It's only "just a joke" when you get called out on it.

I would say atleast 80% of the time because there are people who are legitimately only saying things as a joke. But people (friends and family) will say the most absurd thing about you or play the worst prank on you, and say: “it was just a joke, it was just a prank.” Knowing good and well it wasn’t something to joke about. And here’s the other thing, jokes are supposed to be funny. Most people don’t get the concept of a joke. It’s not always that I don’t have a sense of humor. You just don’t have humor AT ALL.

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That's known as "Schrödinger's asshole". It's both a joke and an insult at the same time, who knows, until they see the reaction!
I call those people's schrodingers douchebag. They say some crazy/racist/sexist/stupid stuff, then look at people's reactions to see if they should say it was just a joke
I wld think this is a popular opinion
- Yep, bad unpopular opinion op, it's very popular.
  
  OP joined a week ago, they're still recovering from Redditor exposure, cut them some slack.
  
  Cue the "but sometimes it really is a joke" crowd hasn't hit. Look, man, if the target doesn't laugh, it's not the target's fault, you read the room wrong.
Disagree. Find better friends. Me and my friends stayed up all night last night telling yo mama jokes. She's got a great sense of humor. She called me daddy but I'm not your father.

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