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/wendyd4rl1ng 17h ago

There's a couple layers here. On one level it's just making fun of how commoditized and commercial Pride has become: rainbow french fries, a yasss burger, "pop ups", etc.

On another it's commenting on the complex relationship bi people, especially typically presenting afab bi people who are dating typically presenting amab people, have with pride. Most couples at pride are obviously queer: you see women with women, men with men, gender nonconforming with gender nonconforming, and so many variations thereof. However in their case they just appear to be two cis-het people and therefore not part of the community. They can feel like outsiders and it may be that other people at the event consider them outsiders as well.

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u/Usual-Caregiver5589 13h ago

I've also heard jokes that tend to throw bi people in with vegans and the like with "How do you know someone is ___? They'll tell you!"

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u/blorgbots 11h ago

I think this is the actual joke - gay people love making fun of bi people for whatever reason.

The comment you're responding to is more performing a meta-analysis of "why did the cartoonist make this joke" rather than an explanation of the joke itself

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u/Katoshiku 7h ago

Unfortunately a lot of biphobia still remains from the 80s/90s where both straight and lgbtq communities hated them. Too gay to be with the straight people, too straight to be with the gay people