hypothetical question

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-18-2013, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

I hate to be the cranky old man here, but this thread on its own is sick and ****ed up.

I disagree, it's the internet and it's clearly not to be taken literally. This forum has it's own way of doing things which I don't want to stop, but I'm a member of a football forum where this thread would genuinely not bat an eyelid. It's a joke, whether you think it's funny or not is up to you, but I disagree with it being sick and fucked up.

Posting about kidnapping a child as a joke and actually kidnapping one are two very different things.

FRED HALE SR. · 02-18-2013, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

I disagree, it's the internet and it's clearly not to be taken literally. This forum has it's own way of doing things which I don't want to stop, but I'm a member of a football forum where this thread would genuinely not bat an eyelid. It's a joke, whether you think it's funny or not is up to you, but I disagree with it being sick and fucked up.

Posting about kidnapping a child as a joke and actually kidnapping one are two very different things.

Then why post it to begin with if its ****ed up in the real world. Theres nothing even remotely funny about the subject or even humor to be drawn from it.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-18-2013, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Then why post it to begin with if its ****ed up in the real world. Theres nothing even remotely funny about the subject or even humor to be drawn from it.

And murder is fucked up yet we've all laughed at murder jokes. There was a Maddie joke posted in the joke thread all but two or three days ago, which I thought was quite funny.

Comedy should have no barriers. If you start putting imaginary lines everywhere whereby anything past it is unacceptable and anything under it is acceptable and therefore fine to joke about, you create a 'scale of offense', and that is inconsistent. Who decides when the line has been crossed?

Either everything is acceptable or nothing is, and nobody wants to live in a world where we can't joke about anything, therefore I think 'everything is acceptable' wins, (or should do anyway, so long as the jokes are contextual, and I'd say this is.)

For what it's worth, I don't think it's one of the better threads on the forum, but I have no problem with it myself.

FRED HALE SR. · 02-18-2013, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

And murder is fucked up yet we've all laughed at murder jokes. There was a Maddie joke posted in the joke thread all but two or three days ago, which I thought was quite funny.

Comedy should have no barriers. If you start putting imaginary lines everywhere whereby anything past it is unacceptable and anything under it is acceptable and therefore fine to joke about, you create a 'scale of offense', and that is inconsistent. Who decides when the line has been crossed?

Either everything is acceptable or nothing is, and nobody wants to live in a world where we can't joke about anything, therefore I think 'everything is acceptable' wins, (or should do anyway, so long as the jokes are contextual, and I'd say this is.)

For what it's worth, I don't think it's one of the better threads on the forum, but I have no problem with it myself.

I think its time for another poll wheres Whiskey?

midnight rain · 02-18-2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

And murder is fucked up yet we've all laughed at murder jokes. There was a Maddie joke posted in the joke thread all but two or three days ago, which I thought was quite funny.

Comedy should have no barriers. If you start putting imaginary lines everywhere whereby anything past it is unacceptable and anything under it is acceptable and therefore fine to joke about, you create a 'scale of offense', and that is inconsistent. Who decides when the line has been crossed?

Either everything is acceptable or nothing is, and nobody wants to live in a world where we can't joke about anything, therefore I think 'everything is acceptable' wins, (or should do anyway, so long as the jokes are contextual, and I'd say this is.)

For what it's worth, I don't think it's one of the better threads on the forum, but I have no problem with it myself.

Agreed. Most of our favorite comedians have poked at something we find personally offensive. You can't appease everyone. Censorship blah blah blah...

Black Francis · 02-18-2013, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

I disagree, it's the internet and it's clearly not to be taken literally. This forum has it's own way of doing things which I don't want to stop, but I'm a member of a football forum where this thread would genuinely not bat an eyelid. It's a joke, whether you think it's funny or not is up to you, but I disagree with it being sick and fucked up.

Posting about kidnapping a child as a joke and actually kidnapping one are two very different things.

Thank you for that

you would think by now ppl would have a sense of detachment to such horrible things cause there in lays the humour

it's to laugh at what you shouldn't laugh, to play with ppl's sense of morality and your own

i once heard Matt and Trey from South park say
"Either is ok to make fun of everything or nothing is"

(Not sure if i said it right)

Comedy doesn't have morals, everything should be allowed in it.
it's like you said

don't confuse a joke with a reality