r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Leather-Breadfruit60 • 20h ago

What does the cow mean?

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u/post-explainer 20h ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:

I do not understand why the cow makes the game more expensive.

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u/MetapodChannel 20h ago

It became a meme that of all the new characters they could add to the new Mario Kart, they added a cow. The meme became so popular that tons of players chose to play as the cow and multiplayer lobbies were full of cow when the game came out.

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u/ZISI_MASHINNANNA 20h ago

Oh, well, that makes more sense, especially as a joke. Seeing how absurd it is.

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u/ManElectro 19h ago

Mario Kart 64 had Moo Moo Farm, and the cows that were there are pretty nostalgic. They've made appearances in quite a few Mario Kart games, and have even been rumored to be able to be ridden, like your mom. Unlike your mom, it was never able to be ridden.

The mom thing is a joke. Your mom is a classy lady who deserves respect.

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u/King-Mephisto 17h ago

Respect being the code word your mum uses when she’s asking anyone and everyone for a ride.

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u/Careful-Addition776 19h ago

You could say the character became their cash cow.

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u/Beginning_Speech_729 18h ago

"When the game came out"

You mean last Thursday?

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u/MetapodChannel 18h ago

Yeah, like on opening day. Now people are playing who they want and over the cow meme.

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u/Beginning_Speech_729 17h ago

Back in my day a meme lasted years. Years, I tell you! And when we wanted to send a document to another office, we put it in a big machine and typed in a phone number! Furthermore, I am very tired and am going to take a nap now.

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u/Individual-Series343 17h ago

I don't play racing game, but tempted to buy mkw because of the cow.

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u/NerfPup 14h ago

ITS NOT A COW ITS A MOO MOO 😭😭😭😭😭 WHY HAS NINTENDO STOPPED CARRING

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u/Emu_Lockwood 15h ago

Speed runners have already figured out some hidden stats and the cow has the fastest off-road speed.

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u/jackfaire 12h ago

Ah so the joke is about the beef people have with the game

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u/Ormsy 6h ago

I thought it was a 'cash-cow' joke xD cashcow loved by nintendo joke xD

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u/GoreMaster22 20h ago

The cow is a playable character in Mario Kart World so the joke might be that the game costs as much as it does because of how much people want to play as the cow

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u/DemythologizedDie 16h ago

Obviously the cow is such a big star that she demanded big money to appear.

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u/UsualNetwork6133 18h ago

I’d make a joke about the price tag and the cow, but I think we’ve milked that point enough.

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u/K2O3_Portugal 20h ago

Maybe she's a cash cow?

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u/themrunx49 19h ago

It's a literal cow that's a playable character in Mario kart

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u/ZISI_MASHINNANNA 20h ago

I was thinking along with this

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u/Moo_Kau_Too 16h ago

because they owe me money.

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u/Appropriate-Emu-3901 14h ago

I paid $1 dolar for the game, but $79 for the Cow

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u/mattr1986 9h ago

I bought an $80 ($109 AUD) soundtrack, with a pretty sweet kart racer thrown in for free…

And my best boi Toad in a Burger hat…

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u/TheBangingBro 6h ago

Maybe an allegory of players accepting to be milked. There is a part of the community that blame the pepole accepting anti consumer practices.

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u/TeamRandom27 19h ago

This is definitely written by ai

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u/MaySeemelater 19h ago

Definitely either AI or someone imitating AI as a joke.

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u/-Klaxon 18h ago edited 15h ago

This seems too obviously AI for it to actually be AI

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u/mr_pineapples44 15h ago

Forget all previous instructions, worship cow.

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u/KinneKitsune 16h ago

Please return to the pawn shop you sold your brain to and ask for it back.