Comment on Explaining your traumatic past IRL feels so underwhelming compared to when a character in a movie or tv scene revealing their traumatic childhood.

RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SARGE@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When you tell a funny story from your childhood but instead of laughing, your friend hugs you and says “I’m so sorry you went through that” :

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• Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lol I was gonna say, the dramatic music would really ruin the punchline

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  • RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or would it enhance it through ironic dissonance?

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    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sad trombone noises

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• SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A couple of weeks back I saw my boss hadn’t eaten all her lunch. She said it was because her mother had made it, and always tried to give her too much; just like when she was little.

  I replied that my childhood habit was to clear the plate every time, just in case there wasn’t enough next time. She laughed because she thought I was making a joke, and then went really quiet.

  Yeah.

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