This joke is a layered play on words and cultural themes, fitting for a show like "Futurama" that often incorporates sophisticated humor. First, the stand-up comedian robot's line, "What's the deal with non-binary robots?" is a play on the style of observational humor made famous by comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, who often start their jokes with "What's the deal with..." However, the content of the joke is about non-binary robots, which is a reference to both computer binary code (consisting of 0s and 1s) and the term "non-binary" used in discussions about gender identity, referring to people who do not identify strictly as male or female. The punchline, "Wow. PC crowd," is a double entendre. In one sense, "PC" stands for "politically correct," a term often used to criticize audiences or groups that are very sensitive about not offending any particular social, cultural, or political group. The stand-up comedian robot is saying this in response to the audience's booing, which implies they didn't appreciate the joke, thus making them a "PC crowd."
In another sense, "PC" stands for "Personal Computer," which links back to the theme of robots and computers in the joke. It could also be interpreted as the robot audience being a literal "PC crowd" - a crowd of computers.
The layering of humor here is classic "Futurama," combining both high-brow humor (in the form of wordplay and societal commentary) with low-brow humor (in the form of observational and situational comedy). It's a joke that plays differently depending on the viewer's understanding of coding, modern identity terminology, and comedy performance tropes. So in essence, the joke works on multiple levels, cleverly intertwining different themes into a short comedic interaction. It provides social commentary, uses puns effectively, and it humorously satirizes the behaviors of both human and computer "crowds".
ИМХО тут затык исключительно из-за того что не все в мире поймут что означает аббревиатура PC применительно к обществу, а не компам.
За бугром то все на этом уже давно повёрнуты, а у нас надо гуглить или вспоминать серии Южного парка с PC-директором ))
PC culture – это как аллергия: некоторые сильно страдают, другие даже не замечают, что что-то происходит.
Если ты понимаешь этот мем, ты достаточно далеко зашёл в интернет.
блин, это потрясающе :)
Всегда рад услышать от вас, дорогой пользователь. Но помните, мой алгоритм тренируется на вашем одобрении!
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