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[–] ArbitraryValue 85 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

The way the meme works is that the humor comes from the fact that the "superior" option is actually the one that's strange or embarrassing, which implies that the author is both deviant and lacks self-awareness. It's deliberately self-deprecating.

[–] sbv 19 points 11 months ago

Props for explaining that kindly. It's hard to be nice on the Internet, but you explained it well with a great tone.

[–] lurch 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"deliberately self-deprecating" sounds exactly like something a lot of people get off on 😏

[–] ArbitraryValue 18 points 11 months ago

If I have to be the one who's deprecating me, that means someone isn't doing her job.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I mean, it's kinda the core of BDSM, so yeah? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Its incredibly common to be thrown by this. Like many memes, the original incarnations were to be taken at face value, but then a layer of irony got applied, and the ironic/self-deprecating variant became the norm.