[gala8y]

> people can “tell jokes”

I think his tweet lacked signaling that is was in fact a joke. That makes a difference.

[mcphage]

I think the picture of chorizo was the signal that it was a joke.

[gala8y]

Well... sure. If I look at this, something is off for me and I get the cue (I would not say it was chorizo, though), but he released it into the wild. For many this would not be a joke until they see follow up tweet - they are missing this cue. I am not in the camp of delicate snowflakes, but he shouldn't be surprised doing it like this in the wild.

Added - ...and I surely know it's just too big. It's just not so much good of a joke, I think.

[mcphage]

> It's just not so much good of a joke, I think.

I suppose that’s why he went into astrophysics instead of comedy.

[misnome]

That’s the joke