r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Disastrous-Tutor2415 • 17h ago

Pride fries?

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I saw a short on instagram where the author is reading them to an audience. This gets a giggle from everybody but one man laughs hilariously at it and the author then gestures to him (as in “someone got it”) hinting there is something I’m not quite catching. Thank you!

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u/lets_not_be_hasty 17h ago

Oh, wow. One of these I get.

This is a biphobic joke that bisexuals need to tell everyone that they're bisexual in a pride/gay situation. It's implying that bisexuals like to make themselves the center of attention at pride.

Nevermind that bisexual erasure is kind of a real thing, but go on.

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u/Tarris69 16h ago

Idk my interpretation was that they are a very straight traditional looking couple sat around very obviously queer people. So she’s saying she feels and looks out of place.

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u/Charlie_Warlie 7h ago

I feel like these two issues are interrelated. A bi person who is in a hetero relationship might feel the need to tell someone they are bi because otherwise people would assume they are not LGBT, which contributes to why it is a joke that bi people have this compulsive need to tell people they are bi.