From savage sarcasm to flying chappal, desi families have a lot of go-to weapons to launch at their loved ones. For instance, a desi mom roasted her daughter for not having a boyfriend, or how another dad sarcastically called his daughter out for being lazy in a music video.
A desi Twitter user shared how her parivaar finds humour even in other family members’ pain:
Does your family also find humor in the moments of unbearable pain?
Chachu slipped on stairs and later told us “aadhi seerhiyaan mein manually utra, aadhi automatically.” 😭😭😂
— ✪ Fariha ✪ (@fay_alif) July 20, 2021
Many desis shared the dhaasu dark-humor dialogues their family have said in times of sickness and injury:
I fractured my index finger after injury and it healed a little twisted. My sister said “ab ghee nikalne K liye ungli terhi nai krni parey gi”
— Cyndhu Abbasi (@CyndhuAbbasi) July 20, 2021
This girl has asthma and her brother joked about it saying “kya hoga us larki se jise saans bhi lena nahi aata”
— senio 🇵🇸🇵🇰 (@okaymariyah) July 20, 2021
My daadi couldn’t walk unassisted and was visiting, abbu asked me to bring a supporting stick on way back, I asked stick or walker? Daadi said, nahin roller skates lai aa
— affansive (@Hyderaffan) July 20, 2021
Once my friend’s father-in-law was in the hospital and he is a Parkinson’s patient, my friend while going to visit him said “Abhi mujhe apnay susar ka break-dance dekhnay bhi jana hai”.
— Raaa (@LastIdentity) July 20, 2021
During dadi’s last days, she used to go toilet a lot and it was mostly my job to take her. So while walking her, I joked with her “itna susu latey Kahan se ho, humen to Nahin ata”.
— Mutaher Khan (@MutaherKhan) July 20, 2021
my sister once gave me a jhoola on a rolling chair, it was near one of our sofa. the jhoola was so fast that i hit my nose on the sofa’s wooden area, they took me to the doctor, the doctor was like, insaan ki naak nahi hai, haathi ki lagadoon? everyone called me a joker for days.
— Moiza Khalil (@moizatweet) July 20, 2021
We have a family friend who narrates about one of her very old relatives ke he’d joke his time on earth was up ‘bas ab overtime chal Raha hai’ never fails to make me laugh.
— Atiya (@bhumrobhumro) July 20, 2021
My friend once got bitten by a dog and when we are at the doctor he said “Bhai mood nahi tha warna wapis kaat deta usse😐😐”
— Hussain (@Dumbasssensei) July 20, 2021
Which dialogue was your favorite? Tell us.