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d311h0p t1_j4dqbtl wrote

Reply to comment by 00notmyrealname00 in Euston shooting: Girl, 7, and three women injured near church by millajones

What was supposed to be funny about your joke?

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minitrr t1_j4dtlso wrote

It was funny because it was a criticism of America’s hyper obsession with guns to the point it’s a part of our National identity and culture.

They used irony by highlighting that a headline you constantly see in the US is coming up for the UK. And they got bonus points by weaving in another classic American cultural trope of being paranoid about cultural appropriation.

That’s why it was funny, not because people got injured.

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Stibley_Kleeblunch t1_j4dv2xp wrote

It comments on our love for frivolous lawsuits as well. Very clever, in my opinion.

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d311h0p t1_j4dwukb wrote

Yes it's a completely accurate criticism. Using someone's injury as the fuel for it, and connecting something completely unrelated. We must have very different senses of humor, and I respect that people with yours found it funny.

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