Sometimes you just can't help but laugh. It's best when someone who is clearly taking themselves far too seriously gets taken down a bit; when the takedown involves some personal embarrassment, well, then it's even funnier.
Cast in point: A pro-Palestine protester in the United Kingdom, who was standing on some structure waving a flag and shouting at a group of sportsball fans, got his balloon burst in the funniest possible way. Watch:
I'm not much of one for laughing out loud; it usually takes a "Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett Show" kind of performance for that. But I admit, I got a chuckle out of this. So did a bunch of other X users. Here are some highlights - first, there is a question about the protester's choice in undergarments. We won't judge... Oh, who am I kidding? Of course, we'll judge.
Now, I'll be generous and allow that this brief video clip doesn't really allow us to confirm the... style of undergarment this guy is wearing. But I confess to some suspicion, based on that glance.
Then, there are the supporters of the pants-grabbing sportsball fan.
Now, it's enough to make one wonder if the pants-puller was a Geordie - not the dialect, but the kind of bloke associated with it.
In the brilliant BBC sci-fi comedy "Red Dwarf," main character Dave Lister compared a T-rex to a Geordie:
If a T-rex were a bloke, he'd be a Geordie. The kind of bloke who goes out in the winter wearin' nothin' but a t-shirt, and 'is nipples don't even get hard.
Although Geordies come from Newcastle upon Tyne and this is a Sunderland crowd. I don't know much about sportsball, but I know the Brit football fans are pretty dedicated to their local teams.
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They say laughter is the best medicine, but ridicule is effective at ridding the public square of nuts like this. It's a tad unusual that this goblin came out apparently alone to wave his "Palestine" pride flag and hector the football fans; certainly not the smartest thing he ever did in his life. Usually these people travel in packs, probably to prevent provoking pantsings. And if this particular goober didn't before, he will now.
And ridiculous he was. Honestly, who wears what appears to be elastic-waist gym shorts over a black thong to a protest? It's a safe bet that this protester isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and he's earned all of the pointing and laughing he got.
Although I have to admit, this may be the best reply:
Well played. Also, I admit, it's nice to see that there are some Brits left with some gumption.
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