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bubble world - lck of humour
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i swear too many people get offended by the mildest things ever, which werent even meant offensively, just as a bad pun/joke
do you think people expect to live in a shatter proof glass bubbles these days????
me and my mates rip eachother to pieces at pub but people think we're serious about it
what happened to a sense of humour people!?
do you think people expect to live in a shatter proof glass bubbles these days????
me and my mates rip eachother to pieces at pub but people think we're serious about it
what happened to a sense of humour people!?
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i can call my gay mate a fag and not mean it in a bad way, just a friendly joke - surely people know when you're being serious and when you're not
obivously blatantly offensive behaviour is wrong bt peoplet ake it too far!
People are encouraged to be "offended" more now, people aren't encouraged to just grow up and deal with it. It's like fat people going to a Bernard Manning gig and complaining that he takes the piss- jsut what did you expect, eh?
Making bigoted jokes is fine in my opinion, and people need to learn to deal with it. But people shouldn't be allowed to say anything they want and then claim it was a "joke".
humour is now regulated like everything else ...bad move. when we can't take the piss out of each other ...what ARE we left with?
Maybe it sounds harsh but if you're not comfortable with who you are then you're not going to find jokes about it funny. People should learn to laugh things off, rather than being so serious about every word that comes out of every persons mouth.
The problem isn't even with homosexuals/ethnic minorities/disabled people not being able to take a joke, most of the problem seems to be with normal, healthy, straight white people who take it upon themselves to get offended on behalf of them.
The whole "You can't say that, that's offensive!" mindset is probably more offensive than any actual joke itself, because it's actually more offensive to assume that certain groups can't take a joke and laugh at themselves.
Makes the "them and us" culture a whole lot harder to break down, IMO.
controls freaks i tell ya :rolleyes:
But as for joking, my friends and I are always ripping in to each other, sometimes playfighting, telling each other where to go and giving each other the finger. It's just how we are. I call my brother a "poof" because he is... I don't have a problem with him being gay, but it's a joke...
See we all just sit around being so careful about what we say to each other that we forget to laugh... I mean c'mon people, chill out.