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Cars have windows. Houses have windows. So it can't be windows that makes the car go.

I swear I don't understand, and he tried to explain it to me. He said it's a double meaning with Windows the operating system but I just don't don't don't get it.

Can anyone make this understandable to me? I may have screwed up the retelling, because honestly I have no idea what the hell's going on with this joke.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Cars have windows, and they move. Houses do not move, but they also have windows. So logically, we can infer that the windows are not the part of the car that make it capable of movement, because otherwise houses would be able to move as well.

The joke is that this is a very strange logical inference to make, as it is obvious to most people that cars are able to move because of their wheels and their engine.

It doesn’t have anything to do with the operating system. I have no idea what your friend was getting at.