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Thanks for ruining the joke (lemmy.today)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MacNCheezus to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 72 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Skill issue, just reply it with the joke anyway.

[–] experbia@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

yep. "oh, no shit? here I was thinking it was because they lacked the koalafications... smh"

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 36 points 3 months ago (4 children)

This is what it's like making jokes on the internet in general these days. Say something that is clearly absurd for the sake of humor, and then get hit with a ton of "um achtually..." responses.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 3 months ago (8 children)

True... But... How would a Koala not have Koalafications, but a bear does?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 34 points 3 months ago

It's a very polarbearizing issue.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Yeah lol, that's exactly where my pedantic ass went too, the joke doesn't actually make sense...

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 18 points 3 months ago

Shut up nerd

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 10 points 3 months ago

Yeah lol, that's exactly where my pandantic ass went too, the joke doesn't actually make sense...

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[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 10 points 3 months ago

"Why aren't bears considered marsupials?" They don't have the koalafications!

[–] Jimbo@yiffit.net 0 points 3 months ago

From one pedantic person to another...

NEEEEEERRRRRD

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

It's purely nepotism. You have have the right parents to be a bear.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Because going through college is a grizzly process

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Grizzlies always have the bear necessities needed to get a job done

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 2 points 3 months ago

Because they're high all the time and dont study.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

For bears, "bear necessities" can be considered analogous to koalafications in koalas.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Koalas are too nearsighted.

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's not what happened in the scenario above, is it?

Asking 'why aren't koalas considered bears?' isn't clearly absurd.

If they'd said the punchline and then the other person said well actually they're marcupials, then fair enough. That just isn't what happened here though.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sometimes it's so obvious that I wonder if the person knew it was a joke and decided to troll anyways. Other times I have to remember that it does take experience to recognize it, and some people have additional limitations like not speaking the language

Like if I never played a video game, I might not recognize the very obvious wall with a different texture that I'm meant to bash through

Also koalas: !koalawallawoods@lemmy.world

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That is one of the drawbacks of not having to carry a dictionary around ... ever again!

[–] miridius@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

OP is an idiot, could have easily continued the joke

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 26 points 3 months ago

He was too underkoalafied to continue.

[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Word: they're marsupially unkoalafied, of course.

[+] haunte@leminal.space 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago (4 children)

nah, my neurodivergent self would treat that as a genuine question and answer the same way despite my feelings for the other person

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if you let something like that stop you from saying the punchline you probably shouldn’t be dating neurodivergent people

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

yea :3 the punchline makes the joke obvious and we will still laugh at it

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Out of curiosity wouldn't the "nuerodivergent" part just be not interested in why he was asking the question then? Not educated on how that really works. The term seems to imply to me the brain is dividing thoughts into factions, and the social "solenoid" that would get triggered and route to joke faction "by being interested" is getting bypassed so it just went straight to literal answer. Maybe section would be a better term than faction. I should add nuerodivergence to my list of need to look into to further understand.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's not what "neurodivergent" means at all. 😅

Basically, neurodiversity is a psychology worldview in which diversity is recognized as a strength. People who are different, like folks with autism, ADHD and such, are not classified as having a "disorder", but rather different strengths and weaknesses.
And then "neurodivergent" is basically just what people call it when someone is autistic or has ADHD or something along those lines.

My interpretation is that in this case, the person you're responding to probably has autistic traits, which make them less attentive of social cues, or also less comprehending (which may also just mean they need to concentrate to recognize the communication patterns of non-autistics).

And the social cues here would be that the guy telling the joke probably smiled and had a certain tone in their voice. Without recognizing that, it will just sound like a genuine question.
Other autistic traits may also apply, for example autistics tend to have good memory, so that's likely part of the reason why they even know the marsupial thing to begin with.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm clearly missing something because your last 2 paragraphs seem to state the same thing I said here "The term seems to imply to me the brain is dividing thoughts into factions, and the social "solenoid" that would get triggered and route to joke faction "by being interested" is getting bypassed so it just went straight to literal answer. Maybe section would be a better term than faction. I should add nuerodivergence to my list of need to look into to further understand."

Where you say social cue, that is the trigger for the solenoid in my blabber. The "without recognizing" is the "bypassing and going straight" to the literal answer or "answering as a genuine question." As you put it. Maybe I should have said relay instead of solenoid, or just avoided mechanical parts all together 😅

Edit: I tend to keep the view that everyone is on 1 spectrum, and it is not linear but at minimal 2 dimensional, 3 more likely. So I often ignore trying to label thoughts as being autistic or such, as like you said, they could mean a plethora of different things. My partner is autistic/ADHD, but most people would have a hard time telling from standard encounters. They just think she is quiet/reserved until they get into situations that would require more than just small conversations.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Or worse - if you're like me, you spend 10 minutes after the joke to talk more about bears, koalas, marsupials, the entire evolution of bears, because they brought up what you thought was an interesting question.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

Eh, she might have genuinely not realized that he's attempting a joke. You do need to bring across in your voice+expression that you're being humorous, otherwise it sounds like a normal question, and if they're on a party or such, that can be difficult.

Not to mention that if she's a biology student, the info that koalas are marsupials probably makes it quicker to her head than the realization that he's joking.

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

I saw this and then asked my fiance the same setup question. She replied, "because they're marsupials?"

I then showed her this post as the punchline.

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Down voted this one for the weird anti-educated tone to the joke. It wasn't even necessary for the joke. Just odd to include it.

[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Besides their being marsupially unkoalafied, they get high on eucalyptus over cocaine every hour of the day.

Edit: bears: cocaine. They have no interest or güt microbe help to dig eucalyptus like Koalas do

[–] callyral@pawb.social 4 points 3 months ago

Bear with me here, please send help