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minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours ago I personally can’t even understand how this can be funny. I think because the expected outcome is that he’s taking her home to rape her, but instead he’s turned her into bacon? It’s comedic because of the subversion of expectation. Not because the subject matter is in any way funny (it isn’t).
minus-squareSolumbran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 hours agoBut you can subvert expectations without propagating rape culture. And I can’t find something that does, to be funny. Just like I can’t like racist jokes and similar.
I think because the expected outcome is that he’s taking her home to rape her, but instead he’s turned her into bacon?
It’s comedic because of the subversion of expectation. Not because the subject matter is in any way funny (it isn’t).
But you can subvert expectations without propagating rape culture. And I can’t find something that does, to be funny. Just like I can’t like racist jokes and similar.