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"Not offensive" fucking narcissist lol. It doesn't offend the trans community, no, instead it raises one of the biggest problems that 49% of the population has, for which there is no reason beyond that our meritocracy - not all, just ours - operates on sexist principles. If it doesn't offend you you aren't paying attention to what's really important, which of course is always the problem with the sex obsessed.
I mean, it's a good joke, but to call it not offensive is to self identify as male.
So, uh, that's the joke.
We should probably call some physicists to document this, as it's rare that you see such a perfect superposition of both getting the joke and not getting it. You may in fact be entangled with the joke now... Do you feel unusual in any way?
I think they have a relevant username instead
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mate, just get off your phone and go outside for a bit.
Comedy is tragedy plus time. You won't find many jokes that don't have some offensive interpretation. We can laugh about them anyways when we know they are made in good faith. Good faith in this context would be using the joke to call attention towards the prevalent sexism in our society. Obviously you have the right to be offended when you see a known misogynist make the same joke.
Isn’t it not offensive given it’s punching up?
Maybe my biases show, that I think it’s calling attention to wage inequity.
Sweet, sweet unreasonabro, if you think the place you call "ours" is 1) A meritocracy and 2) the only place that operates on sexist principles, then I formally request an invite to the incredibly sheltered place you call home, because it's going to survive the heat death of the universe given how removed from reality is.
Where does someone take offense to the joke? It points out the pay gap unexpectedly, comedy has been used to point out inequality for centuries. They didn't say they should be paid less, maybe employers could be offended for the generalization that they pay women less lol.
You must be hilarious at parties.