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I think this is less about the humor, and more about the superstition about speaking something into reality.
Here's a story for you. My grandmother never struck me as on overly superstitious person. But she was very serious when she told me that one day she had a friend over eating in her kitchen when a blackbird flew in through the window. Her friend told her that it was a really bad omen, specifically that it was a harbinger of death. The next day my grandmother's first born was killed in a hit and run.
She couldn't get over why her friend would even say that out loud. Not really because she thought her friend was clairvoyant but because it poisoned their relationship. She's got one of the most negative moments in her life made even worse because of a callous prediction a friend made that now tolls like a bell any time her son comes to mind.
There are some forms of negativity that are better off left unsaid. You saying it isn't going to burn down the house. But one day you might wish you hadn't said it.
In the end, are you any less frugal than your parents? When confronted with an issue, all you could afford was a mean spirited "joke" that isn't funny. People are accepting of dark humor if it actually is humorous.
I mean they make so much money with their investments that its kinda silly to be so cheapskate on these things.
Literally had like text messages that she wants to present in a civil lawsuit and the phone was so laggy and it looks like it's about to fail at any time... and still refused to buy a new phone afterwards (so you wont have a random malfunction and lose your evidence when you need it the most)
Literally refused to buy a dash cam until I keep insisting... like literally for their own good, "what if something happens?" I asked them, then they get mad for suggesting the idea that a car accident... something that happens all the time... could happen and they need a dash cam for evidence... I mean they literally got lightly rear-ended before... and it totaled the car... they didn't have a dash cam back then, but luckily insurance automatically sided against the other side because its a rear-end collision.
Literally so frugal that they don't wanna spend money on CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS... like we didn't have that for like nearly a decade of living in the house... (eventually got them)
It's not that they can't afford it. Its they feel like everything is a waste.
Also the entire basement is filled with random stuff... like other people's abandoned items... and we never even use it... hoarding so much shit lol...