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Triathlon Between Human and Shark Depends on Cycling Skill Joke

This image is a screenshot of a deadpan humorous tweet from X (formerly Twitter) user Emma Manzini. The joke lays out a hypothetical competition: a shark would outperform the user in the swimming segment of a triathlon, while the user would outperform the shark in the running segment, meaning the victor would be decided by which of the two is the better cyclist. The humor derives from the absurd premise that a shark would ever compete in a triathlon, and the logical leap that ignores the fact that sharks are physically incapable of riding a bicycle.
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@Emma Manzini X (Twitter)

A shark could swim faster than me, but I could probably run faster than a shark. So in a triathlon, it would all come down to who is the better cyclist.

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A shark could swim faster than me, but I could probably run faster than a shark. So in a triathlon, it would all come down to who is the better cyclist.

Overview

This image is a screenshot of a deadpan humorous tweet from X (formerly Twitter) user Emma Manzini. The joke lays out a hypothetical competition: a shark would outperform the user in the swimming segment of a triathlon, while the user would outperform the shark in the running segment, meaning the victor would be decided by which of the two is the better cyclist. The humor derives from the absurd premise that a shark would ever compete in a triathlon, and the logical leap that ignores the fact that sharks are physically incapable of riding a bicycle.

Origin notes

The content originates from a public tweet posted by X (Twitter) user @EmmaManzini. It has been widely shared as a popular text meme across social media platforms, including X, Reddit, Instagram, and meme aggregation sites. This instance is sourced from an RSS feed from X.com's meme.jpg content channel.

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