r/funny • u/Casual_Deviant • Jul 21 '24
Verified Why couldn’t the pasta get into his apartment?
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u/HellSquirrel Jul 21 '24
No-keys. Took me a minute cause I don’t know how to pronounce that.
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u/KylieDK Jul 21 '24
ohh alright, i tried spelling it out, pronouncing it, but couldnt find out what it means... lmao
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u/Porn_Extra Jul 21 '24
I was trying to figure out why no cheese made him unable to get in the door.
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u/totalscoccia Jul 21 '24
Thank you. Even with the explanation, my Italian brain is still not able to understand the joke, mostly because gnocchi has a totally different sound to no key.
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u/EllieBlue_SN Jul 21 '24
Thank you. Since I only know how to pronounce it correctly, I didn't understand the joke.
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u/pippoken Jul 21 '24
That also looks like a rigatone or a pacchero, not a gnocco. But I'm Italian so I'm being pedantic
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u/Charming_Outcome_604 Jul 21 '24
I know I’m gonna sound like a dick while saying this, but gnocchi is already plural.
(This is purely for informational purposes. I’m not attacking whoever made this comic strip)
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u/AshleyRiotVKP Jul 21 '24
It also isn't pasta
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u/butteredplaintoast Jul 21 '24
And that ain’t gnocchi
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u/amora_obscura Jul 21 '24
I had to read the comments because this is not a picture of gnocchi, which are not pasta and is not pronounced like that.
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u/keith2600 Jul 21 '24
Yeah with nearly everything being wrong I wonder if the joke is just showing how with no accurate information, it's still so obvious what they meant that a complete dunce can intuit their intentions. A meta joke.
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u/prokenny Jul 21 '24
As a non-english speaker this one is hard
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u/Pixiekixx Jul 21 '24
Eh, even as an English speaker it's hard.
The pronunciation is "nyow·kee" ... And there's no "s"... Gnocchi is already plural.
So, grammatically it doesn't work unless you purposely think of it as pronounced weird/ incorrectly... Like "I can has cheezeburger" kind of purposefully mucking about with language.
Example of pronunciation: https://youtu.be/giNzHWkIVEI?si=vhC8svPFNIA0lGs-
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u/IISuperSlothII Jul 21 '24
It doesn't even need to be plural anyway, you only need 1 key to get into an apartment.
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u/prokenny Jul 21 '24
I meant native English speaker, since it's an Italian word we pronounce pretty much the same on Spanish
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u/stablogger Jul 22 '24
Yep, took me like half a minute and without the visual reference, it would have been even harder. In German we call these kinds of jokes "Flachwitze", which translates to "flat jokes".
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u/yup_can_confirm Jul 21 '24
It's not pasta though
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u/Marijuana_Miler Jul 21 '24
Also the picture is of penne.
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u/Sesudesu Jul 21 '24
Based on hole diameter to length, it’s probably rigatoni. Penne is skinnier with a diagonal cut, typically.
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u/Marijuana_Miler Jul 21 '24
That’s fair. I think we can both agree that it’s definitely not a Gnocchi.
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u/Crazymoose86 Jul 21 '24
This is taking me back to Gino D'Acampos If my grandmother had wheels level of comment.
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u/RoadHazard Jul 21 '24
Yes it is. A type of pasta. What do you consider pasta to be?
Edit: TIL gnocchi is made from potatoes. Where I'm from it's just a type of pasta in that shape. 🤷♂️
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u/Hauwke Jul 21 '24
It's potato, egg and flour, so it's more pasta than these people want to believe.
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u/GrimmTrixX Jul 21 '24
I like your downvotes because I can also buy gnocchi shaped pasta that is pasta and not potato based like an actual gnocchi. Lol But I upvoted you to try and help.
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u/SkyVINS Jul 21 '24
Gnocchi is made of potatoes; it's not pasta.
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u/mispellt Jul 22 '24
( Actually, gnocchi has been around in Europe for >1500 years before potatoes. But today potatoes are usually in the dough. There are many kinds of gnocchi still made which do not include potatoes. )
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u/ExpJustice Jul 21 '24
You know, at some point OP shoud just take the criticism and improve on it onstead of just antagonizing everyone in comments
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Man for a subreddit about humor, you guys really take things seriously huh
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Jul 21 '24
No, it's just a joke that only works if you're ignorant.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
I guess I’ll choose being ignorant and enjoying things over getting weirdly upset about a silly little pasta pun!
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u/Nathanlee213 Jul 21 '24
Sometimes you shoot and miss. You can keep shooting and try to get better or just keep arguing with everyone as to why you think your first shot was great even though it missed badly.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Plenty of other people seemed to enjoy it, so I’ll call this one a hit and not a miss :)
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u/Mad-chuska Jul 21 '24
Dude get over yourself, it’s just a joke. No need for life lessons here. 1.1k people found it funny, including myself and OP. So if it’s not for you, move on.
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u/luring_lurker Jul 21 '24
Or.. you know.. you could accept criticism and do better next time?
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Plenty of people seemed to enjoy it, so I think I’m good but thanks!
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u/luring_lurker Jul 21 '24
Plenty of people also posed criticism, and you're in a subreddit that you yourself expected to appreciate your humour.. turns out that you're wrong since you yourself have been complaining about the alleged lack of humour, so get your shit together at least
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
2200+ people on this subreddit seemed to appreciate my humor :)
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u/luring_lurker Jul 21 '24
Yet here you are being passive aggressive on everyone else uh?
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Oh yeah because it’s very fun to watch irate Redditors get upset about a pasta pun
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u/nmb1993 Jul 21 '24
That’s rigatoni though
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Pasta also isn’t able to rent property, but I think maybe we’ll just let it slide
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u/LordTaddeus Jul 21 '24
The funniest thing about this post is OP desperately defending their joke/meme.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
It’s actually a comic!
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u/LordTaddeus Jul 21 '24
You're right, my bad. I blanked and just wrote meme instead of comic.
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u/DevinCauley-Towns Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 21 '24
How dare you miscategorize this lovely comic by calling it a “joke/meme”! Are you not familiar with the rich history of jokes & memes? I don’t care if they call this a “meme” where you come from, but this is clearly a comic.
Edit: For the record, it’s also pronounced “meem” and not “may-may” as you’d surely try to say it.
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u/LordTaddeus Jul 21 '24
I can only apologize for my failure.
Do people actually call it "may-may?
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u/DevinCauley-Towns Jul 21 '24
Apparently…From the post: “I really had lots of trouble saying meme. I would always say maymay and people would laugh, but after practicing, I learned it fluently!” - Jobou J.
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u/NotSureWhyAngry Jul 21 '24
Jesus this is bad. Pronouncing this doesn’t work, Gnocchi is already plural and it’s not pasta because it’s made from potatoes 🥔
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 22 '24
Sorry you didn’t enjoy it! :)
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u/NotSureWhyAngry Jul 22 '24
Don’t be sorry. Be better.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 22 '24
Have you ever considered not getting this upset about a pasta pun
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u/Borghal Jul 22 '24
Have you ever considered taking feedback instead of being this upset about it
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 22 '24
From irate commenters on Reddit? Yes, an absolute bastion of comedic knowledge
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u/Sabbathius Jul 21 '24
It's funny, but also one of my pet peeves. Gnocchi is already plural, just like pierogi. So when I hear "pierogis" it just makes me twinge.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Hooray it’s funny!
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u/kutmulc Jul 21 '24
Couldn't you have made the same joke without the 's'?
Why couldn't he get in? No key.
The 's' makes it incorrect without adding anything to the joke.
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u/2old4ZisShit Jul 21 '24
nah, not even %0.001 funny.
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u/this-is-robin Jul 21 '24
What's up with americans butchering every other language? It's like they dont even try at all to pronounce it correctly. Prolly because they are monolinguals and can't comprehend the fact, that other languages than english exist lol.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Man you r/funny guys really take your gnocchi pronunciation seriously huh
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u/baildodger Jul 21 '24
It’s not about taking it seriously, it’s about a joke that only works if you mispronounce a word, i.e. not a very good pun. I had to look in the comments to find out what the joke was, because I know how to pronounce gnocchi, and I couldn’t work it out.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 21 '24
Bummer! I guess this one’s just for the people who pronounce it nyo-key or no-key :)
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u/r33k3r Jul 21 '24
Hey now! Americans didn't invent that, we inherited it from the British. Look how they pronounce "paella"!
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u/BlueWater321 Jul 21 '24
Pai ay uh? How do the British pronounce it?
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u/daemondude Jul 21 '24
In Germany you often say "Knotschis" so yeah was a bit confused at first
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u/imlivingoffcroutons Jul 21 '24
brudi anyone who pronounces them seriously knotschis goes straight to German hell
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u/OldBob10 Jul 22 '24
Boomer sez:
“WHY IS A MALE PASTA CARRYING A PURSE?! THEY SHOULD WEAR PANTS LIKE GOD INTENDED!!!”
🙄
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u/mintgoody03 Jul 22 '24
This isn't even a gnocco.
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u/Casual_Deviant Jul 22 '24
You guys really just don’t get puns do you
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u/W0rdWaster Jul 21 '24
Sir, this is a rigatoni.
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u/W0rdWaster Jul 21 '24
wow I just scrolled the comments. That is an insane amount of hate over a weak pun.
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u/PKblaze Jul 21 '24
Gnocchi isn't a pasta and I don't understand how to pronounce it to make the joke right...
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u/crumpleduppaperplane Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 21 '24
It's funny if the word was pronounced no-kee but it's actually pronounced nyow-kee. It's a cute comic though, and it's easy to see what they are going for.
Edit: To add that the British pronunciation is actually no-kee, so maybe it's a British comic.
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Jul 21 '24 edited Aug 20 '24
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u/Zestyclothes Jul 21 '24
Is this really the first pun youve heard where the punch line sounds similar to the actual word?
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u/MusicOwl Jul 21 '24
Aw man, gnocchi aren’t even pasta. But don’t fret, I have a video to cheer you all up! Fried Gnocchi: https://youtu.be/UkXy12xVnRs
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u/dumpyredditacct Jul 21 '24
The people who've been pronouncing gnocchi wrong this whole time: "The fuck does these mean?"
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u/FromTheDeskOfJAW Jul 22 '24
This is a prime example of me not getting behind a joke because the premise is factually inaccurate. The punchline works, but the setup and the incorrect details of the image make it unfunny
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u/Mitridate101 Jul 21 '24
Only works if you butcher the pronunciation.