I agree. But I’ll also add that the joke itself should be pretty accessible even outside the IT crowd. It’s said clearly in the text of the final panel, and even in the title of the post. The only thing an average person might not know to get the joke is that you use TOR to get on the darknet, but I think most people would figure that out from the context.
If I had to guess how 33 people could upvote “That’s the joke,” I’d say maybe people got the joke, as intended when reading the comic, but then, upon seeing “That’s the joke”, somehow just lost their minds and forgot what the joke was. Is that the power of memes?
Personally, I think saying “That’s the joke,” as it’s intended, to somebody who made a mistake and misunderstood the joke is mildly patronizing and rude, on the level of teasing. Not completely polite, but not outlandish for anonymous internet posts.
But to say “That’s the joke” to somebody who very likely did get the joke seems outlandishly rude. Maybe that’s just me.
I typed a response and deleted it because Jerboa isn’t great about showing what I’m responding to. But yeah, you said no it isn’t and I totally agree with you. And I am firmly on board of chastising people who speak with authority when they’re plainly wrong, such as the person to whom you were responding.
So yeah, I think that’s the joke is bad when that is the joke. I think it’s even worse when it’s not the joke and you’re wrong.
I sure do love Lemmy, though. Brings me back to my early forum days when conversation was pointless, like this one!
I agree. But I’ll also add that the joke itself should be pretty accessible even outside the IT crowd. It’s said clearly in the text of the final panel, and even in the title of the post. The only thing an average person might not know to get the joke is that you use TOR to get on the darknet, but I think most people would figure that out from the context.
If I had to guess how 33 people could upvote “That’s the joke,” I’d say maybe people got the joke, as intended when reading the comic, but then, upon seeing “That’s the joke”, somehow just lost their minds and forgot what the joke was. Is that the power of memes?
Personally, I think saying “That’s the joke,” as it’s intended, to somebody who made a mistake and misunderstood the joke is mildly patronizing and rude, on the level of teasing. Not completely polite, but not outlandish for anonymous internet posts.
But to say “That’s the joke” to somebody who very likely did get the joke seems outlandishly rude. Maybe that’s just me.
I typed a response and deleted it because Jerboa isn’t great about showing what I’m responding to. But yeah, you said no it isn’t and I totally agree with you. And I am firmly on board of chastising people who speak with authority when they’re plainly wrong, such as the person to whom you were responding.
So yeah, I think that’s the joke is bad when that is the joke. I think it’s even worse when it’s not the joke and you’re wrong.
I sure do love Lemmy, though. Brings me back to my early forum days when conversation was pointless, like this one!