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It's only "just a joke" when you get called out on it. (self.unpopularopinion)

submitted 4 months ago by lriv724 to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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I would say atleast 80% of the time because there are people who are legitimately only saying things as a joke. But people (friends and family) will say the most absurd thing about you or play the worst prank on you, and say: “it was just a joke, it was just a prank.” Knowing good and well it wasn’t something to joke about. And here’s the other thing, jokes are supposed to be funny. Most people don’t get the concept of a joke. It’s not always that I don’t have a sense of humor. You just don’t have humor AT ALL.

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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago

That's known as "Schrödinger's asshole". It's both a joke and an insult at the same time, who knows, until they see the reaction!

[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I call those people's schrodingers douchebag. They say some crazy/racist/sexist/stupid stuff, then look at people's reactions to see if they should say it was just a joke

[–] artemisRiverborne@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wld think this is a popular opinion

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yep, bad unpopular opinion op, it's very popular.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

OP joined a week ago, they're still recovering from Redditor exposure, cut them some slack.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 4 months ago

True, the comedown is hard from Reddit. Sorry OP I was only joking 🙂, thanks for being here and posting! Welcome!

[–] lriv724 3 points 3 months ago

As someone who’s been permanently banned from Reddit 5 times, I have never seen a more accurate statement in my life.

[–] regeya@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Cue the "but sometimes it really is a joke" crowd hasn't hit. Look, man, if the target doesn't laugh, it's not the target's fault, you read the room wrong.