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Just

Just
PiLhEaD said:
Shhhuush.... don't tell the mods our secret...

In other news, here's an elephant
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Was it like
an elephant in a porcelain shop
or now I am being oversensitive?
 

Fishy

Fishy
PiLhEaD said:
In fairness they were hit by injuries sustained in the Rollerball semi final from the previous week, that they were also in. But the game was played in a good spirit. Not to much thrashing around.
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You are obviously joking, but I'm not!

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[PS4] Filthymick420

[PS4] Filthymick420
Just said:
Why not? I had this theory/observation/realization.
I usually joke a lot about "normal" things and "normal" people. I mean "majorities".

The point is I consider minorities as "normal" as the rest, so I joked about them too sometimes, and it sometimes ended badly.

How can I treat something as normal and equal if I can not make jokes about it?
It makes no sense to me.
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Requiring special consideration isn't equal. Continue as you were. You aren't obligated to make exceptions for anyone unless you choose to
 
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Bottom Hat

Bottom Hat
Erei said:
The issue is not the context or the subject. It is the audience.

I had a friend (girl) where we did sexist jokes all day to each other. It was fun, and we did it because we knew it was ok and all for fun. I wouldn't have dared with a woman I wouldn't have known, it would have been very wrong.
The issue was not an hypothetical woman, or the subject. It was the audience all along.

Know your audience, and know what is ok, and what is not.
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Absolutely - couldn't have explained it better myself, and it works for all 'risky' subjects (as I can't think of the right word), like sexism, sexuality, nationality, and even creed if it is with someone you know well. The point is that you don't go there unless you know the audience as Erei says - it is simply rude, and stupid, as it is likely to cause offence, especially if you are overheard as well.
 

Erei

Erei
[PS4] Filthymick420 said:
Requiring special consideration isn't equal. Continue as you were. You aren't obligated to make exceptions for anyone unless you choose to
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You do. That's the whole point of joke and humour. It's an exchange. A positive one. Not something you do on your own, with no care for the people around.
A joke that doesn't make people laugh, or worse, make them uncomfortable is not even a joke.
Make them think, yes, but not make them feel bad. Good comedians will laugh about touchy subject that makes you think about them in a different (and more positive) way. Poor one will make people feel uncomfortable about the same subjects.

See the movie I talked about earlier ? "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". It's an Australian movie about transexuals, and their "adventures". You have australian "rednecks", racism, sexism and all that. But it's done in a good way, and it's funny. This is humour about a touchy subject AND minorities (even more in the 90's) done well. I encourage watching it.
 

Just

Just
Bottom Hat said:
Absolutely - couldn't have explained it better myself, and it works for all 'risky' subjects (as I can't think of the right word), like sexism, sexuality, nationality, and even creed if it is with someone you know well. The point is that you don't go there unless you know the audience as Erei says - it is simply rude, and stupid, as it is likely to cause offence, especially if you are overheard as well.
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I understand this MORE then most of people who got angry at me today here would ever expect ;)

Unfortunately there is no other way to have happy life and calm soul then grow over negative feedback to your person,
and you only know you have achieved this when you have enough distance to yourself
to laugh at those perks/properties of yourself that used to be your fragilities, triggering points, and be patronizingly arrogant to people who want to insult you.

I've been mocked for some reasons I won't explain further, went a very long way from being a very fragile kid/teen, to the point I have described above.

And closing some group of people under protective "dome" is not helpful there.
At least not in the long run. They need to "harden", whether they want or not, because there will be always mean people out there who just like to hurt/humiliate others,
using any way they find working. And thinking that you can change it by some laws or telling people what can they laugh at and what not, is purely delusional wishful thinking.

I think there is not much to say on this topic from my side, so I hope it will serve as my summary.
 

Sysmon

Sysmon
Erei said:
See the movie I talked about earlier ? "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". It's an Australian movie about transexuals, and their "adventures". You have australian "rednecks", racism, sexism and all that. But it's done in a good way, and it's funny. This is humour about a touchy subject AND minorities (even more in the 90's) done well. I encourage watching it.
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And Hugo Weaving in a fantastic role, that makes his role in the Matrix just the more awesome.

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