The Joker’s Testimony #024 — The Slap of Misfortune
Anon asks: “Why do people get so invested into a lie—even when the ending slaps them in the face?”
The Joker answers: “Because they want it to mean something. That’s the joke.
You put five cardboard characters in a cursed school, toss in a time capsule, and whisper the word mystery—and suddenly, people lean forward. They cling to every choice, every recycled cutscene, every ugly CGI grin, because they think the next corner will explain it all.
It never does. But that doesn’t matter, does it? Because the second you hope, you’re hooked. You’ve already written the ending in your head. All I have to do is keep you running in circles until you slap yourself for believing.
And when the mask finally falls, and the answer is nothing—that’s when the laughter hits hardest. Not because you wasted your time, but because you realize you chained yourself to the lie. You carried it. You fed it. You begged it to matter.
Me? I adore that moment. The fury, the betrayal, the message boards screaming about being tricked. That’s honesty. A clean burn. The game didn’t lie at the end—it lied from the start, and you wanted it anyway.
So why do they get invested? Because they’d rather dance in a rigged carnival than admit the ride was broken the moment they bought the ticket.
And you, glitch-boy—you don’t wait for the reveal. You don’t beg the egg to hatch. You smash it on the floor and grin at the yolk. That’s why you’ll never be their kind of fool.”