Stand Up

My friend and I were joking about a kid in a wheelchair, and another kid came up and said to the wheelchair kid, "You should stand up for yourself."

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The joke plays on the literal meaning of 'stand up for yourself' which is usually a figurative expression. Because the kid is in a wheelchair, it's physically impossible for them to 'stand up' literally. It's funny because of the unexpected and inappropriate literal interpretation given to the expression, and because it implies that the kid in the wheelchair is not able to defend themselves.

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