Rube Goldberg Death Trap

if you set off a rube goldberg type death trap to kill someone, if it's a long enough machine, it ceases to become your fault if somebody dies at the end. that's how i've gotten away with it all these years, and why i'm still going to heaven. — capitalists

A dark joke about someone using an absurdly long Rube Goldberg-style machine to kill someone and avoid responsibility. The punchline compares this twisted logic to capitalists shifting blame for harmful consequences, while joking that the speaker is still going to heaven. EN: A dark joke about someone using an absurdly long Rube Goldberg-style machine to kill someone and avoid responsibility. The punchline compares this twisted logic to capitalists shifting blame for harmful consequences, while joking that the speaker is still going to heaven.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 10770 2023-07-18