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[–] teft@lemmy.world 73 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Jeff Winger: "We're the only species on earth that observes "Shark Week." Sharks don't even observe "Shark Week," but we do. For the same reason I can pick up this pencil, tell you its name is Steve and go like this."

(Jeff snaps the pencil in two.)

Abed Nadir: "Oh!"

Jeff Winger: "And part of you dies just a little bit on the inside. Because people can connect with anything. We can sympathize with a pencil, we can forgive a shark, and we can give Ben Affleck an Academy Award for screenwriting."

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's this "shark week" thing?

[–] Bdtrngl@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's a week about sharks on Discovery channel.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Back in the old days of my youth, entertainment options were severely limited compared to today. Shark Week was HUGE. I watched every year.