Just wait for pugjesus to explain it
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But I was trying to set you up with a "but doctor I am pagliacci"
But I was trying to set you up with a โbut doctor I am pagliacciโ
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. ๐๐ฉธ
- furiously internet searches for context *
It's from Watchmen.
Pagliacci:
A man goes to the doctor. He says "my life feels devoid of purpose. I can't feel joy anymore. Everything I hear is bleak and scary" the doctor says, "don't worry chum. The circus is in town tonight. Go see the clown pagliacci " the man responds: "but doctor, I am pagliacci "
"Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains." :
This is the description of what happens after when a character from Watchmen tells that joke.
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This is a recurring motif in the Watchmen comic, a smiley face with a drop of blood across one of it's eyes.