Stoic Pronunciation Practical Joke

>walking home at night >pass a group of youths >one of them tells me I dropped my gay card >I look down for it and realise I've been the victim of a practical joke >I am unmoved, I tell the youth that his provocations are futile because I am a stoic >he bursts out laughing and says it's pronounced stow-ic, not stoike >break down and cry in the street

A man encounters a group of youths at night and tries to respond stoically to their prank. The punchline is that he mispronounces “stoic” as “stoike,” ruining his attempt to sound philosophical and making him cry. It is used as an absurd reaction to embarrassment, pedantry, or a humiliating misunderstanding.

• @itvbia / 8462 2020-12-22