If you take such things as being serious and true statements, you're obviously not getting the joke (because there was no joke, only a serious and true statemen

If you take such things as being serious and true statements, you're obviously not getting the joke (because there was no joke, only a serious and true statement). There's a certain level of detachment required to appreciate an insult as an art form, even moreso when you're the one being insulted. Some people can do it, and some understandably don't necessarily want to be that detached!