For me it’s saying, “we can’t joke about anything anymore”. Sirens go off immediately 🚨

    • frog_brawler@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      This one can be fun to mess with, just taking it to a completely arbitrary place.

      ‘I’m not a racist but I had a salad for lunch yesterday.”

      “I’m not a racist but at some time later this week I need to take my car in for an oil change.”

      “I’m not a racist, but I think Family Guy used to be a lot funnier than it has been recently.”

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      16 hours ago

      We used to joke like this because it was such a dead giveaway that someone was racist. We started saying things like “I’m not racist but the weather is fantastic today!” Or “I’m not sexist, but do you think it’s gonna rain?”