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Does the subject of a joke make it more or less acceptable to you?
To me it doesn't matter. Nothing is sacred.
To me it doesn't matter. Nothing is sacred.
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No, but alot of offensive-type jokes rely on discomfort with the subject, which is not funny. I appreciate a clever joke no matter what it's about.
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Yeah, some subjects are definately unacceptable for me. Stuff like racism, sexism, jokes about 'retarded' people....even that word is wrong to me.
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If the joke is good then the subject doesn't matter. Even jokes making fun of women, veg*ns, my ancestry, etc. If its good...let me hear it 
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Some jokes just aren't funny with certain subjects. It's more of the shock value that they're being told for.
Did a Kurt Vonnegut book inspire this? "A man without a country" or something like that? I tried to read it (and found I don't like Vonnegut), and he brought this up.
Did a Kurt Vonnegut book inspire this? "A man without a country" or something like that? I tried to read it (and found I don't like Vonnegut), and he brought this up.
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Originally Posted by Scythe 
To me it doesn't matter. Nothing is sacred.
To me it doesn't matter. Nothing is sacred.
Same here
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Did a Kurt Vonnegut book inspire this? "A man without a country" or something like that? I tried to read it (and found I don't like Vonnegut), and he brought this up.
No . . . never heard of him.
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Originally Posted by astro
Yeah, some subjects are definately unacceptable for me. Stuff like racism, sexism, jokes about 'retarded' people....even that word is wrong to me.
Yeah, some subjects are definately unacceptable for me. Stuff like racism, sexism, jokes about 'retarded' people....even that word is wrong to me.
I agree with this.
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The subject matter doesn't make a joke unacceptable but intent is quite important to me, personally.
For instance: Random guy behind me in the grocery checkout line telling a racist or sexist joke (this has actually happened)= gross. A friend telling the same joke could be amusing. The difference is that when I laugh with a friend about a sensitive subject, I know it's more of a commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype. We are laughing at the absurdity rather than a "truth".
For instance: Random guy behind me in the grocery checkout line telling a racist or sexist joke (this has actually happened)= gross. A friend telling the same joke could be amusing. The difference is that when I laugh with a friend about a sensitive subject, I know it's more of a commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype. We are laughing at the absurdity rather than a "truth".
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Humor is always subjective.
Even racism and sexism are funny subjects in the proper context.
Real humor, even if it is shocking, serves a purpose. It allows people to gain perspective. Real humor is also not based in malice or hatred, but from a desire to share with like minded people, or to help cope and deal with messed up situations.
So, no, nothing is off limits.
Even racism and sexism are funny subjects in the proper context.
Real humor, even if it is shocking, serves a purpose. It allows people to gain perspective. Real humor is also not based in malice or hatred, but from a desire to share with like minded people, or to help cope and deal with messed up situations.
So, no, nothing is off limits.
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Same here
Same here
Even Catholicism?
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Even Catholicism?
Even Catholicism?
Oh don't make me bust out some priest jokes. Irish priest jokes!
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Originally Posted by veg*nfrog
The subject matter doesn't make a joke unacceptable but intent is quite important to me, personally.
For instance: Random guy behind me in the grocery checkout line telling a racist or sexist joke (this has actually happened)= gross. A friend telling the same joke could be amusing. The difference is that when I laugh with a friend about a sensitive subject, I know it's more of a commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype. We are laughing at the absurdity rather than a "truth".
The subject matter doesn't make a joke unacceptable but intent is quite important to me, personally.
For instance: Random guy behind me in the grocery checkout line telling a racist or sexist joke (this has actually happened)= gross. A friend telling the same joke could be amusing. The difference is that when I laugh with a friend about a sensitive subject, I know it's more of a commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype. We are laughing at the absurdity rather than a "truth".
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Originally Posted by Medesha
Jokes about my momma.
Jokes about my momma.
An Irish priest, a rabbi and Medesha's momma walk into a bar...
whoops thats all the time we have for tonite folks
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I don't have to discriminate between jokes because I don't consider jokes, as a category, to be funny and thus don't want to hear them.
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Real humor is also not based in malice or hatred, but from a desire to share with like minded people, or to help cope and deal with messed up situations.
Real humor is also not based in malice or hatred, but from a desire to share with like minded people, or to help cope and deal with messed up situations.
I remember that Freud said that jokes are a socially acceptable way to express aggression, so I'm not sure.
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Real humor is also not based in malice or hatred, but from a desire to share with like minded people . . .
Those don't necessarily contradict each other.
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I laugh at everything. I can turn everything into a joke...if I didn't I probably would have slit my wrists a long time ago
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Originally Posted by veg*nfrog
The subject matter doesn't make a joke unacceptable but intent is quite important to me, personally.
For instance: Random guy behind me in the grocery checkout line telling a racist or sexist joke (this has actually happened)= gross. A friend telling the same joke could be amusing. The difference is that when I laugh with a friend about a sensitive subject, I know it's more of a commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype. We are laughing at the absurdity rather than a "truth".
The subject matter doesn't make a joke unacceptable but intent is quite important to me, personally.
For instance: Random guy behind me in the grocery checkout line telling a racist or sexist joke (this has actually happened)= gross. A friend telling the same joke could be amusing. The difference is that when I laugh with a friend about a sensitive subject, I know it's more of a commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype. We are laughing at the absurdity rather than a "truth".
How do you know that your random guy isn't actually giving a "commentary on the people who actually believe that way or the stereotype", or are you and your friends the only people who can do that?
I sometimes feel uncomfortable laughing at certain jokes, but I can't pretend that I haven't heard some very "offensive" jokes which are also extremely funny.
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