(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 days ago"oh? is my acting like a complete asshole offending you?"lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12
arrow-up143arrow-down1image"oh? is my acting like a complete asshole offending you?"lemmy.blahaj.zone(⬤ᴥ⬤)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoI don’t think it’s joking about cannibalism so much as it’s a metaphor or figurative speech. Although I don’t want some weird prion disease, if rich people were the only remaining food source, I’d eat them.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoSuffice it to say, it’s insincere about the cannibalism. The animosity toward billionaires is completely serious.
minus-squareNimrod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoIt’s why I never say “eat the rich”, instead say: “compost the rich”. That way everyone knows I am serious about both parts of the ‘joke’.
I don’t think it’s joking about cannibalism so much as it’s a metaphor or figurative speech.
Although I don’t want some weird prion disease, if rich people were the only remaining food source, I’d eat them.
Suffice it to say, it’s insincere about the cannibalism. The animosity toward billionaires is completely serious.
It’s why I never say “eat the rich”, instead say: “compost the rich”. That way everyone knows I am serious about both parts of the ‘joke’.