Jokes first so nobody checks how he's doing.
You're the one who makes the joke before anyone can ask if you're okay, and it works — the room relaxes, the tension breaks, and somehow nobody circles back to check on you. Caretaking is your love language, not comfort: you show up with food, with rides, with the boring errands nobody else wants to do, and call it nothing. Being the steady one became your role so early that you forgot to audition for any other part. The Eye notes: the self-deprecating bit gets a laugh every time, but it's also the fastest way you know to change the subject away from yourself.
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What the self-deprecating joke is really redirecting away from.
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