• Kefla [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    22 days ago

    The “one bad day” thing is a reference to The Killing Joke, a famous and controversial story in which Joker claims that all it takes to turn someone into a lunatic like Batman or himself is “one bad day.” That every person is but one bad day away from completely freaking the fuck out and becoming a comic book character.

    The point of the story being that he’s completely wrong, and that most mentally stable people would require a lot more than one bad day to become the Joker.

    • TUMBLE_BUS [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      22 days ago

      “Just one bad…”

      “Joker that ridiculous, most people wouldn’t become you after just ONE bad day.”

      “How about a week?”

      “Maybe, but for most people still no.”

      “A month?”

      “Yeah again maybe.”

      “Just one-to-twelve bad months!”