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Wise words (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They mean when someone makes a joke in poor taste. Not actual funny things

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Didn't realise you could read minds of people who post on the internet. /s

Where does it say that? You just pulled this out of your ass to make your argument sound legit.

Without additional context you are making assumptions. My argument doesn't make assumptions, because it is purely based on the provided text.

Now which one of us is making shit up?

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 12 points 3 days ago

they will take your nervous laughter as compliance

That is referring to laughing at something when someone doesn't find funny, but doesn't want to stand out.

It isn't super obvious for those of us that don't do that, but it is a thing.

[–] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 3 days ago

In addition to the word compliance, called out by nimble, there's also the word nervous.

When do you laugh 'nervously'? When the joke made was from someone with power over you; when it was racist, sexist, or otherwise crass; or maybe when you just don't want to be near the person making it.

In those situations, the nervous laughter may be interpreted by the other person as agreement, acceptance, etc. while it is anything but.

It will take a force of will to not chuckle and just let it slide and instead push the issue, but it may result in the other person actually thinking about the issue and realizing their 'joke' was unacceptable.

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

"If it's not explicitly written out in a way that I can understand, then you must be full of shit."

Allow me fill in the gaps for you so you don't hurt your thinky parts:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191108161005/https://twitter.com/HeatherTDay/status/1192833340543422464

https://tiphero.com/laughed-off-offensive-comments