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ms_wonderland 
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 Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:02pm |
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Is something someone says even funny if it all hinges on who says it? Given two ppl say it in the same way.
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:03pm |
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Is something someone says even funny if it all hinges on who says it? Given two ppl say it in the same way. |
Depends. Expectations and willingness to hear what is being said vs anxiousness to dismiss it plays a part in allowing the humor to work.
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:06pm |
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Wonderland, when my friend tells me I look like sh*t, I will laugh .. it's funny and she really means it. If a coworker I don't know says it the same way, I might not laugh as hard..
and coco, I agree with your idea about clowning
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:11pm |
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Rape, Abortion, physical abuse are off limits for me. im sure there are more but those came to mind first.
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:11pm |
Derri wrote:
Public jokes about race, culture, heritage, religion and spirituality, sexuality, are off limits to me because of all the ignorance in the world, because of how humans learn, because of how complex life is, because of the broken telephone affect.
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i think some of the most ignorant statements believed by the masses were first made in jest and repeated as fact.
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:13pm |
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I personally don't clown anyone in that way,
But if the person is giving it right back then I don't cape.
I actually think that's insulting to the person.
Like when you said you would dance for him out of pity or something.
IMO that was the most insulting thing said in the whole thread
Edited by jonesable - Jan 05 2013 at 4:14pm
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:17pm |
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I hear what you're saying, lb.
I do agree that it's dangerous when jokes become misconstrued as facts.
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:22pm |
dont look at it as pity jones..
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:23pm |
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theres a difference between a story teller telling a story in which something is funny, and people making jokes about something that you know is offensive to get laughs.
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 4:29pm |
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Hmmm idk.
I can find humor in a lot of things just depends.
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