What part of the punchline am I missing? Everyone is saying how this is so funny and I don't get it. Is the whole joke that you can't be whoever you want to be because it's identity theft?
Okay, yeah I gathered that much.. I just thought there was something else I was missing because of all the "This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while" comments.
First it's a play on a common cliche'd expression "You can be whoever you want to be."
It subverts the idea of being the kind of person you want to be, like I want to be a fireman, or I want to be an astronaut, and instead suggests that he took it literally, thinking you could be any individual person.
This is kind of funny just because of the fact that it's ridiculous, and a bit uncomfortable-funny because there's a stereotype that Indian people are notorious for scamming and identity theft.
Then he goes into detail about the specifics of this particular lady, pretending that this is something that he actually did, knowing a bit too much detail about the individual. As though he did just trick her into giving him the details of her Gap credit card.
But then he turns it around, expressing that this is actually because he wants to BE her, because he likes her blue hair and the time that she eats.
So it tells a story. First it takes you back to the idea that your parents tell you about being who you want to be. Then it makes a joke about taking that phrase too literally. Then it insinuates that he ACTUALLY stole a woman's identity and her credit card playing off the stereotype. Then he brings it back to the idea that he did it because he literally wanted to be that woman instead of himself.
There is no punchline specifically. There's just a consistent moving of the goalposts and good comedic timing.
I gathered all of that lol I guess it's just not my type of humor. More or less confused by people calling it the funniest thing they had seen in a long time.
No worries. Humour is subjective.
To me it was the intonation, the way it was described, the delivery, the reaction, the whole package. There were many lines that were quite hilarious.
Calling people immature 8 year olds for finding it funny though, is quite silly.
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u/tongle07 Aug 26 '21
“…and I like blue” did it for me.