Smooth Dunk | Bluesky
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5 panel comic
Panel 1: Pink guy saying: I just made a silly joke!
Panel 2: Pink guy turns to see a door swing open, revealing a Weird Greenish Guy in the doorway
Panels 3-5: Weird greenish guy begins to walk towards Pink Guy in a very creepy manner. He says: I’m Gonna take it SERIOUSLY
By panel 5 Weird Guy has Pink Guy in a death grip. He’s going to throttle him for having the audacity to tell a silly joke on social media
I made a joke the other day about how some people don’t pay attention and forget they have to pay at the register. Some dude in the comments lit me up about him having arthritis and how I’m an insensitive asshole because he can’t hold a credit card.
Like dude, obviously I’m make a general joke and observation and am not commenting on your bitch-ass traitorous joints. Chill tf out.
My litmus test is i ask “what is the joke?” If theres a clever turn of phrase or twist to expectations I chuckle to myself and move on. If I cant figure out what the clever turn of phrase or twist in expectation is, or the punchline being some kind of -ism or -phobia then yeah I’m gonna take it seriously. Unfortunately making jokes where the punchline is racism, sexism, homophoboa, transphobia, or any other kind of punching down gets a lot of engagement and responses.
“It’s just a joke, bro” only goes so far, you’re right
What if the point if the joke is to make fun of racists for genuinely having those views?
I sometimes put on a voice and give a conservative sounding statement and optionally end with my normal voice “or something like that” - where while I honestly mean to make fun if those views; if there is something wrong about that, I would like to be corrected, if that’s okay to ask
I already described my litmus test. You explained who your punchline is hitting. Punching up at the jerks is fine by me.
normal voice
Tone doesn’t always come across in text and Poes Law is a bitch. I hope your comments are taken in the right way though.
What does taking those things seriously change as far as your response is concerned? If you mean ‘I try to correct that person’s behavior’ then that seems like a losing battle that’s also adding to the engagement you mentioned. If you mean ‘I downvote and move on’ then that seems like a sensible choice.
My actual response depends on the situation and how i’m feeling at any given moment. Usually its just ignore and move on, sometimes I’m feeling in a “be snarky online” mood.
What does it change? Eh maybe someone somewhere will see the pushback on the -ism/-phobia and rethink. I’m not saying it does, it probably doesn’t most of the time, but I’m forever realistically optimistic and recognize I need to put in the work to make real that optimism.
Eh maybe someone somewhere will see the pushback and on the -ism/-phobia and rethink.
I do it for the groups that are being targeted by the “joke” as well. To show them that other people don’t agree with it.
Exactly this too! Try to drown out the assholes with a chorus of positivity.
Eh maybe someone somewhere will see the pushback on the -ism/-phobia and rethink.
Surprisingly, sometimes, it actually does work and make someone rethink their stance when you rebuff a hateful comment online. It’s incredibly rare, and even rarer that you find out it happened, but I have seen first-hand proof of people changing their views due to comment sections.
Me: “I’m going to make a joke”
Me: proceeds to say the most obnoxious, offensive, and flatly banal thing you’ve ever heard in your life.
Me: Waggling eyebrows “Get it? Huh? Huh?”
Me: Did ya get my joke? Huh? Huh?
Them: Yes, chuckleslord
Me: Cool, could you explain it to me, then?
B’anal.
as long as I laugh at my own jokes one person laughed, so it was worth it.
now if you’ll excuse me, my dead babies won’t blend themselves.
I had a teacher in high school, sociology class, Mr. Savage. On Friday he’d entertain jokes, no restrictions (although I doubt racial or religious jokes would be okay), and one kid every week would do a dead baby joke. Every week. Got old. So when he eventually told the joke about blowing chunks, it hit.
This guy alway has to shows up in the comments to give their 2-cents.
“Ackshually this humorous situation would never happen if _______.”
Y’all know who you are.
Actually that guy would never show up if fuck it i cant even commit to the bit its too hot
…it’s too hot? Ok,now I just imagine you jerking yourself silly over the idea of making a joke where the punchline is gaslighting him. Is that really what turns you on? What kind of a guy gets turned on by THAT???
Oh…oh wait. You might be onto something!
furiously masturbates
Or debbie downers. There was a comic strip about being a hero to your kids like in an RPG and the first comment I see is something like “you must have come from a loving family as not all parents are heros.” Did you really need to say that? We know life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows.
This and restating the joke/comment you made in a slightly different way, sometimes also concluded with a “FTFY”.
Repeating a comment, but in a more accurate way.
FTFY
No need to thank me.
Just because something was a joke doesn’t mean it isn’t serious. Some of the best comedy is about really serious subject matter or comes out of really serious moments, surgeons humor or trench humor.
When you make a joke, you must accept the risk – and honestly, inevitability – of it not being funny. Refusing to accept this risk is what makes so many “comedians” into insecure shills.
My sister still won’t speak to me for a joke I made months back- and it’s her birthday next week. I’m printing this and putting it in her birthday card. Maybe I’ll get lucky and she’ll never speak to me again. [/joke]
But no really- fingers crossed. [/joke?]
Your sister made the right decision. She’s better off without you.
Yeah you definitely have context and can make a judgement.
She ignoring you since months and your comment are enough context. I mean you could at least try to show empathy and understanding for her, if you’d care, or you could publicly make fun of your sister… She’s smart avoiding assholes
Did. Even apologized after her meltdown about it. Didn’t change a thing.
Doubling down on making fun of her isn’t going to work either.
Still you’re making fun of her.
You sound like you don’t understand her at all, but that’s not her fault.
I’ve met her friends. They 100% do psychadelics. That’s what the joke was about.
It’s not unusual that people do that.
Oh no! Psychedelics?! Where…where would they get such substances??
This is 80% of my jokes
Sometimes playing the straight man and taking the joke seriously is part of the fun.
Pretending to take it seriously can be a fun bit. Starting fights on the internet while pretending to be a victim ruins everyone’s day.
Yeah, you can usually tell whether they’re just playing along or trying to start a fight.
Playing the victim is the internet equivalent of the “I’m not touching you” game kids play to annoy other people. Being a turd in the punch bowl is the best case scenario as it is the only goal of the game.
Yeah, that’s how i gained the “Insecure European with false sense of superiority” label on Reddit.
You can ditch that if you just log off Reddit.
Well, us-americans will lick USA’s booty sweat all day and call you insecure if you don’t partake.
I can relate. You make a throwaway comment about how your wife doesn’t let you come with her to the hardware store because you’ll inevitably staple a finger to a display stand and someone always always replies to harrumph about wasting staples you obviously don’t plan to buy*.
*Example only. Srsy guys.
“You put a woman through that?! You are everything wrong with society.”
If it makes you feel better this is probably a “spreading hate” ban on reddit because neck beards.
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