It's not really flipping the script if you use a photo I've never made comment on, is it? I have to say my strongest issue at the moment is the fact that you consider these "hilarious". That is actually shocking to me, but I'll try to leave it aside.

See post to Sean as to why that specific photo is so completely different from the one we're discussing.

You seem unable to explain it. If it's so simple, just go for it. Won't take more than thirty seconds of your time, no?

That one is funny and yet your conflation speaks to how simple-minded you are. Different photographic stills of the same situation can be funny for different reasons. The celebrity one is funny because Wolf Blitzer is losing so badly to Andy Richter and the number spread is large. You realize that don't you? That this…

I'm not sure how you could construe posting something so obviously irrelevant to our discussion as humoring me, but you actually find that photo funny? The OP obviously didn't find that as funny as the Tyrone one considering he didn't post it, and I seriously doubt you do either unless your sense of humor is seriously…

Omg. This is worse than I imagined. You knew it was the author, therefore knew that his photo's inclusion in the thread was not related our discussion, but posted it anyway?

Haha!! That's the author of this story, Barry Petchesky! For fuck's sake. Amateur hour over here.

For dog's sake then, just explain the humor then if I'm so clearly missing it. If there is nothing about his name or appearance contributing to the joke, then what is funny? That he's performing badly on the show? Ha? I call into question how often you watch Jeopardy if you think that's near the worst it's been.

I didn't see this comment before. Here's a much easier hypothetical for you: reverse the scores of Tyrone and Nina. "SHIT NINA / GET IT TOGETHER". Would that become a meme?

I called into question the humor of a meme. You responded by telling me it's a meme. That's where we are now. You're the one that used it; can you answer the question I posed?

So an old racist joke isn't racist because it's been around for a long time? Not following the logic.

I'm afraid I have little response to that as your (my) comment is clearly not relevant in any way to this discussion. If you're trying to suggest that I've missed the joke, even though I initially called it one, just a racist one, please explain its not-race-related humor to me. A guy has a negative score in Jeopardy?…

...are you seriously trying to suggest that memes can't be racist?

Think harder about it. Really picture this same mundane photograph with three white people and the caption "SHIT BRAD / GET IT TOGETHER." Also consider removing from your mind that it's the second round, as that is not immediately evident from the context. Remember how easily that low score can be achieved, whether…

That's just a racist joke, isn't it? Tyrone's score isn't unusually bad for Jeopardy. Would that be as amusing to you and others if the three of them were white?

Your critical thinking skills are poor.

People.

I think a more apt analogy is: "If you believe Jesus was the son of God, you're a Christian."

Agreed. That's what concerns me most. My mind did a double-take to make sure it was the New York Magazine I was thinking of.

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