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It's not necessarily in good taste, and not necessarily universally funny, but yes, it's totally possible to make anything serious into a joke. The usual techni
by oldmanjay 11y ago
It's not necessarily in good taste, and not necessarily universally funny, but yes, it's totally possible to make anything serious into a joke. The usual technique is to bring a lot of absurdity to the situation, which truthfully I didn't see in this post.
On a personal (potentially explanatory) note, my first death threat came from a man aiming a loaded gun at my face. No joke was intended there! I think that experience has left me somewhat unable to manifest concern about threats that aren't backed up with firepower, which probably leaves me more open to seeing the humor.
- rconti 11y agoI think it helps that it's not a direct threat to an actual person. The reader gets the feeling that the writer not only will not figure out who made the decision (and, therefore, who to kill), but also won't even bother trying to figure it out.