What you type into your web browser after you type in something sketchy into your web browser. You type it to make sure the FBI doesn't get you. I promise it was a joke.
The phrase "it's a joke" is often used to lighten a situation as a defense mechanism. Saying "it's only a joke" is often used when the person has not understood or got offended. Reasons may include:
1. The person was genuinely joking and did not mean to cause confusion or offense
2. The person is backing down after upsetting someone
3. The other person fails to see the point, and is reassured that it's not serious
Ben: "I'm so bored, I hate my job! I wish I could grab a beer!"
Boss overhears Ben's comment to his friend
Boss: "How about I fire you? Then you can get a beer, and a new job!"
Ben: "😳 Sorry boss, I was only joking! Look, I'm writing my report now!"
Boss "....."
Person 1: "There are three kinds of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't."
something said when someone takes the joke too seriously or personally and they need a reminder of what they're mad about. knocks the sense back into someone real quick.
Samuel: It's a joke not a dick you don't have to take it so hard
Emanuel: I wish it was...
Samuel: what.
Emanuel: what.
An explanation given by the accused when they are faced with severe consequences.
Example #1
A kid on a chatroom joked about blowing up a daycare. A week later, policestorm his house and arrest him. When questioned why during interrogation, he said: "It was just a joke" and then he was sentenced to three years in prison.
Example #2
A drunk news anchor accidently says "nigger" during a leaked sex tape. When questioned by the public why did he say it, the anchor replied "it was just a joke" and was promptly fired from his job.