According to Know Your Meme, someone originally made it as a copypasta to spam in Team Fortress 2 to mock 'trans journey stories' by telling their story of transitioning into an attack helicopter then I guess the bigots are still using it 11 years later because they are incredibly unoriginal.
I remember making jokes about it when I was like a sophomore in high school, around 12 years ago. I still cant believe its still being used to this day
"Apache attack helicopter" is kind of a classic "random thing" to interject into conversations. So it naturally ended up in a transphobic copypasta, and then continues to get parroted today.
The reason it's still the "one joke" we all know is because most people have very little exposure to trans people, and thus it's basically impossible to come up with new material. In a turn of fate, the apache attack helicopter has lost the arms race.
I was wondering if those who say the helicopter joke do so ironically, or do they really unironically think that people actually identify as helicopters? It's like you said. They don't have much exposure or interaction with trans people. People don't get trans people or the concept. Heck, people don't even know what pronouns are, as they'll say something like, "My pronouns are meatball and bacon," or something like that. Like, those aren't pronouns. I sometimes can't tell if they actually believe their "jokes."
Their ability to laugh at that helicopter nonsense endlessly needs to be studied. They must have some form of Alzheimer’s that affects humour. It’s almost like these clowns are hearing it for the first time every time it pops up.
It's because they don't actually like jokes in the way that most people understand them. What they like are attacks on people they hate. So the "punchline" as any normal person would read it isn't what they are actually laughing at. They're laughing at the attack.
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What is their thing with attack helicopters?
According to Know Your Meme, someone originally made it as a copypasta to spam in Team Fortress 2 to mock 'trans journey stories' by telling their story of transitioning into an attack helicopter then I guess the bigots are still using it 11 years later because they are incredibly unoriginal.
I see. How ignorant.
I remember making jokes about it when I was like a sophomore in high school, around 12 years ago. I still cant believe its still being used to this day
I'm sure I actually remember seeing it in Team Fortress 2 xD
I probably did as well lmao. In terms of TF2 chat, attack helicopter jokes are by far the tamest things to be said
"Apache attack helicopter" is kind of a classic "random thing" to interject into conversations. So it naturally ended up in a transphobic copypasta, and then continues to get parroted today.
The reason it's still the "one joke" we all know is because most people have very little exposure to trans people, and thus it's basically impossible to come up with new material. In a turn of fate, the apache attack helicopter has lost the arms race.
I was wondering if those who say the helicopter joke do so ironically, or do they really unironically think that people actually identify as helicopters? It's like you said. They don't have much exposure or interaction with trans people. People don't get trans people or the concept. Heck, people don't even know what pronouns are, as they'll say something like, "My pronouns are meatball and bacon," or something like that. Like, those aren't pronouns. I sometimes can't tell if they actually believe their "jokes."
Their ability to laugh at that helicopter nonsense endlessly needs to be studied. They must have some form of Alzheimer’s that affects humour. It’s almost like these clowns are hearing it for the first time every time it pops up.
Fucking bizarre.
It's because they don't actually like jokes in the way that most people understand them. What they like are attacks on people they hate. So the "punchline" as any normal person would read it isn't what they are actually laughing at. They're laughing at the attack.
This modern absurdity 😔
Futures made of virtual insanity 😔😔
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why were they so hung up on the use of a neutral pronoun 😭 mate, you use it in daily life, it’s just how english works