Rube Chat

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Rube Chat refers to a particular kind of conversation online where individuals pretend to be naive or ignorant to provoke responses from others. This form of internet slang involves intentionally acting clueless or asking seemingly naive questions, often to amuse oneself or to elicit funny or sarcastic responses from other internet users.

Examples:

In a forum discussing a popular video game:

User1: Can somebody tell me how to move forward in this game? I’ve been pressing all the keys, but nothing happens!
User2: OMG, are you serious? Just use the “Wkey on your keyboard! Its not that difficult!
User1: Ohh, the “W” key? I thought it stands forwait”! Thanks for letting me know!

On a social media post about a recent movie release:

User3: Is this movie in color or black and white?
User4: Seriously? We’ve had color films for decades! It’s in color, obviously!
User3: Wow, that’s amazing! I didn’t know movies could be in color now. Technology is incredible!

Synonyms:
stupid, dumb, clueless, idiotic, foolish, nonsensical
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