11 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)
View submission: "I also choose this guy's dead wife."
I want to ask, I'm just genuinely curious, what's so funny about this comment? It seems pretty average. Maybe I don't understand the humour behind it?
Comment by mpbh at 26/02/2020 at 05:09 UTC
67 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I know this is way late but just wanted to add my take:
The true absurdity of this comment comes from reading the rest of the replies in the OP post. Most commenters are choosing celebrities or fictional characters that they'd like to bang.
All of a sudden you stumble across this really sweet and heartfelt reply from someone who suffered a terrible tragedy. You can feel his hurt. You stop the mindless scrolling of half-assed comments and reflect on the power of love and the void that it can leave.
And then ... you see it. It's like the drop of a roller coaster. In 999 of 1000 scenarios this would be downvoted for incredibly cruelty. In real life you'd likely be shunned.
But not here. Not that day. The context was the perfect opportunity to turn tragedy into one of the most hilarious sentences reddit has ever seen.
Unfortunately, people who get linked to it without stumbling across it naturally never get that full roller coaster ride that makes this comment so special.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/01/2020 at 03:51 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Same. I don’t really get it :\