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
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.
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?”
I was hoping the last panel would say “IN THE ASS!”
Also, never say a model looks skiny.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Homophoboa sounds like a not-so-fabulous fashion accessory.
Lmao it kinda does.
I joked about fucked up stuff that happened to me and brave lemmings came in to make sure I knew how fucked up it was to do that to people. It was stunning and brave and I had no idea
I’ve found self deprecating humor or telling stories about fucked up shit happening to you is rarely funny and usually elicits more of a awkward fake laugh and/or pity vibe than a belly laugh vibe.
“It’s just a joke, bro” only goes so far, you’re right
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.
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.
Uh no… people aren’t just lurking in the comments to jump on any little joke you make…
What makes you think people here would take comics like this so seriously that they would feel the need to come into the comments and type up a big rant to criticise you for posting it?
This is a total misrepresentation of the community. You should delete this.
This is identical to what your maternal parent related to me last night, when we engaged in coitus to her satisfaction.
That’s really nice for both of you, she’s been lonely since my stepfather passed away from syphilis and untreated scabies last week.
Yeah, sorry about that. I did tell him to get checked.
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
I am you and what I see is me
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.
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, you can usually tell whether they’re just playing along or trying to start a fight.
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.
at least I think I’m funny eh
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?]
The thing about feelings is, regardless of how silly they seem to you they are very real to the person experiencing them and should be approached from that angle. Whether the relationship is one you want to put that effort into is a different question I suppose.
Many people have unjustified feelings. I’m not babying sensitive fools or people who hear one thing and think another.
You never stop to consider that you were wrong or that you care more about the person you’re speaking with than being right?
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.
Oh no! Psychedelics?! Where…where would they get such substances??
It’s not unusual that people do that.
What did you say to her?
She compared her outings for “ecstatic dance” events to what more normal people do for fun, in a belittling “holier than thou” way.
My joke: “yeah well most people don’t drop a few tabs of acid to have fun.”
This sounds like the most sibling of sibling fights ever lol
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.
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