180
BIG News (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

i dont get what the first part has to do with the second part of her tweet

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

I can see why lemm.ee is shutting down.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Hey to be fair I'm a hexbearian and I don't get the joke either monke-beepboop

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

spoiler

The joke is that the first part of the post suggests that the news would be that the reader is trans. The expectation is subverted with another piece of news that is really cool. There might be a deeper layer about how trans people might suppress the realization that they're trans by distracting themselves, but I don't really know.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm autistic and I grant a license to dunk to this post because it is very funny

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

❀️ feel free to migrate here!

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

another one for hexbear's owl collection?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Our Parliament grows ever bigger.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago

It's a bait and switch joke.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

before i can answer i must know do you play as a girl in video games, have a fascination with feminine clothing, and "wish you were a girl"?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

have i got some GOOD news for you

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i still dont get it πŸ’€

PLEASE normalize explaining things. we cant all be on the internet 24/7 πŸ™πŸ»

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

The first part is a common implication that the person might be trans, but then switches it up to talking about something completely different.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

so youre saying theres no joke here. its just... switching the topic randomly... alright

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's a classic anti-joke. You set up for a joke punchline, then you say something that isn't the expected joke, and usually isn't even funny. The thing that makes people laugh is that they were expecting a joke and then it isn't one.

This particular one really probably only works if you hang out in certain types of online trans spaces, because otherwise you won't recognize the setup.

Even more explanation, spoilered for easier scrolling:The joke this anti-joke is riffing on is actually also kind of meta, now that I think about it.

Ok, so, if you think you're a boy, but you play as a girl in video games, have a fascination with feminine clothing, and "wish you were a girl", then you might be, in fact, not a boy, you might be trans.

The joke then, is how often the above statement gets bandied about in trans spaces. It's a true statement, almost self-evidently so, and yet, if you're an egg (which in this context means a person who is trans but doesn't know it yet), you sometimes don't realize you're trans until/unless you see this statement somewhere and then start thinking about it. So people in trans spaces, especially spaces where there are a lot of eggs for whatever reason, will post this kind of sentiment constantly. It's kind of funny how often.

So here we are with the original anti-joke this whole thread has been about: the person on twitter starts the sentence that always ends with "you might be trans", but then actually posts a pretty neat news article, and since you're expecting "you might be trans" and get instead "neat underground forest found in China", then if you're me, you chuckle a little, because it's pretty funny.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

It's inverting the reader's expectations in an amusing manner

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i hope you come to hexbear when .ee shuts down. we love our owls!

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

im not kidding though? i think you'd be happy here. theres already a couple other owls, and even an owl power poster! but there's always room for more. we have multiple owl emoji stickers! i hope you come floppy-owl

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

i wasnt kidding either 😭

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

user who is chronically offline and keeps causing stirrups because they're being genuine while everyone they interact with is hiding behind 3 layers of irony and meta-irony

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

stirrups

Neigh.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

lol great! see you soon possum-party

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

β€œI have some news for you” is a facetious way that people sometimes imply someone might be trans. But the joke is that the β€œnews” is a literal news story. Maybe with the added twist that it’s a subject that’s nerdy in a way that fits with stereotypes of trans people. Not sure about the last part though.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

ohhhhh now i get it. finally someone actually explaining it πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸ»

thank you friend

this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
180 points (100.0% liked)

traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

1247 readers
86 users here now

Welcome to /c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns, an anti-capitalist meme community for transgender and gender diverse people.

  1. Please follow the Hexbear Code of Conduct

  2. Selfies are not permitted for the personal safety of users.

  3. No personal identifying information may be posted or commented.

  4. Stay on topic (trans/gender stuff).

  5. Bring a trans friend!

  6. Any image post that gets 200 upvotes with "banner" or "rule 6" in the title becomes the new banner.

  7. Posts about dysphoria/trauma/transphobia should be NSFW tagged for community health purposes.

  8. When made outside of NSFW tagged posts, comments about dysphoria/traumatic/transphobic material should be spoiler tagged.

  9. Arguing in favor of transmedicalism is unacceptable. This is an inclusive and intersectional community.

  10. While this is mostly a meme community, we allow most trans related posts as we grow the trans community on the fediverse.

If you need your neopronouns added to the list, please contact the site admins.

Remember to report rulebreaking posts, don't assume someone else has already done it!

Matrix Group Chat:

Suggested Matrix Client: Cinny

https://rentry.co/tracha (Includes rules and invite link)

WEBRINGS:

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Transmasculine Pride Ring πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

⬅️ Left πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Be Crime Do Gay Webring πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Right ➑️

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS