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  1. A parakeet dead from the high temperatures… :(

  2. Ah no, it’s a corn

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

elote - m. Mazorca tierna de maíz, que se consume, cocida o asada, como alimento en México y otros países de América Central. Del náhuatl élotl.

Ok, so in Mexico it's called elote because the name comes from nahuatl. In South American it's called choclo because the name comes from quechua (choccllo) and in Spain it's called maíz because it's from taíno word mahís.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 10 hours ago

If you need someone to talk to, there's always corn.

Corn is all ears.

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That corn isn't dead, it's just resting.

[–] Papergeist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

That is an ex-elote!

[–] onipa@feddit.org 35 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

A parakeet is a green parrot (bird) for all those who would have had to look it up (like me)

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Apparently they're naturally green/yellow but budgies are parakeets and they come in every color you can imagine, my favorite one was almost completely white/the palest blue.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 51 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mercano@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago

Bruce should have been named Dexter.

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Sure okay, why is the corn in the road?

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[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They struggle to fly in the heat

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Often I am disappointed when I go make the obvious dad joke, but someone has already made some half assed version that is not nearly as painful and ridiculous as it could be.

But then I occasionally come across a gem like this that is absolute perfection and so much better than what I had in mind. It's like a little gut punch that drives just a little bit of air from your body in surprise.

Thank you for this little comment that physically pained me to read, and now will pain me twice as much throughout the day as I suddenly remember it and want to tell it to someone else, but can't, because it is totally situational and could never be the same second hand.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago

Probably fell off a truck.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, Google translated it as parrot for me, before I saw the description

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 28 points 18 hours ago

Si, un elote muerto.

Pobrecito.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago

It has the juice!

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

I thought "cotorrito muerto" meant corn suicide so this meme was slightly funnier to me

[–] comador@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

No point in letting a bad situation get worse.. I'll get the Tajin y Mayonesa!