Smooth Dunk | Bluesky
::: spoiler Transcript 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 :::
101 Comments
null@piefed.nullspace.lol · 121 pts · 29d
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.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 111 pts · 29d
OpenStars@discuss.online · 48 pts · 29d
This is identical to what your maternal parent related to me last night, when we engaged in coitus to her satisfaction.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 29d
That’s really nice for both of you, she’s been lonely since my stepfather passed away from syphilis and untreated scabies last week.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 29d
Yeah, sorry about that. I did tell him to get checked.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 29d
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
Thanks for not slash essing here.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 29d
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.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 29d
"It's just a joke, bro" only goes so far, you're right
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 28d
Homophoboa sounds like a not-so-fabulous fashion accessory.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
"Gaysoupsnake" sounds messy but hot
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 28d
Lmao it kinda does.
DeepDown@leminal.space · 9 pts · 28d
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
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 28d
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.
DeepDown@leminal.space · 7 pts · 28d
You know, maybe those reactions denote that it's bad humor but either of those are way better than virtue signaling against a person who is badly attempting to express pain.
I dunno. The comic made me think of a particular kind of internet person who is only here to be seen saying correct things in front of other morally correct people.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
If you're dealing with pain and trauma, therapy might be a good idea. Making dark self depreciating jokes online probably isnt going to actually help you deal with it.
Wren@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 27d
There goes most of comedy.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
How so?
Wren@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 27d
Most good comedy are stories about something fucked up, usually where the comedian is being self-deprecating.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
Do you have any evidence that thats the case?
Wren@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 27d
It's such a pervasive observable reality in comedy I'm struggling not to just say "watch a comedian." Really, any comedian.
Recently, we could go with John Mulaney's performance about his drug use and rehab experience, something he continues to reference in his new series. There's James Acaster who's done entire shows that mix absurdism and heavy sarcasm with self deprecation. Patton Oswart did a fairly famous bit on him and his daughter dealing with the death of his wife. Pete Davidson's performances are about his drug use and lack of self respect.
The entire show Seinfield and every character in it. Curb Your Enthusiasm which is about the creator of Seinfield, who made the show inspired by himself, his lack of boundaries and social awareness. The show Barry is 200% dark humor.
I could go on, but I'd be naming most comedies and comedians.
MrChewy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 29d
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
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 28d
I already described my litmus test. You explained who your punchline is hitting. Punching up at the jerks is fine by me.
YerLam@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 28d
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.
krashmo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
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.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 28d
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.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 28d
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.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d
Exactly this too! Try to drown out the assholes with a chorus of positivity.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
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.
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 29d
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.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 28d
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?"
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d
Me: Did ya get my joke? Huh? Huh?
Them: Yes, chuckleslord
Me: Cool, could you explain it to me, then?
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 27d
B'anal.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 29d
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.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 29d
Actually that guy would never show up if fuck it i cant even commit to the bit its too hot
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 29d
......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
MohamedMoney@feddit.org · 6 pts · 29d
I am you and what I see is me
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 28d
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.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
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.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 29d
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.
hamid@crazypeople.online · 16 pts · 28d
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 29d
This and restating the joke/comment you made in a slightly different way, sometimes also concluded with a "FTFY".
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 29d
FTFY
No need to thank me.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 28d
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.
Reygle@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 29d
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?]
GJdan@programming.dev · 9 pts · 28d
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.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · -1 pts · 28d
Many people have unjustified feelings. I'm not babying sensitive fools or people who hear one thing and think another.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 28d
You never stop to consider that you were wrong or that you care more about the person you're speaking with than being right?
GJdan@programming.dev · 3 pts · 28d
I think I covered that with the "different question" caveat at the end.
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 29d
Your sister made the right decision. She's better off without you.
Reygle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 28d
Yeah you definitely have context and can make a judgement.
starik@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 28d
What did you say to her?
Reygle@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 28d
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."
velma@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 28d
This sounds like the most sibling of sibling fights ever lol
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 28d
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
Reygle@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 28d
Did. Even apologized after her meltdown about it. Didn't change a thing.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 28d
Doubling down on making fun of her isn't going to work either.
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
Still you're making fun of her.
You sound like you don't understand her at all, but that's not her fault.
Reygle@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 28d
I've met her friends. They 100% do psychadelics. That's what the joke was about.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 28d
Oh no! Psychedelics?! Where....where would they get such substances??
EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
It's not unusual that people do that.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 29d
This is 80% of my jokes
orioler25@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d
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.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 29d
Sometimes playing the straight man and taking the joke seriously is part of the fun.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 29d
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.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 28d
Yeah, you can usually tell whether they're just playing along or trying to start a fight.
krashmo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
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.
snooggums@piefed.world · 8 pts · 29d
Example: https://piefed.world/comment/6031281
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 29d
Lol people not being able to read sarcasm easily on the internet is what I take that as
snooggums@piefed.world · 8 pts · 29d
I upvoted every reply, they were comedy gold!
BillyClark@piefed.social · 0 pts · 29d
I feel like comment downvotes shouldn't affect the comment's score, or really that the downvote should appear to the person voting like it affects the score, but that effect only appears on their client. Then, moderators would use downvotes as a hint that the comment might need to be removed, after checking it themselves.
snooggums@piefed.world · 8 pts · 29d
Down votes to show a comment is bad is a benefit 99% of the time and should be visible for everyone.
It lets you know that other people also gave feedback without multiple people needing to dogpile pointing out the same problems multiple times to show consensus.
BillyClark@piefed.social · -3 pts · 28d
The problem is that downvotes don't show that a comment is "bad." They just show that people downvoted it.
There are all sorts of reasons people downvote good comments. Maybe they're trolling. Maybe they're memeing. Maybe they simply don't like it personally because it shows they're bad. Maybe they want to change the way all the comments are sorted. Maybe they don't like the commenter.
snooggums@piefed.world · 2 pts · 28d
People upvote things because they are good or they are virtue signalling or they are memeing or they like it personally or they want to change the way comments are sorted or they like the commenter.
Literally the same reasons with different outcomes. The specific reason for down voting is lost in the noise just like upvotes.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 0 pts · 28d
If it's the same reasons, then they can accomplish the same goals with upvotes.
snooggums@piefed.world · 1 pts · 28d
No they can't indicate a negative preference through upvotes.
BillyClark@piefed.social · -1 pts · 28d
My suggestion was that they continue using downvotes for that, but it would only be seen by moderators. And you can show your negative preferences by upvoting the other comments, and it would still be visible to everyone.
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
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.
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
"You put a woman through that?! You are everything wrong with society."
BlindPenguin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
Yeah, that's how i gained the "Insecure European with false sense of superiority" label on Reddit.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
You can ditch that if you just log off Reddit.
wieson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
Well, us-americans will lick USA's booty sweat all day and call you insecure if you don't partake.
Tiral@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
If it makes you feel better this is probably a "spreading hate" ban on reddit because neck beards.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 28d
Yea, the only people I know who use this shitty excuse are trying to mask toxic bullshit behind a humorous facade and scream "it's just a joke bro" when they get called out on it.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 28d
I was hoping the last panel would say “IN THE ASS!”
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 29d
at least I think I'm funny eh
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 28d
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
Good advice since that's not a word.
ignotum@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
But do say a model is mango, because that is a word
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
So mango.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 28d
Woman stay. Woman go.
Man stay. Watermelon.
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 29d
Are you taking it seriously or are you seriously taking it?
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 29d
Are you taking it seriously or are you seriously taking it?
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
You made this?...
No, I made this...
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 1 pts · 29d
Reddit
M137@lemmy.today · -1 pts · 27d
Eh, there are to sides to this. Yes, many (not just here) react like this to things that are harmless jokes. But it's also way too common with jokes that are not actually jokes, they're stuff like racism, sexism, anti good things or pro bad things masquerading as jokes.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 29d
Downvote. Next.