Then I thought about it...

[Torkuda]

Did this ever happen to anyone. You heard a joke that at the time was really funny, and then you thought about it and it was ruined?

For me this happened with the whole issue of some states illegalizing the water levels in their rivers or lakes going beyond a certain point. It's still funny to imagine the police trying to stop it, but still it kinda ruins the joke if you think about the principals involved. Actually there is a real and basic scientific principal called water displacement. It is therefore very easy, given that little factoid, to imagine that the real reason for the law's existence is to keep people from putting too much stuff in the water, raising the water level, and then come flood season, we've got a real mess on our hands. The level is probably a bit arbitrary, but it actually makes sense. Thus no, no cops are called out, it's just an ordinance that folks have to abide by and to be honest, I doubt it's a big problem most of the time.

 

[Queen Michael]

1. I think you mean "principle."

2. A factoid is an untruth incorrectly tsaid to be a fact.

3. The classic bat-shark-repellent spray is not that much fun when you consider that shark repellent spray is a real thing that exists, and that there' obviously a need for it.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

1. I think you mean "principle."

2. A factoid is an untruth incorrectly tsaid to be a fact.

3. The classic bat-shark-repellent spray is not that much fun when you consider that shark repellent spray is a real thing that exists, and that there' obviously a need for it.

I wasn't aware that shark repellant was a spray. I always knew shark repellant as pellets with a particular smell that were dropped in the water to repel sharks. Then again, that kind of shark repellant was used during WWII, so there very well may be a spray that does the same thing and I'm just not aware of it.

 

[Queen Michael]

1. I think you mean "principle."

2. A factoid is an untruth incorrectly tsaid to be a fact.

3. The classic bat-shark-repellent spray is not that much fun when you consider that shark repellent spray is a real thing that exists, and that there' obviously a need for it.

I wasn't aware that shark repellant was a spray. I always knew shark repellant as pellets with a particular smell that were dropped in the water to repel sharks. Then again, that kind of shark repellant was used during WWII, so there very well may be a spray that does the same thing and I'm just not aware of it.

Yep, they actually invented a spray. Of course, we all know Batman was way ahead of them.

 

[Thaluikhain]

3. The classic bat-shark-repellent spray is not that much fun when you consider that shark repellent spray is a real thing that exists, and that there' obviously a need for it.

I think the joke was more than he had a bunch of different repellant sprays prepared, and that Robin climbed down the ladder to give it to him while a shark was eating him.

 

[rorychief]

Yeah it's the whole 'carousel reversal spray' gag. Like its part of Batman lore and universe at this point that the writers are free to solve any corners they write themselves into with a convenient piece of gadgetry that could have only been prepared for by either an omniscient super genius or a paranoid lunatic with too much money and a vivid imagination regarding potential adversity.

I can't actually think of an example of what you're taking about off the top of my head, but I'm sure its certainly happened to me alright. It's the disappointment when a little bit of whimsical absurdity is made dull and reasonable by finding out it serves a practical purpose. Like that ''humorous'' observation Gallagher made in his act where he asks Why shops that stay open 24-7 need locks on there doors. It's crazy right? The doors never close, the locksmith is getting rich off these suckers by selling them something they'll never need! How long has his been going on for!? amiright?

Well 24-7 stores need to be prepared for an emergency where the staff could need to leave for whatever reason and block the public from just blundering into the now velociraptor ridden building or whatever is making the place too dangerous/uninhabitable/unsanitary for employees to handle.

 

[Heronblade]

Yeah it's the whole 'carousel reversal spray' gag. Like its part of Batman lore and universe at this point that the writers are free to solve any corners they write themselves into with a convenient piece of gadgetry that could have only been prepared for by either an omniscient super genius or a paranoid lunatic with too much money and a vivid imagination regarding potential adversity.

To be fair, Batman is after all a paranoid genius with too much time, money, and imagination who, while he cannot be described as omniscient, does push the boundaries of what he should be able to know.

 

[Branovices]

There is a mission in Saint's Row III where you "rescue" a bunch of sex workers being imported on ships in shipping containers... only to force them into sex work for your gang instead. Oh what zany antics!

Then I did a research paper on human trafficking... which included reading many firsthand accounts. I can't even begin to know how to describe or contrast that level of suffering and awfulness. Ruined that entire game for me... and I didn't get the sequel, either.