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Transcript5 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

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[–] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Eh maybe someone somewhere will see the pushback on the -ism/-phobia and rethink.

    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.

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