Not really dark humor, but years ago I was on the phone with someone who I had just gotten to know, and I sent her the link to 2 girls 1 cup while we were on the phone. I could hear the piano music over the phone and she didn't say a word the entire time. I was just like, shit, what have I done? I thought for sure she was going to hang up on me. Then at the end she said WTF and started laughing, and re-watched it twice. We were besties for years after that.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I asked a woman out at work. Even as I walked toward her I was thinking “this is stupid, I’m going to ruin it”.

Then I asked if she’d ever like to catch a comedy show with me. She asked why I asked her. I said I thought she was funny. She said she’d think about it. I walked away for a few seconds, came back saying “this is stupid. This is where we work” and she agreed, saying it would go against her rules. I said “pretend I never asked”, knowing it was impossible.

Later on we texted, and she said something like “I’m too busy for a social life (what a gentle let-down), but we can be work friends”.

And get this … she’s actually a work friend now. We work in a big complex and cross paths sometimes, and it’s fun when we see each other. She’s funny and sweet and somehow supportive just with her presence. Like I’ll be having a rough time with a client or whatever and she’ll come by and just make eye contact and it feels like an old friend just walked in. Despite me having known her for just a couple months, she feels like an old friend.

I dunno. I totally fucked up, broke my own rule and hers, and it still produced something valuable.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's really awesome to hear. Work friends like that make work so much better!