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I don’t mean that the joke just isn’t funny, I want to know a joke that almost makes you want to fast-forward through the scene.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I find it funny because of the sheer absurdity of it. There's absolutely no reason to dislike Jerry. He affable and unassuming, a good family man and just generally a good guy. Yet everyone inexplicably hates him, even Chris. It's makes absolutely no sense and that disconnect is what makes it funny to me.

If they hated him for a reason it would be mean spirited. Instead, it's just over the top silly and fits in with the humor of the show.

The bit where Leslie throws his painting in the lake is one of my favorite moments. It's just so exorbitantly stupid that it makes me laugh.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Personally I don't have as much of an issue with when they're poking fun at him per se, but when they denegrate or damage things he has clearly worked hard on and put a lot of passion into, that's crossing a line for me. It becomes incredibly mean-spirited.

There are two examples in this compilation video. One at the linked time, and another at 6:33. Especially with how happy he is to see Leslie in the second clip until she destroys his art. It's honestly heart-breaking. The pie to the face that came a little bit before that was also hard to watch and really felt mean. Dunno if that's because of how cold and calculated it was (vs the more usual off-the-cuff comments), or because it was a physical act rather than verbal, or something else. But I didn't like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

7:20 part got to me

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Ok, the time stamped one is pretty rough. They don't usually play his reaction with such honesty.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

It feels cringe (to me) cause these type of people are often bullied in real life work places, again with no real reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's the opposite of the Lil' Sebastian thing, where there's that horse that everyone idolizes for no discernible reason. Although with that, there's the one character who doesn't understand why they do that, so maybe that's what the Jerry thing needed? Or perhaps that would have made it even sadder lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

"no discernible reason"!? I would murder everyone in this room to bring Lil Sebastian back for 5 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that would ruin the joke. If everyone hates him it's farcical. If one person likes him then everyone else becomes a monster.