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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

You’d be kind of a cunt to joke about something that someone might actually be insecure about.

So we’ve got two scenarios to consider.

Scenario one is you don’t know this person. Hence anything might be something they’re insecure about.

Scenario two is you do know this person. Meaning you’re in an ongoing relationship with them. Meaning years. Meaning you’d better be disciplined about only giving them shit once or twice about it. Because in the course of years, you’re going to have hundreds of opportunities.

And guess what happens when you poke someone repeatedly anywhere hundreds of times? They get sore