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Well, technically...
Extremely distasteful joke to make.
some people use bleak humor to cope
Gallows humor doesn’t count when it’s from the crowd watching the execution
True, and that might be the case here (I don't know what's inside this user's head), but the joke was still not appropriate.
Edit: Yeah, I don't know if that's the case here based on the "But I am not sorry" reply I just got from them.
Considering that the whole thing was about him being abducted from his country, "in this country" was a pretty bad choice of translation
You know, when someone says your joke is distasteful it's possible to just say "oh yeah, sorry".
But I am not sorry
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You should be sorry to be making distasteful jokes like that at the expense of the targets of US aggression. If you have nothing to say other than "¯\_(ツ)_/¯", I think the fact that you aren't speaks for you.
It's a joke, I'm not going to take it as seriously as you hope me to. That's a wasted effort on your part
Yeah, people are being kidnapped and murdered by America to steal their resources and subjugate their country. I'm glad for you that you're in a position where you can make jokes at their expense and not feel bad.
Thanks
In case it wasn't clear, I was being sarcastic - I'm not glad for you and I think your attitude is reprehensible. I should have added a tone indicator.
I had no idea it was sarcasm.
There's actual shit happening in the world and you're out here getting upset over a simple joke. Priorities.
You're out here joking about actual imperial violence happening to victims of the government whose imperialism you directly benefit from.
You deserve to be thrown in a work camp.
You're out here getting upset over a joke. It's not like either of us is doing anything productive lol
Somebody saying your joke sucked does not constitute "upset", it just means they think your joke sucked and was in bad taste.
My apologies, as I said I should have added to indicator.
Yes, I'm upset that you would joke at the expense of the victims in this situation. This is an example of actual shit happening, and it's not fodder for you to make distasteful jokes about. There are people for who this has real consequences who don't have the privilege of being glib about it like you do.
You're not doing anything for the people by getting upset at some internet rando. Just saying.
You've been banned now (I guess an admin saw this thread), so I don't know if you'll see this, but I didn't think I was, I just thought your comment was distasteful and your refusal to acknowledge that even more so.
Consider, if it doesn't bother you to make a joke out of this at the expense of the victims, whether it might bother you to do so with different news and if so, what the differences are.
Fuck off