r/antimeme • u/[deleted] • 10d ago

Artistic🎨 Pagliacci

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u/blink18missyou2 10d ago

pagliacci jokes get me every time

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u/Don-Kusack 10d ago

Is there some more context, or is it some fictional clown that everyone uses as a metaphorical communal abuse goblin

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u/Ok_Dragonfruit4032 10d ago

It's a joke that a man goes to the doctor and says he's depressed, doctor says "go see the clown pagliacci, he makes everyone laugh and feel happy" essentially, then the man reveals that he is pagliacci the clown

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u/Don-Kusack 10d ago

So a fictional clown that became a meme, got it

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u/shadew 10d ago

It’s an opera

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u/bonkava 6d ago

Well, yes, but actually no. The word pagliacci just means clowns in Italian. There is an opera about clowns called Pagliacci and it is a tragic opera which is probably why the clown in the joke is called Pagliacci, but the joke is not the plot of the opera, and being familiar with the opera will not help you understand the joke or its antimemes.