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EndOfDiscOne
05/25/22 1:09:27 PM
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Irony
05/25/22 1:09:37 PM
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Ya

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A_Good_Boy
05/25/22 1:10:36 PM
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Depends on the joke

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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 1:10:38 PM
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Jokes at gay people's expense or jokes that allude to you yourself being gay?

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Vegy
05/25/22 1:11:16 PM
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I kinda laughed when chang said dat word in da class in community show

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Choco
05/25/22 1:11:42 PM
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as a dumb piece of shit child yes

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-Unowninator-
05/25/22 1:12:06 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Depends on the joke


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Robot2600
05/25/22 1:12:06 PM
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im bi i never thought it was funny

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ElleRagu
05/25/22 1:12:42 PM
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depends

homophobia dressed up as a joke was never funny

just like how blatant transphobia isn't funny now

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kriztofer
05/25/22 1:13:23 PM
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I have a disability and when Larry the cable guy made fun of people at Walmart walking weird I just about lost it and wasn't offended in the least

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Doom_Art
05/25/22 1:14:12 PM
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I'm bi and I thought they were funny back then

But I was also pretty closeted as a teen and had a lot of internally directed homophobia so Iunno

I think they can still be funny but it depends on the joke of course.

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Tappor
05/25/22 1:15:06 PM
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They can be funny

The problem is that the vast majority of people will never tell a funny one

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MedeaLysistrata
05/25/22 1:17:24 PM
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Not any gay joke, but some, and some race jokes too (usually the ones that applied to me). I was pretty unhinged I guess... Kind of mellowed out but I still sometimes cross the line with stuff that upon further reflection I just question and cringe. It's more of an issue where I think I can say anything I want than specifically trying to disparage a group, but it's still wrong. Unfortunately the only way I know how to deal with it is to just talk/type and be social less and less to not make an ass of myself, until I don't say anything ever.

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sevihaimerej
05/25/22 1:17:41 PM
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Well, yeah. Jokes about a thing aren't necessarily anti that thing, sometimes the punchline is the absurdity of being anti that thing in the first place for instance. If you're specifically talking about something actually hateful, like all the variations of the food stamps under the work boots where the negative stereotype itself is supposed to be the joke, then no I've never found stuff like that funny

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Deutschenlied
05/25/22 1:17:47 PM
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Funny how?
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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 1:31:54 PM
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My theory is some men started doing gay jokes towards each other because it wasn't cool to make sexual jokes towards women. Yet, sex is literally everywhere and it's impossible not to think of jokes surrounding it if you have a comedically motivated mind.

Or Im projecting, because I just described what I do. It's easier to pass off as a joke when it's towards a guy. If I make the same jokes to a woman, they reasonably come off different. Im not complaining, I don't want to make women feel uncomfortable and I know there's a lot of reason not to give men the benefit of the doubt. It's also easier to make it come off as a joke if you're not sexually attracted to the person you're making a sexual joke towards.

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Wetterdew
05/25/22 1:38:26 PM
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i'm gay and while I think some gay jokes CAN be funny,
they're only funny if they aren't at gay people's expense. Most people who tell gay jokes don't know how to do that.

one type of gay joke that's still en vogue which I hate: I always see a lot of gay jokes whenever a public figure is viciously homophobic. People love calling homophobes gay. those gay jokes aren't clever or funny. And it's a way for people to not have to take homophobia seriously by dismissing it as self-directed hate.
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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 1:40:42 PM
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Wetterdew posted...


one type of gay joke that's still en vogue which I hate: I always see a lot of gay jokes whenever a public figure is viciously homophobic. People love calling homophobes gay. those gay jokes aren't clever or funny. And it's a way for people to not have to take homophobia seriously by dismissing it as self-directed hate

My sister does this. I try to argue it every time, but it still comes back around lol.

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Wetterdew
05/25/22 1:41:00 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
My theory is some men started doing gay jokes towards each other because it wasn't cool to make sexual jokes towards women. Yet, sex is literally everywhere and it's impossible not to think of jokes surrounding it if you have a comedically motivated mind.

no, people didn't start making gay jokes because they didn't want to demean women. they started making gay jokes because they saw gay people as targets of ridicule.
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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 1:45:54 PM
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Wetterdew posted...
no, people didn't start making gay jokes because they didn't want to demean women. they started making gay jokes because they saw gay people as targets of ridicule.

I said some. I have nothing to argue with you about, cause your statement isn't wrong. Id be foolish to not acknowledge that end when brought up

But these are 2 different type of jokes. The jokes I'm talking about are ones alluding to the person telling them being gay. And not in a demeaning way. You can call itmocking. But I mock everyone's lifestyle. Especially my own, since I have the deepest understanding of it and canmake deeper hitting jokes.

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Umbreon
05/25/22 1:46:00 PM
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Yes, fortunately I stopped at around 13-14 when I became a bit more mature.

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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 1:48:15 PM
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However, ifanyone sees me making a joke on real time and are offendedby it, Id definitely like the insight of why. Cause Im always curious how people interpret what I joke about

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Iron-Tarkus
05/25/22 2:00:57 PM
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Yeah, still do depending on the context. Restaurant I work in is extremely queer to the point where cishet people are the minority.

Some random guy says okay queer when I ask for something? Thats fucked up I aint laughing.

Cook says the same thing to a manager? Funny as fuck.

Even if the punchline for both is just haha gay

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VandorLee
05/25/22 2:03:08 PM
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It strongly depends on the joke but id say no to keep my job.

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ktownslayer16
05/25/22 2:03:35 PM
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Depends on the joke. And they still are

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RetsuZaiZen
05/25/22 2:05:11 PM
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My humor is much different than most, so no never did.

We used to say "Ayo" and "pause" back in high school (2004) but I thought that was really stupid even back then.

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Prestoff
05/25/22 2:05:32 PM
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I used to do it in a very homophobic way like trying to immaculate another guy in my highschool years. It wasn't until I went to college and actually grew up that I don't make jokes at the expense of gays anymore. In fact I rarely make edgy jokes in general, just a lot of dad jokes now (because I am a dad).

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TommyG663513
05/25/22 2:06:56 PM
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I'm bisexual and have no issues poking fun at my own sexuality. Of course, it all depends on the joke and some are in bad taste although I would very rarely ever use the term "offended" to describe my feelings on gay jokes.

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SSJPurple
05/25/22 3:14:45 PM
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It depends on the joke

Some are funny, some are just hateful rhetoric disguised as a joke.

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Guide
05/25/22 4:02:32 PM
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Still funny tho. Usually different context nowadays.

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Lordgold666
05/25/22 4:12:42 PM
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Funny and not funny come from the same birth, its just a matter of how the joke is told

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TMOG
05/25/22 4:16:45 PM
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Yes, I grew up in the 90s. Thankfully I've grown up and matured since then.
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BigMeatyClaws
05/25/22 4:17:49 PM
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Wow @ these poll results in 2022

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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 4:19:56 PM
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BigMeatyClaws posted...
Wow @ these poll results in 2022

You get more information from all the context people add. The question is pretty useless without the added context. You're just left to project on it.

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nfearurspecimn
05/25/22 4:22:54 PM
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Idk not really. I didn't like Big Gay Al in South Park or the "shitty shitty blank blank" song Mr. Garrison sings.

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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 4:31:35 PM
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nfearurspecimn posted...
Idk not really. I didn't like Big Gay Al in South Park or the "shitty shitty blank blank" song Mr. Garrison sings.

Big Gay Al was like, one the only genuinely good people in the whole city lol. Mr. Slave would be the more offensive character lol.


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deoxxys
05/25/22 4:37:47 PM
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Gay jokes at a gaymans expense? No not funny.

Jokes that infer gayiety? Funny.


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Scintillant
05/25/22 4:51:54 PM
#39:


Only from people who are actually gay.

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Lost_All_Senses
05/25/22 4:56:52 PM
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Scintillant posted...
Only from people who are actually gay.

So in convos you're like,

"You gay?...Im trying to figure out if that joke was funny or not. Are you gay or not? I need to know if Im gonna laugh or not."

Neh. I get what you're talking about. If it's blatantly offensive, it comes off different from someone from the community, yeah?

I feel like it's just about understanding where the person is coming from in general, not if they're actually part of the community.

I grew up around women and already proved my manners are on point. So, when I make ironic jokes about women, everyone Im around know it's funny because the contrast of the joke to my actual character. I'm mocking people who don't respect/appreciate women when I do that.

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Turbam
05/25/22 5:06:42 PM
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Choco posted...
as a dumb piece of shit child yes


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nfearurspecimn
05/25/22 6:50:35 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Big Gay Al was like, one the only genuinely good people in the whole city lol. Mr. Slave would be the more offensive character lol.
yeah but I didn't like either of it. I didn't like the lemmiwinks ep

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