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Humour

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Signpost staff found this joke in two parts, amongst the discussion pages for the 2024 Requests for adminship (RfA) reform (see related Signpost coverage here). The image was added for this article.

Three characters with their backs to the reader, looking at a bartender, and a duck to their left

An admin, an IP, and a sockpuppet walk into a bar.

The bartender says, "what're you having?"

The admin says, "I'll have a glass of your finest champagne."

The IP says, "Give me your cheapest draft beer."

The sockpuppet says, "Just water for me; I can't afford a third drink."

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Shouldn't it be sockpuppeteer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.28.124.91 (talk) 13:48, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know, but I'll have a glass of your finest champagne. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:38, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For a second, I thought that said "shouldn't I be a sockpuppeteer?" ☆ Bri (talk) 23:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, a glass of your finest sockpuppet tears! --Surturz (talk) 01:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely not, because the sockpuppet asked last. At SPI the sockpuppeteer is the oldest account. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I know. Do you mean "The sockpuppet answered last? I don't know who "asked" last. Implicitly the last to answer has already got two other accounts (who have drinks), making them the holder of the other accounts/drinks. 2.28.124.91 (talk) 10:03, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, you're overthinking it. When someone is sockpuppeting, the thing they're literally doing is speaking through other accounts to disguise that all of the opinions/statements are coming from them. So the joke only works if it's "the sockpuppet says" — with the implication of that being, therefore, that the sockpuppeteer is the one saying it, and has been controlling all three accounts #ThisWholeTime. FeRDNYC (talk) 13:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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