• SCB@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s not out of left field. Read the user names.

    The dude who says “I’m not sure which one I am” has the username “Certified Black Guy” which is why the joke was made. They’re all replying to this

    19-45 white male tech enthusiast and 19-45 white trans female tech enthusiast.

    It’s a play on how the expectation was that the trans reference was between gender. Twist-on-expectation is a core conceit of many jokes.

    You don’t have to think it’s a funny joke. It’s a hip shot, a shitpost.

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      10 months ago

      I read the thread, the “joke” is bad.

      You don’t have to think it’s a funny joke. It’s a hip shot, a shitpost.

      Isn’t the whole point of a shitpost to garner downvotes? Mission accomplished I guess. Point still stands, it’s deserving of downvotes.

      Again, I don’t disagree that Lemmy is not very casual friendly at the moment. But let me reiterate, “more trans jokes/shitposts/whatever you want to call it” isn’t going to attract the types of “casuals” that I (or most people on Lemmy, I’d assume) want to interact with.