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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?"

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.

This is 80% of my jokes

Sometimes playing the straight man and taking the joke seriously is part of the fun.

Example: https://piefed.world/comment/6031281

This and restating the joke/comment you made in a slightly different way, sometimes also concluded with a "FTFY".

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.

If it makes you feel better this is probably a "spreading hate" ban on reddit because neck beards.

Yeah, that's how i gained the "Insecure European with false sense of superiority" label on Reddit.

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?]

at least I think I'm funny eh

I was hoping the last panel would say “IN THE ASS!”

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.

Are you taking it seriously or are you seriously taking it?

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.

Reddit

You made this?...

No, I made this...

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.

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Downvote. Next.