Sick burns
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...it's because she has cartoonishly large eyeglasses...
I appreciate you trying to help me understand, but I'm sorry to say that I still don't get it. Are large eyeglasses inherently funny for some reason?
Full disclosure I'm on the autistic spectrum, so I'm sure there is something obvious that I'm missing. In my mind large eyeglasses make a lot of sense because they cover a fuller degree of the field of view for the wearer.
She looks a lot like the character overall to me
I absolutely agree! But as I said in my initial response, I personally would think of that as more of a flattering compliment than anything else. I don't understand why the dad found the similarities so overwhelmingly funny that he was on the floor laughing, struggling to breathe, with tears in his eyes.
Apparently OP understood the context as a "sick burn," and I'm assuming the dad was laughing for some sort of similar mean spirited reason. I just feel like I'm out of the loop and I'm not understanding why the comparison is funny or any kind of burn.
Full disclosure, am also on the spectrum so I may have got some things wrong here, but I think I can explain.
People think it's funny when other people look like other things, and get frustrated when they themselves look like other things. I think this stems from the fact that once the comparison is made, it is hard to take the person seriously without thinking of the other thing.
Weird analogy that just came to mind: imagine you book a tour to some World War II museum. You get there, and your groups tour guide is dressed as spongebob, or Spider-Man or something. They're an excellent tour guide, and know their shit, but you'd have to be thinking to yourself, "why is Spider-Man telling me about some of the worst crimes against humanity?", and that thought would be kinda funny.
Now imagine your 20-something year old daughter is bantering with you and teasing you about your old man/ lady style. In the middle of the conversation, you see an ad for Encanto on the TV, and realize that your daughter looks exactly like the cartoonish and silly (not "stupid" silly that's just how I describe the style) character in the movie. And you say, "why am I getting roasted by Mirabel?", that'd be pretty funny.
"Roasting" and "sick burns" are one of those "insulting each other as friends" things NTs are more skilled at doing and understanding than we typically are. It can of course go too far or be taken the wrong way but I don't think the person in the OP felt genuinely wronged or that the joke was mean spirited.
I hope I could help! Let me know if you're still questioning it, and maybe I can try to clarify
you're overthinking it, it's really not that funny and I highly doubt the dad was crying with laughter, he probably gave it to her and had a chuckle at the similarities, she then exaggerated for upvotes
I think you're forgetting that some (especially neurotypical) people have really basic senses of humour. The Dad probably thought no more than haha dolly looks like daughter, and op probably thought the same.
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