Is there a joke between blind people that sighted cannot understand? Or vice versa?(self.Blind)
submitted by clampie
razzretina4 points3y ago
The concept of honesty finding comedy in being blind seems to go over the heads of a lot of sighted people in my experience. It’s easy to startle a laugh out of them with a few quips that amount to dad jokes but when a blind person says it, it’s always funny in a sort of gallows way. And I think threatening to turn the lights off on a sighted stranger next time they go down a set of stairs would be confusing to them; you kinda need to know someone who’s blind and sarcastic for a bit before that registers as a joke or even something that makes sense.
As for sighted jokes I don’t get, anything involving a subtle gesture as the punchline will do. Or a description of something most people can see but I have no context for. Even when it’s explained I usually don’t get it. There was an image pun about Bluetooth I couldn’t parse because I didn’t know Bluetooth has a symbol.
BlindOwl122 points3y ago
It’s almost worse when they start getting the jokes and interpret every second thing you say as self derision
razzretina1 points3y ago
Yeah that’s an awkward phase. I try to get my friends past that part as fast as I can. XD
retrolental_morose3 points3y ago
I suppose like in all fields there are jokes that outsiders won't get, scientists, programmers, doctors etc all have their pools of jargon and the blind are no different.
As a blind person who's never had sight, I'm also sure there are visual things I just can't appreciate.
jemaj1 points3y ago
Yes, there is a very funny joke only blind people understand.
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