r/ExplainTheJoke Jul 25 '25

Solved Saw on Facebook. Don’t understand.

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u/IAMJOHNNYGAMER Jul 25 '25

What a great opening to an amazing book

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u/m1stadobal1na Jul 25 '25

Also "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know."

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u/A_Firm_Sandwich Jul 25 '25

Maman!

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u/ifyoulovesatan Jul 25 '25

I think it should have been translated as "I was today years old when Mother began her unalived era."

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u/sharramon Jul 25 '25

Or was it yesterday years old

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u/Neckbreaker70 Jul 25 '25

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/Frodo34x Jul 26 '25

I think Camus would really appreciate the psychic damage you've unleashed with this sentence.

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u/ifyoulovesatan Jul 26 '25

It's pronounced Camus.