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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
Sun May 14, 2023, 07:16 PM May 2023

Found on Facebook:

A guy goes into a bar, there's a robot bartender. The robot says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Martini."
The robot brings back the best martini ever and says to the man, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "168."
The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration, and medical technology.
The guy leaves, but he is curious.
So he goes back into the bar.
The robot bartender says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Martini."
Again, the robot makes a great martini, gives it to the man and says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "100."
The robot then starts to talk about NASCAR, Budweiser, and John Deere tractors.
The guy leaves but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time.
He goes back into the bar.
The robot says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Martini," and the robot brings him another great martini.
The robot then says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "Uh, about 50."
The robot leans in real close and says,
"Isn’t it terrible the way Biden stole the election?"

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csusan

(13 posts)
6. Not funny
Sun May 14, 2023, 09:55 PM
May 2023

This isn't the first time I have seen jokes here making fun of people with intellectual disabilities. I worked with children and adults with low IQ and to insinuate that trumpers are low IQ is a slap in face to people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Would anyone here find it funny if we replaced the low IQ with a woman or a person of color? I doubt it so let's don't do it to people with intellectual disabilities. Many of them are sweet, kindhearted, caring people. They do not deserve being maligned in that way.


housecat

(3,121 posts)
7. Of course you are right. However the joke isn't about disabilities, or it wouldn't be funny.
Sun May 14, 2023, 10:26 PM
May 2023

It's about politics. It's about the MTGreens and magat cultists who are stupid enough to destroy this country. There are good people and bad people in every group. Not all people with intellectual disabilities are republicans, but all republicans are mentally disabled whether iow IQ or mental illness, or plain hateful and evil. Every single one.,

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,326 posts)
9. .
Sun May 14, 2023, 10:40 PM
May 2023
but all republicans are mentally disabled whether iow IQ or mental illness,
What the fuck is this shit right here. Political beliefs are not a disability.

housecat

(3,121 posts)
14. It's about stereotypes. Low intellect is only one of many disabilities some people have.
Mon May 15, 2023, 03:37 PM
May 2023

Comedians often use stereotypes, hyperbolas, and surprise, like in the joke, and they mean no harm. Many in DU laughed because they saw the unexpected stereotype and hyperbola. Once a joke is analyzed, it loses its humor. Only Trump mocks people with disabilities, but he's neither funny nor even human.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,326 posts)
15. If a low intellect is a disability, as you say, how is this not a joke about people with
Mon May 15, 2023, 03:40 PM
May 2023

a disability?

housecat

(3,121 posts)
16. Low intellect is or isn't depending on how low and in what context. The bartender wanted to
Tue May 16, 2023, 09:13 PM
May 2023

accommodate everyone based on his own stereotypes. Nobody was laughing at a disability, but in our culture it's a well-crafted joke.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,326 posts)
8. The concept of IQ is rooted in racism, classism and ableism, as is the idea that an IQ determines
Sun May 14, 2023, 10:39 PM
May 2023

what kind of person you are. This is a shit joke.

housecat

(3,121 posts)
10. It's light humor not an historical philosophical sociological critique. Strictly political. Sorry if
Mon May 15, 2023, 02:16 PM
May 2023

you don't get it or like it.

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