Comment on I never realized this

ngn@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  People online do not understand jokes. I refuse to believe anyone in real life would be this dense.

  In real life people would see this lol and move on, on the internet they write dissertations about some BS to virtue signal to other strangers how enlightened they are… 🙄

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Truth Social is a better fit for y’all

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• Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Because their entire poltical and world view is based on identity politics. They cannot simply say “that joke sucked” and move on, they have to make it into yet another virtue signalling exercise and lecture everyone else because that is the behaviour they associate with being a “good person”.

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• blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Probably anyone who ever gotten any pressure about handling last-names after marriage might care. It’s definitely something that some people care about, and some people cop flack for their decision.

  The joke is just a joke, but the problem is that this joke punches down. That’s generally poor form.

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  • ngn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    if you are getting “punched down” (aka offended) by a joke posted on lemmy, by a random guy, you should realize that it is simply not that deep

    yeah i didnt get any pressure about handling last names, so you might say “you just dont get it” but when i go to linuxmemes and see a meme about a distro i use, i dont go to comments and start a war about it bc it is just a fucking meme, same concept

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    • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      if you are getting “punched down” (aka offended) by a joke posted on lemmy, by a random guy, you should realize that it is simply not that deep

      I think you’ve misunderstood what punching down means. It has nothing to do with being offended. It’s about the relationship between the person telling the joke and the subject of the joke. For example, it’s generally fine for anyone to make jokes mocking rich people; but its not ok to make jokes mocking poor people unless you yourself are very obviously a poor person.

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