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It's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigration (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Bro a "your black certification ran out" joke is miles different than a "white to black trans" "joke". Aside from being inappropriate, it's also just unfunny, and so wildly out of left field, it screams "I'm doing a bigotry reference to be edgy/for attention". It deserves downvotes for those reasons alone.

I don't disagree with your point that Lemmy in it's current state isn't the most casual/normie friendly place. But if you think trans "jokes" are what will make Lemmy more approachable, you and I have very different casual audiences in mind.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's not out of left field. Read the user names.

    The dude who says "I'm not sure which one I am" has the username "Certified Black Guy" which is why the joke was made. They're all replying to this

    19-45 white male tech enthusiast and 19-45 white trans female tech enthusiast.

    It's a play on how the expectation was that the trans reference was between gender. Twist-on-expectation is a core conceit of many jokes.

    You don't have to think it's a funny joke. It's a hip shot, a shitpost.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I read the thread, the "joke" is bad.

    You don't have to think it's a funny joke. It's a hip shot, a shitpost.

    Isn't the whole point of a shitpost to garner downvotes? Mission accomplished I guess. Point still stands, it's deserving of downvotes.

    Again, I don't disagree that Lemmy is not very casual friendly at the moment. But let me reiterate, "more trans jokes/shitposts/whatever you want to call it" isn't going to attract the types of "casuals" that I (or most people on Lemmy, I'd assume) want to interact with.

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