In general or something in particular
My wife and I both enjoy teasing / lightly pranking each other. We had to institute a “safe word” to indicate when we’re being serious and not setting up a joke.
(The instigating event for that was right before I introduced her to my grandparents and I really needed to convince her that grandpa was hard of hearing but too proud to wear hearing aids, so she’d have to speak loudly and into his left ear, not his right.)
In 10 years of marriage, we’ve never once violated the trust of the safe word. If one of uses it, the other drops any skepticism and takes it as gospel truth.
This is amaizing
I have the same thing with my best friend. It’s been almost 15 years now and we trust each other blindly if we use the word.
When politicians refuse to talk about it.
A poop is serious when you have to take your pants off.
I personally prefer to always poop naked. At home, at least.
Gaming gets serious when your opponent in an online game is really talented and so you sit up and lean forward towards the screen.
Everything is serious all the time. Every day is a life or death situation. - Sincerely, Anxiety
Depends on context. A serious illness, a serious conversation, a serious movie all look different.
Or am I misunderstanding?
Seeing a lot of soldiers or law enforcement. Its either crime, suppression of protests, or coup.
Bad things happening.
When Dad doesn’t joke about it.
When the jokes aren’t landin’
When the cats start to glow or change colors.
“10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories (Don’t Change Color, Kitty)” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_cat#Cultural_impact https://emperorx.bandcamp.com/album/10000-year-earworm-to-discourage-settlement-near-nuclear-waste-repositories
