• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Jokes have setups and payoffs. Humor is the subversion of the expectation and Musk’s tweet has nothing resembling that.

    • tee9000@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yeah i can imagine theres a definition he isnt meeting for him to call it a joke. Im saying i think he truly believes he wasnt being serious. I think he was being edgy and sarcastically accusing democratic elite of an assassination attempt.

      And i would expect someone to follow up with how irresponsible that is, and that it still doesnt fit the webster definition of a joke. Please understand that im an imperfect human being who was giving their opinion about their perception of musks intention based on very little context.

      Sometimes its impossible to post a comment of your own opinion when it could potentially be percieved as going against what is objectively morally right… when really there is no deeper meaning than my perception.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Im saying i think he truly believes he wasnt being serious. I think he was being edgy and sarcastically accusing democratic elite of an assassination attempt.

        You might think he’s being edgy. Hell, he might think(if he ever thinks) he’s being edgy, but out of the numerous people who blindly follow him, how many do you think need to take him seriously and take him up on the suggestion.

        There are jokes you can make to a private group of friends that you can’t make to over a million people unless you really mean it. It doesn’t help that twitter has a short character limit on messages. You simply cannot have a nuanced opinion on that site and need to consider that when making posts there.

        • tee9000@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I get why you would see someone calling it a joke and want to punish that because it was not funny and potentially dangerous.

          But it can both be true that he was trying to make a joke, and that he was grossly irresponsible doing so.

          You are telling me what i believe (that it wasnt a big deal) and im sorry but this reactive extrapolation of information that is constant and pervasive on sites like lemmy is something i hate and anyone can say im taking it too seriously but it keeps people from engaging/thinking instead of memeing.

          • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            I get why you would see someone calling it a joke and want to punish that because it was not funny and potentially dangerous.

            Please define punishment in the context. Is criticizing Musk punishment?

            But it can both be true that he was trying to make a joke, and that he was grossly irresponsible doing so.

            What’s the point you’re trying to arrive at? Where he’s making jokes or making stochastic terrorist comments, I can criticize him either way.

            You are telling me what i believe (that it wasnt a big deal)

            Everyone is coming to that conclusion. If you think everyone is misinterpreting your comments, that’s because you are not a good communicator. I do not have the same problems as you.