11/sept- A great day for celebration! Happy Birthday Fanny..

[Machinesworking]

although i laughed my ass off when bruno referred to bin laden as a "dirty wizard or a homeless santa claus". but in that, he wasn't joking about 9/11.

of course, because it was making fun of the enemies 'side'.

put yourself in their shoes! oh, you don't want to!?!


would it be funny to joke about the vietnam war or the korean war? how about WWI or WWII??? surely someone you know was involved in one of those? or say you lost your grandma to cancer last year? can i make jokes about that? what if she was your last grandparent to die? is cancer something to joke about?

where do you draw the line?

You don't. Humor is the one area that you should never try to put any constraints on. I have close relatives that were wounded in Vietnam, permanently. I have lost friends to AIDs, heroin, alcoholism, gang related murder you name it. I've known women who were raped, molested as children, beaten by their lovers, and murdered. You can make fun of all of it.
Seriously, this is one stupid thing, that people act like 9/11 is off limits? Take that list above and tell me that ANY one of those things isn't as important as a singular man made disaster on 9/11?

FYI, I've laughed harder when the jokes hit closer to home. That's me though.

Comedy has never been about pleasing everyone, period, and with that in mind I have no problem with you saying something when someone isn't funny, or burns you a bit. What I have a problem with is the censorship that goes along with it. Notice that OP is banned?

Seriously "in bad taste humor" is waaay better than safe shit. Case in point Bill Hicks on death, smoking, and new yorkers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9O1Cv7wudU

[smutek]

do people want to find out who Doppelpunkt-Wurst is??

Yes. Just out of curiosity.

I have 2 suspects (MW, you are not one of them).

[smutek]

Humor is the one area that you should never try to put any constraints on.

What about context, and what about sensitivity for other people.

Like, would you make Holocaust jokes while at Auschwitz for a remembrance ceremony or something?

Or, say if you had a new buddy with whom you've gotten kind of close, say you bust a 9/11 joke and this person starts crying, or gets really offended, tells you they lost their dad and 2 cousins that day - are you going to stick with the no constraints on humor bit or would you possibly back off a little, be like "damn, I'm so sorry, I was being insensitive" or something similar and try to explain your view point later on?

What about "nigger jokes" - would you make them while hanging with a black friend at their house with their family? No "depends" - other than your buddy, these are people you do not know, never met before.

You don't have to respond to those scenarios directly, I'm trying to address context I guess, and respecting the sensitivity of others.

Where do you draw that line, if at all? To me it just seems absurd for people to claim that they never draw the line. Maybe I'm wrong.

Oh, and I'm not an anarchist.

[Machinesworking]

Or, say if you had a new buddy with whom you've gotten kind of close, say you bust a 9/11 joke and this person starts crying, or gets really offended, tells you they lost their dad and 2 cousins that day - are you going to stick with the no constraints on humor bit or would you possibly back off a little, be like "damn, I'm so sorry, I was being insensitive" or something similar and try to explain your view point later on?

I wouldn't apologize for the joke, but I would say I'm sorry that 9/11 jokes offend you. There's a huge difference there. It's not subtle, I'm basically saying that I'm sorry that you have limits. This is the same with jokes based on race or sex, or politics etc. All of it should be up for grabs.

See, you're framing the question in terms that make it inappropriate to respond without grandstanding, which is lame. Because it will always be inappropriate to tell black people jokes with the word n*gger in them, that, in no terms makes it right. Turn this around, walk up to a bunch of KKK members and tell them that under the gowns, they're wearing panty hose, and unless you have back up, or police standing right there, I doubt most people would. It's the same threat of violence and inappropriate reaction to being teased that happens in both cases.
Violence and War are funny, but the violent and war like have the least amount of humor about life in general. Look at the reaction people have, "well if it's not directly related to my family, or enough time has passed, (black plague jokes) then it's funny."

Comedy should render all of us equal, but still people claim their suffering is greater than yours.

[jsg4z]

No there isn't, but I respect the right of people to be offended. Just don't expect me to be, that's all.

Ask yourself if you're trolling a little in this thread though, it kind seems like it.

dude, and im not trolling because i have a different opinion

[Machinesworking]

dude, and im not trolling because i have a different opinion

Just checking. In here with the wolves, you want to know that someone isn't just fucking around, not unusual around these parts son.
gonna go rustle up some tunes....>

[timothyallan]

Some people need to lighten up, life's too short. Everything is fair game in comedy.

In fact, some would argue that joking and making light of situations is part of the healing process.

[jsg4z]

mw, i get it.
ta, i agree.

[timothyallan]

see



http://www.theonion.com/content/video/a ... =a-section

[lunabass]

do people want to find out who Doppelpunkt-Wurst is??

yes...

now seems like a good time considering the drama in this thread is starting to subside

[Machinesworking]

see



http://www.theonion.com/content/video/a ... =a-section

[smutek]

Or, say if you had a new buddy with whom you've gotten kind of close, say you bust a 9/11 joke and this person starts crying, or gets really offended, tells you they lost their dad and 2 cousins that day - are you going to stick with the no constraints on humor bit or would you possibly back off a little, be like "damn, I'm so sorry, I was being insensitive" or something similar and try to explain your view point later on?

I wouldn't apologize for the joke, but I would say I'm sorry that 9/11 jokes offend you. There's a huge difference there. It's not subtle, I'm basically saying that I'm sorry that you have limits. This is the same with jokes based on race or sex, or politics etc. All of it should be up for grabs.

See, you're framing the question in terms that make it inappropriate to respond without grandstanding, which is lame. Because it will always be inappropriate to tell black people jokes with the word n*gger in them, that, in no terms makes it right. Turn this around, walk up to a bunch of KKK members and tell them that under the gowns, they're wearing panty hose, and unless you have back up, or police standing right there, I doubt most people would. It's the same threat of violence and inappropriate reaction to being teased that happens in both cases.
Violence and War are funny, but the violent and war like have the least amount of humor about life in general. Look at the reaction people have, "well if it's not directly related to my family, or enough time has passed, (black plague jokes) then it's funny."

Comedy should render all of us equal, but still people claim their suffering is greater than yours.

Re: Framing the question - no man, not at all. You say "Humor is the one area that you should never try to put any constraints on." - So I'm asking if you really believe that, if your feelings are really as absolute as they sound, or if there are actually situations where you would apply that constraint.

You seem to be saying that it isn't appropriate to tell "nigger jokes" to black folk - and I agree, I don't think they are ever appropriate. But that seems to be a constraint on humor, yes?

Then when you reverse the scenario, seems like you are saying you wouldn't call Klan members a bunch of white trash fairies, and on the flip side, you wouldn't tell "nigger jokes" to black folk - not out of compassion for these peoples feelings or for the issue at hand, but you'd apply constraint because you'd end up getting your ass beat if you didn't.

Or was I reading you wrong?

I'm guessing you aren't the type of guy who goes around telling those sorts of jokes, and neither am I. But I don't understand why you wouldn't, if you think humor should have no constraints then nothing should be off limits, nothing is sacred, right?

Hey, don't get me wrong man - Friday night I was trying to be a dick. I'm really not now, I'm just trying to wrap my head around what you are saying.

[jsg4z]

thats a tough call man. i have a friend from africa who calls his friends (and me) nigga. i know its not "er" and there are various connotations with different spellings of the word. it has to be taken in context. black guys like chicken and grape cool aid jokes are funny. white guys cant dance or jump, also funny

[smutek]

Right, I think context is very important, as is intent.

[Machinesworking]

Re: Framing the question - no man, not at all. You say "Humor is the one area that you should never try to put any constraints on." - So I'm asking if you really believe that, if your feelings are really as absolute as they sound, or if there are actually situations where you would apply that constraint.

You seem to be saying that it isn't appropriate to tell "nigger jokes" to black folk - and I agree, I don't think they are ever appropriate. But that seems to be a constraint on humor, yes?

Then when you reverse the scenario, seems like you are saying you wouldn't call Klan members a bunch of white trash fairies, and on the flip side, you wouldn't tell "nigger jokes" to black folk - not out of compassion for these peoples feelings or for the issue at hand, but you'd apply constraint because you'd end up getting your ass beat if you didn't.

Or was I reading you wrong?

I'm guessing you aren't the type of guy who goes around telling those sorts of jokes, and neither am I. But I don't understand why you wouldn't, if you think humor should have no constraints then nothing should be off limits, nothing is sacred, right?

Yeah you're reading it wrong, I'm saying that no matter what it should always be OK to joke around, but that in the case of some crips in LA or some rednecks in Alabama, it's probably not the wisest thing to do, to walk up and tell jokes on race to the gangbangers or jokes about hillbilly incest to the rednecks etc. That's not a matter of choice, but a matter of simple safety. Internet tough guys, on the other hand are fair game.

If you think that's pussy etc. then you really truly don't get it. Violence and violent people are lame, no matter what and deserve to be made fun of. I'm not saying I haven't been that violent guy, (unfortunately) but really, being able to laugh at yourself is IMO almost something of deathly importance. It's people that take everything way too seriously that fuck this world right up, it's definitely not because of some off color joke!

Watch that onion clip, tell me it isn't at least a little funny?