@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Macha Were we pals IRL and I made a joke like that, my arm would be prime real estate for a slug.
Sometimes I make jokes like that when one of my friends NEEDS to slug something, knowing going in I'm gonna get thwapped.
Pretty much this, yep. If it's somebody you know well and know they're cool with that sort of thing, obviously do whatever's cool with y'all.
Just... don't assume a stranger or someone you don't know really well is gonna be OK with that. I've been hurt by people doing this kind of thing and I have hurt others doing this kind of thing (so I am seriously not trying to be holier than thou here, I have screwed up this way with people as well) and my takeaway has been 'really unless you know for sure it's cool with somebody, please don't'.
Being able to keep a sense of humor about things that hurt is immensely helpful. (I know I'm in a very bad place if I can't crack a joke about whatever is happening to me, for instance -- it's one of my red flags to take something seriously and focus on resolving the thing.) It really is. It tends to kick in not right at the peak of misery, though, so, y'know.
(This message brought to you by 'shit that's gonna sound preachy even though I don't intend it to', and 'the good intentions paving company'.)