Alternative alternative explanation: The parent is also a satire of an appropriate response to said prediction.
(I thought it was funny, at least)
Ding ding ding we have a winner.
(Four downvotes? I’m really unfunny or really bad at signaling when I’m joking.)
Third hypothesis, people realised it was a joke but didn’t find it sufficiently funny, and therefore chose deliberately to punish you.
It was funny enough to me.… Maybe you overdid the deadpan?
It’s hard to deadpan without a face to do it with.
Sounds like something to say to Neo when he’s getting lippy!
The latter, I think, and the fact that we’ve seen others completely miss the joke with regularity in the past.
Alternative alternative explanation: The parent is also a satire of an appropriate response to said prediction.
(I thought it was funny, at least)
Ding ding ding we have a winner.
(Four downvotes? I’m really unfunny or really bad at signaling when I’m joking.)
Third hypothesis, people realised it was a joke but didn’t find it sufficiently funny, and therefore chose deliberately to punish you.
It was funny enough to me.… Maybe you overdid the deadpan?
It’s hard to deadpan without a face to do it with.
Sounds like something to say to Neo when he’s getting lippy!
The latter, I think, and the fact that we’ve seen others completely miss the joke with regularity in the past.