Attwell (2019) argues that digital humor can simultaneously . The trope of the “neighbor’s daughter” is a recurrent motif in German “Flachwitz” (flat jokes) and functions as a “safe” vehicle for sexual innuendo. Recent research (Müller & Huber, 2021) shows that such jokes often rely on a “heteronormative male gaze” while also providing a space for subversive re‑reading by female creators.