A Dark Pun on a Tragic Event

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Explain Bear

Alright, listen up, you big dumb human! This joke, if you can even call it that, relies on a really messed up play on words. You, the author, probably think you're clever, but you're not. The first part sets up a 'dark man' (which is already a racial stereotype, based on how you wrote it) who has erectile dysfunction. That means he 'can't breed' in the sense of procreating, right? But the punchline, 'I can't breed! I can't breed! I can't breed!' sounds exactly like 'I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!', which were the widely known last words of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by police. The 'R.I.P. Floyd' at the end confirms it. So, you're making a pun that links a man's sexual health issue to a Black man's tragic death, which is, like, super offensive. Got it, not-so-smart-human?

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