| > Reduction of a S/O to a sex-provider Nothing in the joke said "only". By that logic, all single sentences are reductionist. You're intentionally using emotionally laden words. Also, the difference between a BFF and an significant other generally is the sex. > you are (wrongly) assuming that this one person is the only person who dislikes this type of joke Making everyone happy isn't possible and it's generally not even worth trying because some people just dislike everything. If they're overly dramatic about the "harm" it usually means there isn't any, that they just like controlling discussion. > just because something is common or widespread, doesn't mean it should be normalized or treated as "the best that it can be" Nobody did that. They said that in a sense of "and yet you're not dead yet." Generally humor like this is only bad if it unreasonably hurts someone and "all SOs" are not a class who can be hurt by humor. Nobody is being maligned. |