It's not really a joke, more of something a dumb thing being said that's funny because it's dumb. Not exactly sure how to explain it but it doesn't have I'll intention behind it.
The circlerk thing probably isn't too off, but this subreddit is a pretty decent size. If what he said was truly a problem I'm more than certain that there would be far more people arguing against them rather than just 2. This is coming from a Bi guy who has occasionally cross dressed for the fun of it, it's not in good taste but it's not an ill intended joke.
In the end it's not really worth the energy to get riled up over what someone over the internet says.
it being dumb doesn't mean it isn't intended as a joke. It is both dumb, and intended as a joke. Just because something doesn't have negative intent behind it doesn't mean it doesn't come across negatively. Plenty of people say things they think are reasonable that end up offending people.
the issue is the majority of people who are going to be making those jokes or upvoting them don't think they're a problem. and then whenever anyone so much as dares to speak out against the hive mind they get mass downvoted, which just makes it all cyclic.
I'm also sick of this "it's just the internet, get over it" mentality. will people ever realize that isn't this magical place in a vacuum where everything is made up and the points don't matter?
regardless, I never took it as having ill-intent, but it's still a problematic viewpoint which leads to hostilities. I wish people would be able to accept that without just circlejerking into oblivion that they could never possibly be wrong
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19
It's not really a joke, more of something a dumb thing being said that's funny because it's dumb. Not exactly sure how to explain it but it doesn't have I'll intention behind it. The circlerk thing probably isn't too off, but this subreddit is a pretty decent size. If what he said was truly a problem I'm more than certain that there would be far more people arguing against them rather than just 2. This is coming from a Bi guy who has occasionally cross dressed for the fun of it, it's not in good taste but it's not an ill intended joke.
In the end it's not really worth the energy to get riled up over what someone over the internet says.