cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40397983
We all make jokes that don’t land, but sometimes we make jokes that should’ve been funny if anyone understood it.
Maybe it was too subtle, or too nuanced like a joke based off work-jargon.
Whatever it was, what joke did you say that should’ve had people in stitches but… didn’t land?
Now is your time!
I live nearish to a military base so a lot of local businesses have a military/veteran discount.
At the store I buy dog food at, the staff are so tired of asking about it that they have shortened “are you a member of the military?” to “any military?”
After I noticed it a few times that every single employee in the store shortened it that way, I started answering “there is one, but I’m not in it.”
Loooots of blank stares. I stopped since apparently nobody gets it or they don’t think it’s funny. I think it’s the former but idk 🤷
They’re retail employees. They don’t think it’s funny because they’ve likely heard it from a hundred other people.