cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40397983

We all make jokes that don’t land, but sometimes we make jokes that should’ve been funny if anyone understood it.

Maybe it was too subtle, or too nuanced like a joke based off work-jargon.

Whatever it was, what joke did you say that should’ve had people in stitches but… didn’t land?

Now is your time!

  • nixon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    12 hours ago

    This happened about 16 years ago.

    One of my buddies is a semi well-known photographer who was editing some photographs on his laptop while he was over at my place. One of the pictures he was editing showed the feet/toes of one of his subjects prominently, not the focus of the shot but they were easily visible. I knew he was going to post the picture to his socials once he was done as he did that for most of his shoots for marketing purposes so I joked, “I wonder if anyone would notice if you were to add an extra toe to that persons foot.”

    So he photoshopped an extra toe onto one of the subjects feet and posted it. There were many comments about the photo but no one has ever pointed out the sixth toe on the most forward foot of the subject.

    Every few years I check-in on that photo to see if anyone has said anything yet about it, still nothing. I do like/thumbs up that photo each time and then wait a week to remove my like/thumbs-up as an inside joke so he gets the notification from me on that photo as a notice that I am still keeping tabs on the outcome of my suggested joke.

    In response he does the same thing to a very old profile photo of myself that I hate on an old social account I no longer use but check in with every couple years.

    Him and I only get to catch up every several years when our paths cross but we communicate more through that thumbs/liking joke on those two photos more often, which is kinda fun.

    • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      That’s great. Love that you use the like feature to just give him a little shout out.

      • nixon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Btw, your figurines, and the framing/setting of the picture, are pretty rad.

        So you make these as a hobby?

        Are all of the models you make similar characters just in different settings/outfits/poses?

        What kind of printer do you use?

        • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          Thank you. I do photography occasionally as a hobby. Tho I did use my phone. I manipulated the lighting to force the phone camera to open up the aperture, which makes the depth of field shallow. Which makes the background blurry.

          It’s easy to do in a dslr. But you have to trick a phone camera to do it. Via Low lighting.

          Also yes I’m just a hobbyist. And there are two of these models. Sitting and standing. They are based on vintage Japanese Xmas decorations called “snow baby”.

          They are rare and expensive. Made in the 60s.

          I wanted to make my own.

          I also make other little characters/dolls and other random stuff.

          I like vintage kitchy stuff.

          My last big project was designing a working cat clock with tail and eyes that move. Based on kit cat clocks. But different enough they can’t sue me. 😅

          All my models are free.

          But as for the snow babies. Ive made like 30 of them. I have friends, relatives, and people from online groups who want some. So I’ve been making a ton.

          There are some on my Instagram but I have way more.

          https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSdvPdxiBGW/

          My makerworld is https://makerworld.com/@Daann_ii?appSharePlatform=copy

          Also a model for the brick and Molotov on there.

          Do you do 3d printing ?