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Mod removed innocous post from Dadjokes because "kids don't understand gay marriage"
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2026
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Why is there no acronyms for "everybody sucks" or something?
bad dad joke
bad reason for removal
There's no requirement that a dad joke must be good to be allowed. In fact, that's kind of the point of a dad joke
The joke is good. It's just not a dad joke. That makes it a bad dad joke, but not a bad joke.
I'll try to clarify a bit more. This is going to be based on what I think a dad joke should be, so we might disagree on that.
A dad joke should basically be a very short, pun-based joke that would make a 5 year old laugh, but causes and adult to roll their eyes.
I have absolutely no issue with 5 year olds knowing about sexual orientations or gender identity. I grew up with quite early and liberal sex ed and I don't think it was a bad thing.
Still, OPs joke just doesn't meet the requirments. It requires knowing the difference between gay and bi as well as understanding that this difference is not broadly understood in society, thus you get to the "setup" where you assume a man with a husband must be gay. Only then to subvert the expectation by him denying being gay, because only his husband is.
I think it's quite a tall order to expect a 5 year old to put that all together and actually laugh at the joke. On the other hand I think it's quite a good joke and certainly not rolling my eyes about it.
I have no idea if the mod in question removed the post for bigoted reasons or just worded it badly. But I'd say that the joke in question didn't belong on dadjokes.
But it should at least be in the spirit of a dad joke and this one clearly isn't for me. In fact it's too good of a joke to be a dad joke.
If it was removed for "doesn't fit community" I would 100% agree with the mod.
In the reddit AITH and similar communities, it's ESH, everyone sucks here.
Personally I think there could be a better term, but that's the one that's the most commonly used.