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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Stosh@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why is this downvoted so much?

It uses subversion of expectations as a joke. This is the anti-war original:

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably because it perpetuates a tired stereotype of the armed forces/first responders beating their families by showing that the daughter hopes he lost a hand so he can't hit her.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That feels like a bit of a stretch to me for what is a pretty standard anti-meme.

Well, if we can take the upvote/downvote system as a measure of agree/disagree you can see that at least a few people clocked it the same way I did.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Stosh@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago
[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago
[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago
[–] LAN_Mower@lemmybefree.net 3 points 1 year ago

If it's a chronic thing where you can't stop thinking and you loose sleep it may be an anxiety disorder.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Switch it back I forgot what I saw