r/ExplainTheJoke • u/RocketPoweredSad • 2d ago

Something about mushrooms?

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u/horshack_test 2d ago edited 2d ago

Fairy circle. People often feared fairies would snatch their children away. Iron repels fairies.

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u/jonpaco 2d ago

Also the fairy leave a changeling in place of the child they took. The changeling wound behave off and weird, historians think the myth is a way to explain autism in a mid evil culture.

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u/Embarrassed_Home_175 2d ago

Please tell me you meant medieval.

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u/Old_Huckleberry1026 2d ago

Nah. Just evil that’s mid…

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u/UnoriginalNameofUser 2d ago

I love my evil perfectly average, thank you

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u/Old_Huckleberry1026 2d ago

It’s definitely above average, In fact I’d say it’s actually pretty huge

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u/Legitimate-Box-390 1d ago

Your evil is huge! Its massive!

You know what else is massive?

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u/Old_Huckleberry1026 1d ago

My evil ego now for sure

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u/Baile_An_Ti_Mhor_Hon 2d ago

Certainly not thoroughly evil.

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u/anythingMuchShorter 1d ago

Except during times like the crusades or the inquisition, when they went full send evil.