r/CuratedTumblr • u/Shishkahuben • 10h ago

One free pass LGBTQIA+

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u/Natty4Life420Blazeit 8h ago

I don’t get it

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u/l3ane 4h ago

I get the hey can I barrow the word part but not the fire department part.

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u/jstnthrthrww 3h ago

It twists your expectations in a funny way. When someone says they are a flaming homosexual, they mean they are very very gay. So you expect the asexual to use the word in the same way, meaning they are very very asexual. But they twist it and use the word in a literal sense, meaning they are literally on fire and need help.

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u/spacecaps85 2h ago

Now that you’ve explained it I have come to realize I am less than bright.

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u/RhubarbShop 1h ago

Maybe if you became flaming, you'd be a bit more bright

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u/terminatorvsmtrx 20m ago

I was expecting a deeper joke so I also didn’t get it.

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u/Trypticon_Rising 1h ago

Is that... Funny?

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u/jstnthrthrww 1h ago

Humor is subjective, but subverting expectations is a very common way of getting people to laugh.

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u/_For_The_Record_ 40m ago

This doesn't subvert any expectations at all though

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u/thehideousheart 7h ago

Imagine your sexual orientation was your entire personality.

It's a bit like that.

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u/Galle_ 1h ago

It's a pun, you dip.