[mjard]

Jokes on the internet are great when people are in on them. Positioning yourself as someone that has inside information when it's false falls closer to "it was just a prank bro". The author should be able to say whatever they want, though the ability doesn't make the action not shitty.

[pessimizer]

No jokes are great when people are in on them. That's why the punchline doesn't come first.

[blowski]

That’s a different type of joke.

It’s why we laugh at “it’s behind you” in a pantomime. We’re in on the joke that the actor knows it’s behind them.

[Asooka]

"Everything on the internet is false, unless proven otherwise" - Abraham Lincoln.