srasmus@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoCalling something "a joke" feels meaner than calling something "a bad joke"message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareCalling something "a joke" feels meaner than calling something "a bad joke"srasmus@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
Maybe it’s just because the latter evokes that speech from the Heath Ledger joker, making it less serious.
minus-square_g_be@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoA bad joke doesn’t necessarily imply [negative attribute], though. Could just be ironic or surprising amount of [neutral attribute]. So it’s poorly executed but earnest
A bad joke doesn’t necessarily imply [negative attribute], though.
Could just be ironic or surprising amount of [neutral attribute].
So it’s poorly executed but earnest