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soundguynick t1_isaqacg wrote

Good for them for being who they are.

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NigelDime_ t1_isaqtb8 wrote

I read "I was on a date with a blind woman..." and got confused.

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Wendals87 t1_isarbwp wrote

I thought you said you were from Iran!

(from the the IT crowd of you didn't get the reference. She said she used to be a man)

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steelgeek2 t1_isb1v70 wrote

"No, you see I'm not anti-trans because it's just a joke! It's no big deal"

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jeep_42 t1_isb991h wrote

good for her! But also that’s a really roundabout way of saying that she’s trans

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EnigmaFrug2308 t1_isbjw16 wrote

Good for her, glad she can be herself and live happily!

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Kaiju62 t1_isbo6wt wrote

This literally got posted as a bad web comic on terrible Facebook meme earlier this week

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steelgeek2 t1_isbs4b8 wrote

Replying to adamzam (#103,557)

Fair enough I suppose. I used to know a guy that was racist, homophobic, etc. He would always start with these little jokes and end up full blown, while saying what I posted.
Just reminded me of that asshole I guess.

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Aysher t1_isbxkls wrote

Replying to XxannoyingassxX (#104,297)

Christian is both a name and a religion. It’s set up to be a religious conversation, but it is the date saying that they are trans (used to be Christian, is now Christine).

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wanttobeoptimistic t1_isceucr wrote

I feel like the joke would be better if you took out the “a” and just had it as “I used to be Christian”

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bigswig4cei t1_isckrvq wrote

Like that horror film Christine. You saying it used to be a van.

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S2Charlie t1_iscp3p8 wrote

I read that as "I was on a date with a blind woman" 🤦

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Vt420KeyboardError4 t1_iscx8tw wrote

Replying to Giveorangeme (#106,399)

Christianity is a religion. People who follow Christianity are called Christians. Christian is also a fairly common male name in English speaking countries. At first, when the girl in this scenario told the guy she used to be Christian, he assumed she was talking about the former definition. He is then informed that she was in fact talking about the latter definition, and changed her name to Christine, which is a common female name. This is a bait and switch. The reader initially assumed that this was going to be a joke about religion, but it turned out it was a trans joke.

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RedScope53 t1_isd82uy wrote

Welcome to Repost of the Week, I'm your host, redscope53.

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Zumokumibonsu t1_isdhqn1 wrote

Douglas: Oh, poppet... to think when we met, you were so worried that you came from Iran.

April: ...what?

Douglas: When we met, as if I'd be worried about something like that! I don't care where you're from; Iran, France, doesn't bother me. I'm very modern

April: I'm not from Iran!

Douglas: Well, you said something along those lines.

April: No, not Iran, a man! I said I used to be a man!

Douglas: You used to be a man...?

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flyingpadre t1_isdjbd3 wrote

If it wasn't for lazy trans jokes some people would have no jokes at all.

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nsfbr11 t1_isdpoll wrote

Transphobic trash. Delete this.

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CeleryQtip t1_isdqgzi wrote

Then there is me, who calls her Enitsirhc.

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WaisTom t1_ise4e3s wrote

Did not see that coming.

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Flimsy-Fee-9439 t1_ise5s0x wrote

Replying to steelgeek2 (#103,154)

I see nothing transphobic here, also, it’s not the person’s fault if they are straight or bi or pan. If im looking for a hookup, i’d like to know if the organ is what im looking for. If im looking for a serious relationship, it doesnt matter much. Everyone has a different preference and thats ok.

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Narlavor t1_ise8hzm wrote

Replying to Blutarg (#106,275)

Don't know if there's a joke hidden in there. But I texted and met with one, a while back. Pretty amazing how she handled life, was impressed.

Also, people stare a LOT.

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rylettroad t1_isec4fx wrote

Replying to GreenReflection6576 (#108,132)

But it’s just poking fun at the wordplay around the word Christian isn’t it? It might be related to being trans, but it’s not offensive because it’s not being negative towards trans folk.

If the joke had ended with OP’s character leaving as a result of the reveal, then I could see the offence. But OP’s character could just as well be like ‘haha that was a good one! So how are you?’.

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rylettroad t1_isecdy3 wrote

Replying to Giveorangeme (#108,226)

The joke is that the character thought the trans character was talking about being religious, whereas they were trying to tell them they were trans. The joke is the confusion due to the word Christian being used as both a personal name and the name of a religion.

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ktsktsstlstkkrsldt t1_iseehs9 wrote

Replying to steelgeek2 (#103,154)

Okay, how exactly is this anti-trans? The joke is simply that the man already went and said "I'm okay with that" before realizing she was talking about transsexuality and not religion. Most of the humor just comes from the clever word-play on "Christian".

What anti-trans message does this joke really carry? Does it imply that the man isn't fine with her being trans? Maybe. Does that make the joke anti-trans? Not really. That's mostly just the reader's own assumption. The joke doesn't explicitly mock trans people in any way.

This is a joke featuring a transsexual person, that draws most of its humor from the fact they're trans in a non-mocking way. That's quite different from, for example, most jokes about jews or black people. It's situational comedy, not offensive humor.

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gorgeous_lion t1_iseh0vw wrote

Somehow I directly read "Christian" as the male Name and was then confused as to where the Joke is, it took a wile to read it as "religious"

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MikeMcLoughlin t1_isepn8c wrote

I asked a deaf woman out once, she said "half past 2"

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misterphuzz t1_isimdgd wrote

Replying to rylettroad (#108,692)

And even if the joke had ended with the character leaving as a result of the reveal, that should not be considered an offense because everybody is allowed to have their own personal preferences, right? Or is that not correct these days?

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rylettroad t1_isjbtc8 wrote

Replying to misterphuzz (#115,068)

Well I think it would’ve been offensive since it’s being posted to r/joke, and the punchline being that the person revealed they were trans and the person left isn’t much of a joke.

But you’re right in that in real life, people have their own preferences when it comes to attraction, and that’s ok. 🙂 I would, however, say that if OP’s character was already attracted to Christian/Christine, and only became un-attracted once they found out they were trans, I think OP could ask themselves why that is if they wanted to get to know themselves better.

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