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Gene_Parmesan on Sept 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless p...

Yes, the person you are responding to was making a joke by playing off the fact that we all would have immediately thought of Great Balls of Fire, and then they subverted that expectation. Ergo, humor.

will_pseudonym on Sept 12, 2020 [–]

Leave it to Gene Parmesan to school me. Can't believe I missed that. :)

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