Offensive Joke Gone Wrong

[Serious] Just a reminder to be careful when telling jokes that may be offensive. A few days ago I was talking to some friends, and friends of those friends, at a bar. I decided to break the ice with the new friends with a few jokes, most of which went down very well...until I decided to tell a few more offensive ones...and picked the worst possible one to start with. Here's the joke I told: "What do you do if you see an epileptic having a fit in the bath? Throw your washing (laundry if you're American) in." One of the new friends instantly became enraged and swung for me. When I asked him what the hell his problem was he replied that his younger brother was epileptic and died in the bath many years ago. Obviously I felt mortified as I didn't know about it, and said "I'm so sorry to hear that. Did he drown?" "No," replied the guy. "He choked on a sock."

A person tells an offensive epilepsy joke to new friends at a bar, only to learn that one of them had a younger brother who died in a bath during an epileptic seizure. The follow-up reveals that the brother actually choked on a sock, creating a dark and absurd reversal that makes the whole situation even more uncomfortable. It is shared as a reaction to disastrously inappropriate humor and unexpectedly dark punchlines. EN: A person tells an offensive epilepsy joke to new friends at a bar, only to learn that one of them had a younger brother who died in a bath during an epileptic seizure. The follow-up reveals that the brother actually choked on a sock, creating a dark and absurd reversal that makes the whole situation even more uncomfortable. It is shared as a reaction to disastrously inappropriate humor and unexpectedly dark punchlines.

• @eternalclassic / 62605 2024-12-26