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Ross, if homo sapiens actually were HOMO sapiens, is that why they're exctinct?
— Friends • 1994
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Joey’s question confuses a name for humans with a sexual meaning of its first syllable and then assumes extinction. The misunderstanding creates the joke; the line is not a factual claim about human origins or orientation. Readable archived spelling remains.
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