I'm trans and don't really understand this take. People are allowed to make jokes assuming cis people, but also wouldn't this punchline still work if a trans person is in the mix? I'd consider it a unique challenge having to explain to ones relatives getting pregnant from their girlfriend

TIN@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y

I read your comment straight after this post went up and although I didn't understand it, I didn't comment as I thought I might have missed something.

Checking back a few days later, I'd like to say that this interaction here is why I enjoy Lemmy over old Reddit or Twitter or similar. Thank you for engaging in the conversation and admitting that your initial take was a misread rather then deleting your post.

nadiaraven@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

This feels less like trans erasure than bisexual erasure? Because the joke is that she cheated on her partner with a man, so that makes her bisexual...and a cheater...so two blows against bi people, yay! Or it's MUCH darker and the pregnancy was non consensual...

Nythos@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

I think the joke is just that they’re two women in a relationship and one is claiming they’re pregnant.

You’re just reading something that isn’t there and getting yourself upset over it.

rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I'm missing how implying somebody cheated at the same time as being bisexual is a "blow against bi people".

I'm also missing where the second "blow against bi people" was - in your comment, you said she cheated, so that's one "blow"... And that she cheated with a man specifically, making her bisexual... What's the second "blow"? Sorry if my reading comprehension has totally failed me here 😂

nadiaraven@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The bi erasure is that the caption is that they're in a "lesbian relationship" which is erasing the bi person. The second blow against bi people is that the bi person is the cheater, which yes, anyone can be a cheater. It's just that bi people are often stereotyped as being cheaters because they have more people to cheat with. I do understand this is a silly little comic, this is more about stereotypes and thoughtlessness than about maliciousness on Zach weinersmiths part.

rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Ah, the erasure - yeah, I totally missed it but you did point that out. Thanks!