• Tattorack
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    Alright So lesbian relationship. One of them decides they’re not a woman anymore. They both decide to devorce

    Maybe I’m missing something, but is there supposed to be a joke somewhere in here?

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      Their mutual regard for one another transcends what they want from the relationship, which contrasts humourously with hetero norms of trying to change one other to get what you want

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        Being selfish is hetero normative? I’m probably being defensive but this feels like a weird statement to make.

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          It’s societally normative, as is heterosexuality. Correlative, not causative.

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          I’m here as a het to tell you that the gays do laugh at us, and it’s fine

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            So stereotyping is suddenly okay if the gays are the ones doing it?

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              If your jokes made around stereotypes in queer communities are offending people the jokes are probably just veiled insults. You can do things, you just need to be at least a little versed in the community and understand how to make respectful jokes instead of demeaning ones.

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                Or some queer people are too sensitive. Some people live to get offended, they choose to get offended about damn near everything everyone says.

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                  Yeah it’s weird how people holding bigoted views are also often easily offended. People are people ig

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              As long as they stereotyping gayness and they are gay it kinda seems ok. Laughing about your self is okay i think

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              Please understand the difference between punch-down and punch-up comedy on your own time.

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        Ok, but That’s not something that’s funny.

        It would work in a greater narrative, perhaps, where we as readers know the characters. Not this one off thing.

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          Not every joke is gonna be for you, don’t worry about it

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      The humor for me is that you kind of expect something like this to end in bitter tears and a sad goodbye, but they’re both actually totally fine with a divorce and even hype each other up for new relationships.

      A lot of trans discovery/coming out stories don’t end very happily, so it’s nice to see one that does.

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        Also, it’s a comic strip, which does not necessarily mean there is a joke.

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          Brenda Starr and Mark Trail were goddamn laugh riots.

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      This isn’t the “jokes” community, it’s the “comic strips” community