The only people who find this joke funny don’t have any children.

Six kids here, I use the “we needed some backups” joke all the time.

	▲	projektfu 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sounds like a game of Paranoia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

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delichon 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My dad told it to me. I was the second backup.

	▲	ahazred8ta 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There's a star trek fan who has a primary dog and an emergency backup dog. There's also the british 'heir and a spare'.
	▲	coldtea 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rU64yq-zU
	▲	tmseidman 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Third string

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procaryote 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can have humour and children at the same time...

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coldtea 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or people who have a sense of black humor. Never heard dads make dark puns and jokes of similar nature?

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jbm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The same people downvoting you would be outraged and screenshotting you for a mob on Reddit and private Discord servers if you made similar comments about their pets.

	▲	throwaway132448 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Congrats you just invented someone for you to be mad at. Maybe lay off the rage bait for a little bit?