doctor: cure is simple. go see clown

chronically ill patient: but doctor, I'm seeing a clown right now and he's not helping

the intended reading of this joke is that the doctor is being called a clown, but I also like people's alternate readings in the notes where a) the patient's partner is a clown, figuratively or literally, or b) the patient is hallucinating a clown everywhere they go

okay too many of you also thought the patient was having some kind of regular clown therapy appointments, so I am hereby revising the original joke. the punchline is now "but doctor, I'm seeing a clown right now and you're not helping." ambiguity resolved please go about your day

there are now people in the notes saying "oh I thought it was a reference to that Pagliacci joke"? goddamn of course it is motherfuck– look. this is an inversion of the Pagliacci joke that correctly places the fault for the patient's continued illness on the substandard care they have received from their medical provider rather than on their own failure to achieve health through a positive attitude. I am never telling another joke again

OP: joke is simple. medical industry is a clownshow

The rest of Tumblr: but OP-

I, aromantic, follow this very devoted self shipper I like the art of on Twitter. I have only now realised that my profile picture is the character they self ship with … on top of an aromantic flag.

I can’t help but envision appearing in their notifications constantly like this and laughing

cursed tumblr drinks tasting flight

edit: thanks all for your help. post closed now, no further submissions, thx

black mackerel tabby with high white spotting

smirking bastard with grievous grin

trans women make this place better

not just the website but da world!

Example art from Tumblr users @poltergrease @teenageclown @randomationality

✨Star Trek TNG Miku✨

a 500 word short story with the same plot as your novel that explores how quickly the problem could be solved by sonic the hedgehog

knuckles gamgee

sonic heritage post

I’ve never seen this one before and it just punched me in the fucking face.

Just like Knuckles did to Sonic

they're letting girls go to jupiter to get more stupider now #feminism

I just crafted 20 of you by accident

Now you have an amazing digital surplus of me

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currently thinking abt ted or whatever his name is

one of the most important posts ever i believe

Look at this fucked up picture of smudge

the world may be a dark place sometimes but there are also 1200 year old paw prints from a happy kitty cat out there

Philosophy tells us that we MUST imagine the kitty purring

I go outside regularly

no you don't

okay fine I go outside weirdly