Yeah I get that you weren't super judgy about it but still.

I tried to explain in my initial comment why it is that certain people might not vibe with that joke, and you can't take that information for what it is.

I think what I'm taking issue with is more the tone. It is not a fact that many people will take the joke as something hateful. It is only a fact that some will and that's their right. Which is fine.

If you want to keep repeating it anyway, you're certainly free to, but with the knowledge that you may be alienating certain people. That's a choice of values for you: is the joke funnier than trans people's comfort and trust?

You're going off the rails here. I didn't make the joke... but I smirked at it. Why? Because I knew that it would bother Elon, full stop. I think a lot of people would also intuitively know that also. The point of the joke is to throw shade at Elon by using his insecurities. It is imo a stretch and an assumption to say "it's because this 'joker' thinks women are lesser than!" In fact everything we know about society right now tells us if you publicly mock Elon Musk, there's probably several political assumptions you could accurately make about you. And being anti-women isn't among them.

At the risk of getting dog piled if this thread gets any more views... There is some point where we get too sensitive as a society if we don't moderate our impulses. For me, something like this thread is getting close to that, if not already it.

For the world to be bearable in the slightest, we need comedy. You say "oh this one stupid joke is worth it?" and I say "jokes are worth defending because they make life worth living". This joke didn't even elicit an out loud laugh from me but that's not the point. The point is that there is a chilling effect on comedy when it's so heavily scrutinized like this. Is it good for people to think before they joke? Yes, always. But at a certain point the conservative dipshits actually become right for once and people will avoid jokes altogether.

Jokes are not immune from being bad takes, or from critique.

Never thought or said that, as it would be braindead to do so. Before you go making further assumptions about my attitude, know that I loved Dave Chappelle more than any other comedian I've ever known for many years. But he's dead to me after his trans "joke" double down. The first time or two I could have forgiven as a uncharacteristically clumsy way to try to include trans material in his act, but after whatever that last one I watched a couple of years ago was called, it became clear: he is a fucking bigot. First couple times, I gave him a charitable reading because he'd earned it with years of seemingly well intentioned comedy. Then he blew all of that because he's a bigoted old man who couldn't keep it quiet. I didn't really hesitate to see or react to that. So no, jokes aren't immune to shit nor should they be.