this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
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Are The Straights OK?

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Is someone holding these poor souls hostage and forcing them to be together?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I never got the whole thing with "hate one's spouse" jokes. Like, marriage isn't mandatory these days. If you really, truly, don't like a person anymore or hate living with them, why remain together?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Old people. It's literally always old people that find them funny.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yup! this is what we are here to make fun of, you are this community’s “target market”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s either deep, childlike insecurity about their spouse or a religious marriage. At least in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My grandfather treated my grandmother this way in their entire 66 years of marriage. When we called him out on it he would give excuses about being entitled because they were married.

And of course these are the kinds of things he would share on Facebook. If they share memes like this they actually treat people like this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this can be sarcasm in the right context. Probably not what this meme was about, I’m supposing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

These "jokes" do not feel good if there's even a hint of seriousness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

whoa lol did not realize the mag at first lolol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Relevant username?