When someone makes self-deprecating jokes to get reassurance/validation from someone. Similar to Fishing for Compliments.
"Hey, you wanna hear a joke?"
"Sure"
"My future. That's the joke."
"Stop Fishing with Rubber Chickens dude, it's not funny."
"Sure"
"My future. That's the joke."
"Stop Fishing with Rubber Chickens dude, it's not funny."
by Scorchingghost December 20, 2020