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I'm pretty open about the fact that I have autism, and there have been a few times when I have used the strategy in these tweets, but adding the invocation of my autism.
When I ask them to explain why it's funny, they will often try to deflect the conversation at first, because they're uncomfortable at being challenged. I can then double down on asking them to explain the joke, being all apologetic and saying that jokes often go over my head because I'm autistic. That makes it much harder to deflect, especially because I'm super good at appearing earnest when I'm asking this, so it manoeuvres the joke-teller into a no-win situation, where they either explain the joke, and look like an asshole, or they don't explain it, and they still look like an asshole.
Then when they do eventually explain it, I am good at making my face fall in disappointment, before saying "oh, that's not a very funny joke". It gives me a great deal of satisfaction because there are many people who believe that autistic people are incapable of lying or acting, when in fact, being autistic means I've spent my entire life learning how to put on a performance for the outer world.
So did she learn it herself, as per her first comment.
Or did her dad teach her this, as per her second comment?
Make up your mind!
Good advice, but obviously sprinkled with bs.
Also, posting the first comment would have avoided ALL of the confusion people are having about "not laughing at jokes".
It sounds like her dad taught her the general advice, but she learned (herself) through using the advice that specifically sexual harassers stop laughing when you ask why their "jokes" are funny.
So both can be true as I'm understanding/reading it.
I can tell my kids whatever I want. They generally trust me, but will retain some level of skepticism until they discover that my advice is valid. In this case her Dad may have suggested, "try x" but she didn't realize how effective the approach would be until she used it once.
What's the context?
Sexist jokes or the likes
I don't get it.
laughs nervously
Stop complying!
Imagine someone is trying to be friendly with you, but in a manipulative way - they make a joke about your appearance, or maybe even just an assumption they have about you simply from stereotyping. Perhaps it's something you don't agree with, are sensitive about, or is just downright untrue. But it's a minor slight among a litany of other conversation, and is it really worth a confrontation?
This, then, is the question: do you laugh it off and move on? Do you directly refute or rebuke them? Or do you just act like you don't even know what they're talking about and force them to go down the rabbit hole of self-examination to explain why their joke was funny?
I'm not sure I follow - what's the funny part?
Like when a bloke says the missus better have dinner on the table when i get home or else.
People laugh at the implied domestic violence.
Instead don't
(my comment was a joke - I'm asking you to explain as suggested in the OP, I think the person above me was being sarcastic too)
Or, maybe rather than a threat or an implication, it's a vent for what a toxic upbringing many of us had.
If someone makes a comment like that as an intentional dark joke, not actually accepting the misogyny implied, one would likely be much more willing to explain that their joke was satire and clarify that they do not subscribe to that belief, I would think. Perhaps this person just poorly chose their audience for their joke.
I think it is the misogynist who would theoretically have a hard time explaining the joke without outing themself.
That said, I don’t know how often a bigot would be necessarily off put by this strategy since they probably think that their bigotry is justified.
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Who is "they" and why do they want me to laugh and why would it be nervous?
Racist/sexist/ableist/etc humor.
It's a way to make those who are trying not to say the quiet parts loud come right on out and say them. Amazing way to make a bigot squirm, though personally, I prefer alligator clips and a 1000 volt DC source.
DC is ass for electrocuting people, if you're gonna be an edge lord do it right.
Not to mention, where the fuck are you getting a 1kv DC source? Microwave transformers are cheap and plentiful.
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How has her dad "just told me" but she "used it for rest of my life ever since"?
I assume there’s context missing since it says “replying to”
So I assume they meant something like “my dad only told me xyz” or like “wow that’s nuts, my dad just said xyz, not all that” or something roughly along those lines.
"just" as "nothing more than [...]" - it was not much. "Just" a sentence or two. But it was enought.
The word "just" doesn't only refer to time.
Oh, true... Its actually a sad post about her almost mute father. /s
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Without any context this just comes across as psychotic advice.
Maybe it's advice for a comedy career. Never laugh at any jokes, just feign ignorance and get the jok teller to explain. Then you learn the art of comedy and joke design, and you will have the tools to write your own comedy set. Thanks dad!
The number of people not understanding this is wild to me
It took me a couple readings to catch the nervous laughter part since it isn't something I do myself.
That's really good advice, and I'll take it. Thank you, unnamed Dad. I'll honor your memory by passing it on.
"Sorry, I made a joke. I see you're having a problem figuring it out. Guess I overestimated how smart you are. Let's move on."
"Then help me please, I want to participate, too!"
"I have the feeling you've been asking people to speak slowly and explain things for a very long time. I guess I overestimated you."
I'm very good at being condescending. That means acting like I'm better than other people.
[jk]
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People get very angry when you do that on the internet.
On the internet, you get people pretending to not understand things in every context as if walking around slackjawed and clueless talking about all the things they don't understand with some kind of aloof and detached attitude makes them better than everyone else. I think this post is talking about sexist jokes though, not that.
Yes, I was talking about jokes too. "I don't get it, I feel stupid, explain please?" as a reply to a bigoted joke has only ever earned me very angry and very entertaining insults. Haven't had opportunity to do this IRL but face to face people are less prone to explode :)
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Just so you know; there is a better option in between.
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