Stosh@lemmy.worldBanned to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoMe all the timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down123
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minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoWhy is this downvoted so much? It uses subversion of expectations as a joke. This is the anti-war original:
minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoProbably because it perpetuates a tired stereotype of the armed forces/first responders beating their families by showing that the daughter hopes he lost a hand so he can’t hit her.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThat feels like a bit of a stretch to me for what is a pretty standard anti-meme.
minus-squareMyDarkestTimeline01@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoWell, if we can take the upvote/downvote system as a measure of agree/disagree you can see that at least a few people clocked it the same way I did.
Why is this downvoted so much?
It uses subversion of expectations as a joke. This is the anti-war original:
Probably because it perpetuates a tired stereotype of the armed forces/first responders beating their families by showing that the daughter hopes he lost a hand so he can’t hit her.
That feels like a bit of a stretch to me for what is a pretty standard anti-meme.
Well, if we can take the upvote/downvote system as a measure of agree/disagree you can see that at least a few people clocked it the same way I did.