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What was the nation of the Amirights?

What was the nation of the Amirights?


In the ancient world, language and culture were less blended than they are today. This was so extreme that simple pronunciation of terms could be used to root out impostors, as with the word "shibboleth" in Judges 12:6. Along the same lines, one particular clan of dad-joke-obsessed Canaanites could be clearly identified by their verbal punctuation: ending every sentence, funny or not, with the rhetorical "amiright?"

While nations like the Amalekites were renowned for ambushing Israel's supplies, and the Amorites for having freakishly tall kings, the Amirights constantly plagued God's people with trite sayings and groan-inducing puns. Each of these, as was their pagan custom, was followed by invoking the phrase "amiright?" somewhat like a mantra. The Amirights were apparently the first Canaanite nation exterminated by Israel who couldn't take any more lines like...

• If you need a boat built, I Noah guy...amiright?
• You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose...amiright?
• Hoo boy, this locust swarm is intense...and in jars, and in sandals...amiright?
• That Moses needs to retire already, I mean, bossing people around at 120 is too much...amiright or amiright?
• Walls of Jericho? More like walls of Jeri-fall-down-go-boom...amiright?
• They're just a bunch of manna-munching former slaves, how much trouble can they be...amiright?

History suggests the obnoxious irritation caused by the Amirites is why consequences for bad behavior are now referred to as "pun-ishments." Amiright?



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