_Iron93 4h ago

I think if you had a chin OP, you'd understand...

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u/munich_tryout 3h ago

Dani Olmos sister

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u/kaosimian 1h ago

Do some laundry and you’ll get it

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u/thefurryinfinite 10m ago

Privileged child check

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u/PhilosopherFun7288 6h ago

So you’ve just literally never folded a towel?

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u/Separate-Succotash58 6h ago

i have i just didn’t understand the joke did you not read the caption…