And being short is a symptom of achondroplasia, along with many other painful issues. It’s a joke about how he is unable to do something to any kind of reasonable standard, because he has a disability.
I bet dinklage would find it funny
Maybe he would. Maybe he’s heard so many shit short jokes in his lifetime that it would be just another asshole who thinks they’re hilarious and original. And maybe his snow white dwarf comment was less about the mythical creatures as much as it was abour society’s portrayal and exclusion of people with bodily differences. You, much like the person who posed as him on Twitter, do not get to make that decision for him.
And if he had said it, I wouldn’t have said anything. But humor is a really complex thing, not always associated with pleasant feelings. It can be a social strategy and coping mechanism too.
And being short is a symptom of achondroplasia, along with many other painful issues. It’s a joke about how he is unable to do something to any kind of reasonable standard, because he has a disability.
Maybe he would. Maybe he’s heard so many shit short jokes in his lifetime that it would be just another asshole who thinks they’re hilarious and original. And maybe his snow white dwarf comment was less about the mythical creatures as much as it was abour society’s portrayal and exclusion of people with bodily differences. You, much like the person who posed as him on Twitter, do not get to make that decision for him.
As far as I’ve seen, he has pretty much built his career on the joke “haha I’m very short but with attitude”, literally human Chihuahua
And if he had said it, I wouldn’t have said anything. But humor is a really complex thing, not always associated with pleasant feelings. It can be a social strategy and coping mechanism too.
Unfortunately this one is PDF only but it explores all the complex social themes in some depth from an ethnicity perspective: Dobai, A ; Hopkins, N. (2019) Humour is serious : Minority group members’ use of humour in their encounters with majority group members. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Dehumanisation, like infantilisation, is another problem for people in marginalised groups.