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[–] dreadgoat@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I actually love this one, because it's technically correct but not in the way people who use it mean, so you can turn it around easily.

Yes, you did get cancer for a reason. Because you insisted on maintaining your suntan every winter. Or perhaps merely because you pissed off the wrong banana.

[–] baggachipz@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my case, it was through no action of my own and merely bad luck. So the only "reason" would be bad luck or a shitty all-powerful deity.

[–] dreadgoat@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the malicious banana. Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean it's reasonable

[–] baggachipz@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hmmmm I do love to eat bananas 🤔 BRB, off to sue Chiquita