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Vt420KeyboardError4 t1_iscx8tw wrote

Reply to comment by Giveorangeme in I was on a blind date with a woman, and during our dinner conversation.... by GreatInconsequence

Christianity is a religion. People who follow Christianity are called Christians. Christian is also a fairly common male name in English speaking countries. At first, when the girl in this scenario told the guy she used to be Christian, he assumed she was talking about the former definition. He is then informed that she was in fact talking about the latter definition, and changed her name to Christine, which is a common female name. This is a bait and switch. The reader initially assumed that this was going to be a joke about religion, but it turned out it was a trans joke.

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Giveorangeme t1_isdyhqq wrote

But is the joke just that she's trans

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rylettroad t1_isecdy3 wrote

The joke is that the character thought the trans character was talking about being religious, whereas they were trying to tell them they were trans. The joke is the confusion due to the word Christian being used as both a personal name and the name of a religion.

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