Just an observation ive made. I encounter one of those types every so often and usually just block them

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I mean, that's just objectively funny and is directly mocking both an ideological position he held and his death.

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      I don't disagree which is why I gave my honest assessment of this irony poisoning trend elsewhere in the thread.

    • FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]
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      2 months ago

      That shit is not funny, im sorry. Its stupid to me. Edgelords think its funny because its a dead old japanese man talking about fucking.

      Its not funny to me at least, i cant tell you what you do or dont find funny

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        It's not edgy at all, it's literally just the most distilled down way to satirize that particular idea. "Edgy" stuff doesn't have a pointed critique attached to it. It's just meant to be offensive or shocking for it's own sake.

        Shinzo saying "Have Sex" while fading into the sunset isn't just funny because he's saying "Sex" it's funny because it reminds you of his nationalist hyper natalist philosophy and at the same time mocks his inability to accomplish those goals.

        The only "edgy" stuff here is really contained within the badposting comm and that's more of a meta bit where the very real context attached to these sorts of memes is dissolved and replaced with nothing.

        On a different note I can see how that style of telling that message can be convoluted, but trying to remove the context and say it's just "old man says sex" and that's all it's meant to be is not correct.

        • FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]
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          2 months ago

          i think youre trying a bit too hard to explain to me why this is funny, i still think its stupid. Sorry pal

          it just rubs me as 'haha old east asian man talking about sex' if its not, i dont really care. This stuff is generally just not funny to me, and when it is, its from the chapos or somebody else whos done it better and not just aping somebody else.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        You're still not going to find it funny, because the joke has been explained, but you are completely missing the point. It's because it's the former neoliberal prime minister of Japan (who was assassinated) talking about fucking (which he only did like once) and promoting nationalist natalism in a country that is very much not fucking. Any old random Japanese dude would be not funny. It has to be Shinzo Abe.

          • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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            2 months ago

            What are you even on about?

            Don't tone police me when I haven't even used a single rude word or tone outside of one (fucking) used in the exact same context you used it in. It's at worst disingenuous and at best assuming bad faith.

            I don't care if you don't find it funny, humor is highly subjective. I only posted because you explained the joke wrong.

            • FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]
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              2 months ago

              isnt 'tone police' some shit the right always says and calls us SJWS for?

              You basically implied the joke was explained to me, (even though it hadnt been yet) and that i still didnt get it, like im a dumbass or something. it felt rude to me.

              Its what you said dude, not me.

              if we both 'don't care' than i see no further reason to continue this conversation.

              Have a nice night man.

              Sorry our wires got crossed in this way.

      • somename [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        That's fair enough. I'll admit I find it in the funny side, because it's mocking someone that was a ghoul in life, but I get humor and sensitivities on appropriate lines vary.