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When Does Humour Become Offensive
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Ive had my issues over the years with
alcohol
mental health
the law and prison
unemployment
sex and relationships
Illness
abuse
etc
Yet, I can still find the humour in it all and laugh at jokes about it.
I have a nephew who is confined in a wheelchair who regularly texts me jokes about disability, I once had a friend from ireland who always told me 'paddy' jokes, likewise I had a black friend who told me 'black' jokes (and also told me '***' jokes. And I recriprocated). Last year I was in a psychiatric hospital and WE ALL shared jokes about about psychos and nutters...very theraputic. And the same when Ive been in prison, lots of jail jokes doing the rounds, from both inmates and screws.
On the flip side, I once had a vegitarian, Scottish girlfriend. Any jokes about animals or mean Scottsmen were met with a stoney silence.
Having addiction issues, been mentally unwell, going to prison, been unemployed, etc, is not funny. Making a joke about it can be. its a coping mechanism.
Shouldnt we laugh more and stop been so uptight?
alcohol
mental health
the law and prison
unemployment
sex and relationships
Illness
abuse
etc
Yet, I can still find the humour in it all and laugh at jokes about it.
I have a nephew who is confined in a wheelchair who regularly texts me jokes about disability, I once had a friend from ireland who always told me 'paddy' jokes, likewise I had a black friend who told me 'black' jokes (and also told me '***' jokes. And I recriprocated). Last year I was in a psychiatric hospital and WE ALL shared jokes about about psychos and nutters...very theraputic. And the same when Ive been in prison, lots of jail jokes doing the rounds, from both inmates and screws.
On the flip side, I once had a vegitarian, Scottish girlfriend. Any jokes about animals or mean Scottsmen were met with a stoney silence.
Having addiction issues, been mentally unwell, going to prison, been unemployed, etc, is not funny. Making a joke about it can be. its a coping mechanism.
Shouldnt we laugh more and stop been so uptight?
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My own view - if you can laugh at yourself, your own family, and local culture then nearly anything goes. Only once have I really objected and that was a very bad and sick joke going around hours after 9-11 - and I had three staff caught up in that, but not hurt as, in true fashion, they were late to get to the WTC and Windows on the World. To be fair, he did apologise......even in that, there were a few good quips going around and helping to relieve the tension, and that's what humour can be good for....something that many foreigners find strange in us as a nation.
As to 9/11, such quips included "Dubai is going to be rebranded - as Goodbye." and "The Pentagon has been renamed - as The Square."
As to 9/11, such quips included "Dubai is going to be rebranded - as Goodbye." and "The Pentagon has been renamed - as The Square."
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