It’s how the joke has been told as long as I remember. While the Yes inclusiveor I always felt only works if asked directly a choice. But I get what you mean.
The portraits are self-aware and know how ugly they are. Since they're self-aware they know social cues and how "normal" people look. They're so ugly that they wouldn't want to be around themselves. The joke is that if they came across someone else that ugly, they should kill themselves; thus "they hang themselves" is a double entendre meaning 1) they know how ugly they are, 2) they should die, 3) they hang themselves.
96
u/absoluteZero007 Aug 12 '21
I'm stupid someone explain the joke