Comment on How I imagine my father as a kid
AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is one of those comedy grey areas.
Like, I get the joke. I like the joke. But this is still likely a photo of a real person that probably never intended to be a throwaway meme.
I voted neither for or against this post.
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It made me even more uneasy, that he’s not looking friendly at all at the photographer. This makes me think, that is not a loved one of his taking this pic and it somehow made its way here. I hope this isn’t a “straight to the Internet” picture taken without his consent.
His face has “how dare you mf” all written over it.
Yeah, like… This was absolutely me as a kid, I just imagined my fully grown dad but child-size, so I want to laugh…
But I can’t laugh when it’s just a photo that’s essentially going “HAHA LOOK AT THIS ABNORMAL PERSON, LET ME BRING FOCUS TO THE ABNORMAL THING HAHA!”
It feels gross.
So I approve of the joke, just not the accompanying image.
BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I initially voted for the haha… Then read your comment and downvoted. Thanks for the alternate perspective.
Tyfud@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same. Solidarity.