Ok fine. An elephant in the room is an expression which means that there is something obvious that nobody wants to talk about. Everybody is thinking about it, because it's either in plain sight or very obvious, but nobody is bringing it up. (There is an elephant in the room and nobody is talking about it.)
When the guy says don't mention it, it sounds like he's saying "you're welcome," but it also means "dont mention the elephant in the room."
@lindsmolinari
To answer your second (technically third?) question, we like to see other people suffer, so usually when someone complains that they don't understand a joke or ask for an explanation, the people who do get it will comment not to explain because it's even funnier for us that way.
Yes, people are assholes, because laughing at other people's pain is far more fun than spreading laughter ^-^
@borutouzumakix ยท thank you! ( i got hte bit where it was referencing that saying but i didn't understand the punchline :P)
@annoyingnerd, you know, it made me sad, what you wrote. A bunch of people having such miserable lives that it makes them happier to see others confused about a joke than explaining that same joke and helping them understand it.
kinda just... tragic. my heart goes out to you, y'know? i'm sorry you have to be like that. truly. please give my heartfelt sympathies to whoever has to interact with you on daily basis.
@lindmolinari
Wow, okay, thanks... but, honestly, my comment was in itself a sort of joke. The very phrase of "nobody tell him" is a sort of running joke, too, that pops up everywhere but isn't really sincere.
I appreciate your sympathies, but rest assured that my friends are quite the same, using the light-hearted phrase "I laugh at your pain" to each other on a regular basis. Please don't waste your sympathies on them.
Again, the entire "spreading the misery" is an insincere, fairly light-hearted thing that does no real harm to anyone and isn't tragic in the slightest. So don't feel sorry for me, I'm quite satisfied with my brand of humor.
In retrospect that last comment may have been a bit too salty. Basically what I'm saying is, don't take my first comment seriously; it's just a *joke*.
i'm sorry, i thought a joke was something that made people laugh not something that made /some/ people laugh. based on that i kindly refuse to consider your first comment a joke.
Wait... *googles* ... schaden = damage, freude = joy... ummm... frustrafreude?
1) i am female
2) why shouldn't the point of this joke be posted so that more people can laugh and enjoy it?
When the guy says don't mention it, it sounds like he's saying "you're welcome," but it also means "dont mention the elephant in the room."
To answer your second (technically third?) question, we like to see other people suffer, so usually when someone complains that they don't understand a joke or ask for an explanation, the people who do get it will comment not to explain because it's even funnier for us that way.
Yes, people are assholes, because laughing at other people's pain is far more fun than spreading laughter ^-^
@annoyingnerd, you know, it made me sad, what you wrote. A bunch of people having such miserable lives that it makes them happier to see others confused about a joke than explaining that same joke and helping them understand it.
kinda just... tragic. my heart goes out to you, y'know? i'm sorry you have to be like that. truly. please give my heartfelt sympathies to whoever has to interact with you on daily basis.
Wow, okay, thanks... but, honestly, my comment was in itself a sort of joke. The very phrase of "nobody tell him" is a sort of running joke, too, that pops up everywhere but isn't really sincere.
I appreciate your sympathies, but rest assured that my friends are quite the same, using the light-hearted phrase "I laugh at your pain" to each other on a regular basis. Please don't waste your sympathies on them.
Again, the entire "spreading the misery" is an insincere, fairly light-hearted thing that does no real harm to anyone and isn't tragic in the slightest. So don't feel sorry for me, I'm quite satisfied with my brand of humor.