... and then you stopped, because you learned it wasn't socially acceptable, right?

I've never even heard someone talking like that when I was a teenager, and if I had, my reaction (and the reaction of most of my friends) would have been "Oh wow, geez..."

Maybe girls around you found it funny, I don't know, but women around Stallman clearly didn't. It's not a joke if nobody finds it funny.

Also, apparently it's controversial, but being unable to distinguish "telling a joke" from "creeping people out" should disqualify anyone from being a public figurehead. It's like a software engineer not being able to tell bubble sort from quicksort.

> It was a joke.

Can you explain the joke? What's the set up? What's the punchline? What expectations are being subverted? Is it somehow a pun?

You're claiming it's a joke, but I struggle to see how this works on any level as a joke.

Based on anecdotes of RMS, I'd say it's most likely that he was actually feeling suicidal.

>There is no context in which this is acceptable.

Oh for christ's sake. Have you ever tell a joke to talk to a girl?

Plenty of times. I've never threatened to do violence to myself or anyone else depending on their response, however - and neither has anyone I know, nor has any non-abusive person.

Do you take everything literally? Who are you, Drax the destroyer?