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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

That was a joke about USA assigning threatening labels to anything it threatens or exploits to make public afraid of it instead of being supportive of it. As most jokes, it based on the subversion of expectations, which in this case was the suggestion that hornets are good and misunderstood. Comparing them and what they're doing to bees to gay or black people was intended as a sprinkle of dark humor, implying their (hornets!) destructive nature finds parrarels with the multitude of oppressed kinds of people.

Way to tell me I'm unfunny and my sense of humor sucks, man (jk)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That was a joke about USA assigning threatening labels to anything it threatens or exploits to make public afraid of it instead of being supportive of it. As most jokes, it based on the subversion of expectations, which in this case was the suggestion that hornets are good and misunderstood. Comparing them and what they're doing to bees to gay or black people was intended as a sprinkle of dark humor, implying their (hornets!) destructive nature finds parrarels with the multitude of oppressed kinds of people.

I think you might want to go back to some of your source material and rework it if you think it's funny.

Way to tell me I'm unfunny and my sense of humor sucks, man (jk)

2edgy4me maybe on 4chan it might do better

[–] [email protected] 0 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

Funny, that's exactly a reply one would expect from a 4chan dweller. Is there a miniority or other group of people that USA demonized for profit that you're angry I've neglected to mention in this joke about imperialism and hornets, or was there something else that triggered you to go in swinging with insults? Apparently at least one other person found it funny, so I feel like the reason the joke didn't land with you might have to do with you not being the target audience, whatever it might be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 minutes ago

Is there a miniority or other group of people that USA demonized for profit that you're angry I've neglected to mention in this joke about imperialism and hornets, or was there something else that triggered you to go in swinging with insults?

no, I just found your commentary devoid of any real purpose. it lacked the thoughtfulness and effort of a good joke and took extreme liberties in joining the topic of murder hornets and American prejudices and imperialism.

Apparently at least one other person found it funny, so I feel like the reason the joke didn't land with you might have to do with you not being the target audience, whatever it might be.

you are correct, the joke didn't land with me, but not for the reasons you expressed. they didn't land with me because I failed to see the connection between the efforts taken by thousands of people to fight off an invasive species and imperialism.

so won't you please expound upon what the correlation between the two are for me? maybe then I might get the joke and I'll gladly apologize.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, I chuckled at your comment. :-)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

I appreciate that, thank you.