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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 131 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

did she do the invisible ink treatment?

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 107 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Now imagine how fucking sad it would be if he had accidentally put a blank paper in there, thrown out the heartwarming and touching letter he'd written to his kid with all the feelings he never could express otherwise and died thinking his kid would at least find some comfort in those words.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 119 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a feeling that the blank paper hit harder. It seems like that gag perfectly encapsulated her dad's sense of humor and their relationship.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 52 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if I were in her shoes, it would be impossible not to imagine my dad chuckling to himself as he slipped his mortal bonds, smug with satisfaction at having pulled the longest, pettiest prank possible on your kid. That piece of paper would be a treasure.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminds me of someone who said their dad died. They logged into the dad’s Facebook. He’d made a number of status updates over the preceding months, that gradually grew sadder IIRC.

Not a single reply to any one.

Visibility was accidentally set to only me. The guy never knew.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s really unfortunate. Devastatingly so. Well, now I’m sad.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It’s OK, it’s only been in my head for several years 🙃

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I did this before. I was about to die and then accidentally put an empty letter paper into an envelope and thought the letter I did write to my daughter was my scratch paper... so I threw it away. I later passed but through a stroke of luck my daughter found my letter in the trash and was still able to read it. so I can rest easy now knowing that.

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you…passed?

I didnt realize theres internet in the afterlife

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Haven't you heard about "the dead internet theory"?

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

there's fiber up here

[–] Raxiel@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was the letter reassuring her that, even at the end, you had chicken?

Is this a Leroy Jenkins reference?

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was actually a hidden message and she had to hold it under warmth to read it, never knew and threw it away.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He actually put both in there.

the ultimate dad joke, the letter was actually swapped with a family heirloom the entire time.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Many years ago, my dad and I were talking in the car, and I memorized a random license plate. Since then, he's occasionally asked me if I remember, but I'm not allowed to say it or write it down anywhere because that's cheating. If I remember right, he's planning to quiz me on my wedding day, whenever that happens.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but I’m not allowed to say it or write it down anywhere

Convenient

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only assurance he has that I'm not going to make something up is that he knows I don't lie.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a lie. I gave up lying looong ago.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was just poking fun that you can’t prove it to us

Not that we know the original anyway ٩(^‿^)۶

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Haha, I don't have to prove a thing to you. This is between me and my father.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My older brother used to make me memorize random things. When he took me to practice driving, he'd quiz me on the color and type of cars around me. He'd ask me license plates of people in the parking lot or to remember long combinations of words letters and numbers

At one point, I could glance at an SSN or credit card number and remember it for a while... I can't do it anymore, but my passwords are great. It's amazing what the mind can be trained to do

We also came up with this stupid super long url, I still remember it decades later but he can never get the whole thing right. One of these days I'm going to buy the domain name and put something up there, it's almost a password in itself

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you give some examples of credit cards you've memorized? Don't forget the three wacky numbers on the back.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

We should know when they expire as well, just to be sure.

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Record yourself signing it in ASL. Doesn't break his rules.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d see it as a positive, could have been Anthrax

[–] deathbysnusnu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Caught in a Mosh!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 26 points 1 year ago

Maybe he wrote a secret message on it with invisible ink containing the location of El Dorado, the lost city of gold. You still have it, right?

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Man, he really didn't trust you did he?

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

She destroyed the sealed envelope! He really shouldn't have trusted her with it!

[–] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Better than opening it to "you were adopted"

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine couldn’t even put in that much effort

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They lost the envelope before giving it to you...