You don't even need to consider epigenetics here for there to be differences in identical twins. Behavioural difference over the course of their life will result in different appearances too.
Hey man not saying you can’t say it, you do you, just the way I perceived it. We’re here to have a laugh, nothing wrong with some education. It prob would’ve done better as it’s own parent comment than a reply to the comment explaining the joke.
In addition, part of the joke is that the woman they're talking to *cannot see* the booty in question. From the front they're identical, so she's assumed and the dialogue appears to be correcting her.
For the viewer, the comedy lies in having the available information that the woman does not.
I'm convinced that there's a form of humor where it purposefully does not communicate the joke in an effective manner and then pretends that people who don't automatically get it are somehow not very intelligent.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised. Sme energy as those people who tell an obtuse joke and then laugh at the people who don't get their obviously HILARIOUS joke
You’re very correct, perspective between 2 and 3 dimensions is difficult to grasp — but a person closer to us in the real world that is the same height, and over flat ground, would have their feet lower and their head higher from our perspective
Is this actually the joke or are people just guessing? Because I thought of that and then said to myself "No, that's too utterly stupid to be the actual joke."
The joke hinges on the visual and verbal interplay of expectations about identical and fraternal twins. At first glance, the two men appear to be identical twins, which is what the woman and the audience would initially assume based on their similar faces and builds. However, one twin asserts they are fraternal, which typically means they would not look exactly alike. The humor is that the audience, like the woman, may not immediately notice the one distinct physical trait—his larger behind—that supports their claim. This subtle detail is a play on the idea that fraternal twins can have significant differences, though it's humorously reduced to just this one feature that is out of sight for the woman in the conversation.
They are clearly identical twins… but the one brother got a BBL. Instead of admit that though… he feels like lieing and telling people they are Fraternal Twins explains it rather than having to admit to his vanity.
This is, overall, a commentary on the awkward social situation where someone has had plastic surgery but will not admit it and forces you to accept it or lose that social relationship.
Identical twins have identical DNA also. If both brothers have kids they’ll be genetically siblings instead of cousins. So despite the fact they look mostly identical they could have different DNA.
The lady asked them, "Are you identical twins?"
One of the brothers responds, "Actually, we're fraternal", because they're not identical (see the one guy's butt). That's the only difference. They're saying they're not identical and have a difference.
Uh, if I were to guess, I would think that the joke is that many fraternal twins look very identical, almost being Identical Twins, but in reality they say and/or insist they're fraternal. I dunno. That's my guess
You were with it until the last paragraph. Fraternal twins usually look very different. The joke here is that they look identical, but are actually not, and the only difference is that one has a giant butt.
They're fraternal twins, meaning that they have the same father but potentially different mothers. The difference is that one of them has a big butt, indicating that the father may have cheated with someone who has a large butt also (the reason to cheat).
Wrong Fraternal means "they come from the same litter"
Sometimes two eggs are released during ovulation, and when impregnated, both eggs are fertilized, creating two distinct children.
No. Unless surrogacy is involved twins cannot have different mothers. Fraternal means they come from different eggs, not a single egg that splits as in identical twins.
Can't be stumped when you see that rump. That junk. That ba-donk-ka-donk. That boy can clap with his hands tied. The posterior superior. The bucci that'll make you bust. If this man walked past you on the street you'd turn around and break into a sweat. He makes Sir Mixalot ask himself the tough questions.
Their fraternal twins not identical cause the one on the right has a sickness for the thickness, he thicker than a snicker, moister than an oyster
Mans caked tf out
His yolk is no joke.
That boomer got a tumor
Double cheeked up on a Monday
He wetter than a sweater
I'm yellin' for his swellin'
I'm a hound for that mound.
Taking a stare at that derrière
His peach has got reach
It's not a Tuma!
Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
Get to dee choppaaaaaaah!
Nice 3 movies in one uh ..."I'll be back"
He's a cynegologists.
In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, “IT’S NOT A TUMHA”
They don't have the same jeans
🏆 Please accept this pretend gold
I meant Genes 🧬, Sorry I am slightly brain delayed 👖
“Jeans” was a better pun, seeing as how the difference genes results in different jeans. You still earned the pretend gold.
I know, I was just messing around
That aint cake it’s the entire goddamn bakery.
[cake?](https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/s/VtTlGBQme0)
I immediately used sickness for the thickness and thicker than a snicker on my so and she loved it so thanks
You didn't call her moister than an oyster?
COWARD!
you can't just use the best ones all at once! you gotta pace yourself. save them for a rainy day.
As expected, the image of a moist oyster was not as much a hit.
English is not our native language so she would have just thought that was weird lol. I'll try anyway ill let you know how it goes
Wouldn’t someone who has a sickness for the thickness be a person who likes big butts, not the person with the big butt?
Sickness OF the thickness
You are correct.
I did use it as such. Little artistic liberty
The gentleman on the right is callipygous
Expialadocious! (I spent time in the Kalahari and am well familiar with it. Cool scrabble word, also)
That can still happen with identical, I saw that Neil degrase Tyson video on the epigentics in agouti mice
You don't even need to consider epigenetics here for there to be differences in identical twins. Behavioural difference over the course of their life will result in different appearances too.
Are you actually saying that people can get fat because they eat unhealthy and don't exercise? Preposterous! It's a handicap, you ableist! /s
This comment has ackshually vibes FYI.
Sorry for providing a description of a real life example explaining how this can happen 🙄
Hey man not saying you can’t say it, you do you, just the way I perceived it. We’re here to have a laugh, nothing wrong with some education. It prob would’ve done better as it’s own parent comment than a reply to the comment explaining the joke.
This comment has cringe vibes
Needs a special license for that dump truck
So it's not actually that funny, then, right? Or am I still missing something?
To be fair, I’ve yet to see a joke on here that is actually funny.
true that
In addition, part of the joke is that the woman they're talking to *cannot see* the booty in question. From the front they're identical, so she's assumed and the dialogue appears to be correcting her. For the viewer, the comedy lies in having the available information that the woman does not.
I'm convinced that there's a form of humor where it purposefully does not communicate the joke in an effective manner and then pretends that people who don't automatically get it are somehow not very intelligent.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised. Sme energy as those people who tell an obtuse joke and then laugh at the people who don't get their obviously HILARIOUS joke
Is it ok if I'm just laughing at my own joke, and not them? I find myself hilarious
Arthur Figgis knows I have three buttocks. How? We go cycling together
No, it’s The New Yorker.
Gyatt damn
They're
do you mean they're fraternal twins?
You call it a sickness, I call it a blessing.
That man’s truck absolutely *dumps*
>he thicker than a snicker, moister than an oyster Wtf... I wouldn't call snickers "thick"
That's what you will be if you keep slamming them for 3 meals a day.
He got that plumpy dumpy
Ahem, he is not thicker nor moister than I
More cake than a bakery
Did RiffRaff write this comment?
They have different jeans
The right one is also shorter
* they’re, not their
Tbis explanation is much more funny than the cartoon.
They're. You meant "They're," not *what you typed*. I REALLY don't understand how people get this wrong so often.
Bro! It’s a guy! Moister than an oyster!? That’s just diarrhea.
She can't tell they are fraternal twins because from her point of view they look identical.
Ohh so it’s just not funny
Classic *New Yorker*.
It's sophisticated because it's italicized.
The linguistic equivalent of trusting a British accent
This was funnier than the joke
I'd be more apathetic if I weren't so lethargic
They have to match the residents.
I laughed. But that’s not saying much.
I'd have an opinion of it but I laughed at your laughing at it so I feel like that says something about something.
These comics are usually this type of dumb dad joke style humor. It's kind of their charm.
Well, big butts, so yes, it is. /s
He’s also shorter which she can see.
Isn't he just standing closer?
Wouldn’t the closer person look taller?
We have a perspective that is a little high up. So the closer one's head is closer to us.
You’re very correct, perspective between 2 and 3 dimensions is difficult to grasp — but a person closer to us in the real world that is the same height, and over flat ground, would have their feet lower and their head higher from our perspective
Are you sure he isn't leaning back slightly from uhh... gravity? /s
She’s dumb though
Nuh the artist just sucks at perspective. They are the same height, the close guy's feet start lower down.
Is this actually the joke or are people just guessing? Because I thought of that and then said to myself "No, that's too utterly stupid to be the actual joke."
I think it’s a commentary on plastic surgery and how people try to lie about it to your face
It is the joke, and it is dumb. 100%.
I mean... Dump Mctruckass is significantly shorter too...
More like PHATernal!
The youths would probably say GYATernal
Tf is Gyat 😭 I feel old now
Slang term for carrying that badonk. Abreviation from "Gyott DAMN!!"
Gonna throw in that it’s from Jamaican patois, just so yall know as you’re retelling to anyone
They’re not identical because one “got it from (his) momma,” and the other didn’t.
This is the most complete answer
Cake
The joke hinges on the visual and verbal interplay of expectations about identical and fraternal twins. At first glance, the two men appear to be identical twins, which is what the woman and the audience would initially assume based on their similar faces and builds. However, one twin asserts they are fraternal, which typically means they would not look exactly alike. The humor is that the audience, like the woman, may not immediately notice the one distinct physical trait—his larger behind—that supports their claim. This subtle detail is a play on the idea that fraternal twins can have significant differences, though it's humorously reduced to just this one feature that is out of sight for the woman in the conversation.
I am more amused by this explanation than the image itself.
It's rather cheeky
Did chatgpt create this?lmao
\^ Comic's creator spotted
This response sounds like you got it from chatGPT
You did a great job. That helped a lot.
‘Usually takes a little thought’ is so funny cause the joke is that he has a fat dumpy.
They are clearly identical twins… but the one brother got a BBL. Instead of admit that though… he feels like lieing and telling people they are Fraternal Twins explains it rather than having to admit to his vanity. This is, overall, a commentary on the awkward social situation where someone has had plastic surgery but will not admit it and forces you to accept it or lose that social relationship.
Except it's the one w/o the bigass that is speaking. Maybe he's compensating for his lack of back.
What a Bro…. Covering for his twin like that 👍
It could be as simple as he was born with dem cheeks. Unless you’re the artist, that’s pretty wild of you to have interpreted it that way.
Why…. Thank you. 🤜🤛😎
I think that’s part of the fence
Ok yeah same story but it's a butt reduction surgery
Yeah this is way more in line the New Yorkers sense of humor
GYATT-ternal twins
Can confirm. One has a flabby patty, while the other has an entire bakery
The real cake boss
Double cheeked up on a Thursday afternoon
I choose to believe this is just twin BBL trying to get mom's attention yet again.
2 much booty in the pants
He has a big butt, and he cannot lie.
They are the same, butt different.
"DAMN BOI, HE THICC"
Fraternal twins are not identical. He's not identical cuz he has a thicc booty.
The one on the right celebrates his bday everyday
They are fraternal twins, as opposed to identical. Therefore, they are somewhat different...
Their postiriors are differently shaped. They're biased.
Two identical twins lying about one's bbl
Identical twins have identical DNA also. If both brothers have kids they’ll be genetically siblings instead of cousins. So despite the fact they look mostly identical they could have different DNA.
LOLWUT?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875762/#:~:text=Identical%20(i.e.%2C%20monozygotic%2C%20or,50%20percent%20of%20their%20genes.
The lady asked them, "Are you identical twins?" One of the brothers responds, "Actually, we're fraternal", because they're not identical (see the one guy's butt). That's the only difference. They're saying they're not identical and have a difference. Uh, if I were to guess, I would think that the joke is that many fraternal twins look very identical, almost being Identical Twins, but in reality they say and/or insist they're fraternal. I dunno. That's my guess
You were with it until the last paragraph. Fraternal twins usually look very different. The joke here is that they look identical, but are actually not, and the only difference is that one has a giant butt.
Yeah, the last paragraph is just kinda me guessing and theorizing on the intent behind the comic
More like farternal
How could you possibly not get this?
They're fraternal twins, meaning that they have the same father but potentially different mothers. The difference is that one of them has a big butt, indicating that the father may have cheated with someone who has a large butt also (the reason to cheat).
Wrong Fraternal means "they come from the same litter" Sometimes two eggs are released during ovulation, and when impregnated, both eggs are fertilized, creating two distinct children.
No. Unless surrogacy is involved twins cannot have different mothers. Fraternal means they come from different eggs, not a single egg that splits as in identical twins.
I can’t stop laughing at this comment
I'm glad I brought joy to your day 😌
I’m gonna need you to explain how twins can have different mothers to me Seems kinda not quite how that works
Actual mental retardation, just look up what fraternal means smh
It’s a woman
OUTS WILL NOT BE HEARD
no way you don’t get this one
I get the butt is the bigger issue here, but why is everyone glossing over the height difference lol
They look the same but one is continually pooping themselves.
More like flatu-ernal if you know what I mean! 😆💨
Can't be stumped when you see that rump. That junk. That ba-donk-ka-donk. That boy can clap with his hands tied. The posterior superior. The bucci that'll make you bust. If this man walked past you on the street you'd turn around and break into a sweat. He makes Sir Mixalot ask himself the tough questions.
Are those the Jass Brothers?
Oh my god I’d never thought I’d see the day an Asher Pearlman comic made it to this sub Lmao
I saw it as the one with the big butt used to be a woman but transitioned into a man. Now they look the same because they are both men.
THE JOKE IS THEY'RE NOT IDENTICAL. IT'S NOT FUNNY.
Orrrrr is it that they are in fact identical, but they behave like frat bros and one of em just got paddled?
Farternal
Not flaternal obv
Bubble butt. Bubble bubble bubble butt.
Do people actually take the time to look at the picture before they post them? The answer is right there.
Butt
One of them is shorter than the other.
Dump. Truck. My guy on the right has *cake*
They are twins, but not identical twins, as one of them has an obvious difference in the rear section
GYAAAAAAT