My friend asked, "What's that on your arm?" I replied, "Oh, this? I didn't have enough storage on my phone to download Fruit Ninja so I had to improvise a little bit."
Improvised Fruit Ninja
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The joke plays on the dark humor of self-harm. The speaker's friend asks about a mark on their arm, and instead of a serious answer, they jokingly say it's because they couldn't download the Fruit Ninja game and needed to "improvise", implying they used self-harm as a substitute for the game's fruit-slashing action. It's funny because of the absurdity and unexpected comparison, but also a bit disturbing because it hints at self-harm.
Edvard
Haha