Rhonda D'Vine π³οΈβπDo I have too deep knowledge in #gay culture, or is this joke also understandable by lots of others?
... I'm also absolutely fine with people only getting it because I wrote what I wrote, and looking it up. Subtle jokes that need a second thought are sooo much more wholesome (to me, at least)
bobschi@rhonda HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT?
keschi 
Ξ@rhonda pretty sure that's surface-level knowledge
@rhonda then again, maybe that "experts overestimating what people outside their field know" xkcd comic applies to me rn
... (FKA Gergely Nagy π)@rhonda My exposure to gay culture is quite surface level, and mostly comes from following queer people on fedi. I understand the joke (and it's a good one, too), so I don't think it requires any deep level of knowledge.
Weird 2 - Electric Boogaloo@rhonda I guess, with some fantasy, it should be understandable by most people. (Tbh, I only actually found out by someone doing comics about that topic)
leckse@rhonda Sure π€π§‘ππ€π€
nex@rhonda Pretty sure shows like Last Week Tonight have done βbearβ jokes and would do this one, so I'd expect it to be understandable to the majority of people β¦ at least in this sort of audience ;) (I.e. maybe not including ultra conservatives, but largely mainstream.)
Actually, I can pretty much only hear the above text in John Oliver's voice now. But maybe that's because he speaks in Rotis Serif?
Noam writes@rhonda I wouldn't describe myself as deep in gay culture, but... I don't know what 'Women are taking all the bears' means.
kiki@rhonda I get it, I love it, and I've already seen similar memes π
ΠΡ π§π¬πͺπΊ
@rhonda not gay (just bear?) still LOLed π
Ehproque has moved@rhonda meh, this is pretty common knowledge by now I think
Farah ππΌπ§Άπ³οΈβπ@rhonda I think I get it. They can keep their human bears. Weβll take the bear bears π
Elena ``of Valhalla''@rhonda I have the smattering of knowledge of gay culture that comes from hanging around people who (I believe) have a deep knowledge of it (but not in a context where that's a daily topic) and that's enough to understand the joke :)
Sarah Sammis@rhonda I'll admit this is where my brain went when the women prefer bears meme started.
Keith@rhonda I get it (but I also have a lot of friends and family in the gay community). Bears are pretty great π
Woodswalked@rhonda
We all know.
:)
Grogmagog@rhonda I almost did a spit take when I read that!
ChookMother π¦πΊπ¦@rhonda Gay men don't want to be with hetero men either? Hetero men can be pretty dangerous to gay blokes?
(moved)Galbinus Caeli π―@rhonda As a large, rather furry, man with gay friends and acquaintances, I am quite familiar with the concept.
Blume@rhonda When I saw my first bear post it took me a moment to understand that we're talking about actual wild animals π€·ββοΈ
(I live in Berlin tho so not sure how that helps your question xD)
Kelly Guimont
Velvet@rhonda At one point, I really thought it was about straight men vs gay men. And I was like, "Yeah, that makes sense."
Ozzelot 
Skip Lacaze@rhonda I think that I might get it (Iβm thinking of the guy that somewhat alarmed Prince Edward while he was knocking on doors looking for Giselle), but now Iβm wondering which kind of bears that women are less worried about.
Katy Swain@rhonda I'm an old lady. I haven't had a sex life to speak of since the Obama administration. Yet still when this thought experiment started circulating, it took a good few sitcom comic beats before I realised "Oh! A _literal_ bear!"
Mr Lawrence πͺπΊπ·πΌ@rhonda Totally get it! (Straightish.)
CyberPunkBarMaid
CassandraVert@rhonda
I don't think that's just gay culture. At least I didn't learn it there.
I don't think that's just gay culture. At least I didn't learn it there.
Frank Heijkamp@rhonda This cis hettie gets the reference, but I do have gay friends and are therefore somewhat familiar with the lingo.