NORMAL START OF A CONVERSATION DARK SENSE OF HUMOR NEW PEOPLE ME
This image is a comic or meme that humorously interprets a social situation involving humor and the initial interaction with unfamiliar people. The comic is set up as a visual metaphor, drawing inspiration from the historical event of the Trojan Horse, where Greeks used a large wooden horse to secretly infiltrate the city of Troy.
In the image, we see a large wooden horse labeled "DARK SENSE OF HUMOR," which stands ominously outside the walls of a fortress. On the ground, next to the horse, a character labeled "ME" is extending their arms jovially towards a set of characters who are labeled "NEW PEOPLE," who are standing on top of the fortress wall looking down at "ME."
The comic uses the wooden horse to represent the "dark sense of humor" as something concealed and brought subtly (though not so subtly in size, as it is a large horse) into the social interaction, just as the Greeks used subterfuge to bring soldiers into Troy. The expectation, as per the historical event, is that once inside, something unexpected will reveal itself—in this case, the dark sense of humor.
The humor in the meme comes from the exaggeration of the social faux pas of introducing a dark or edgy sense of humor too early when meeting new people. Individuals with such a sense of humor might fear their jokes will not be well received or may be too intense for a first meeting, yet they can't help but eventually reveal this aspect of their personality.
The "NORMAL START OF A CONVERSATION" text above the entrance of the fortress implies that the initial interaction is supposed to be typical and non-threatening. Yet the oversized dark sense of humor horse waiting outside suggests an inevitable, looming disruption to this norm, which the "ME" character seems blissfully unaware or unconcerned about.
The meme might be funny to people who can relate to the situation, where there's an internal conflict about when to reveal certain personal traits, like a dark sense of humor, to new acquaintances. Viewers who find themselves in "ME's" position may resonate with the playful tension between maintaining social niceties and the urge to express one's true, perhaps less widely acceptable, sense of humor. NORMAL START OF A CONVERSATION DARK SENSE OF HUMOR NEW PEOPLE ME
