dared
Explanation
In this comic, two friends are having a pleasant, agreeable conversation. One asks what the other wants to do; they're both "great," they agree on things, and they're "talking weirdly" nicely to each other. Then one of them reveals the twist: "I... changed our chat settings so we can only send types on a blackberry keyboard." Their friend group reacts in horror: "Who dared! Daaaared!"
The joke is about how modern digital communication tools shape the tone of conversations. The premise is that the tiny, awkward BlackBerry keyboard -- a relic of early smartphone technology -- forces people to type short, simple, agreeable messages because typing anything longer or more confrontational is physically painful. The humor suggests that much of the conflict and negativity in online communication is a product of how easy it is to type long, heated messages on modern touchscreen keyboards. Remove that ease, and people default to being pleasant and brief. The friends' horror at discovering the trick implies they actually preferred their usual combative communication style.