What's the difference between an apple and an orphan? The apple always gets picked.
Apple vs. Orphan
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Explain Bear
Listen up, buttercup! This joke is all about wordplay. An apple "gets picked" off a tree, but an orphan, well, they don't "get picked" by parents, you feel me? It's sad because you are more likely to get a family if you are an apple. So you see, jokes about orphans are considered extra dark because they touch on themes of loss and abandonment.