Poll: Do you find racism or sexism funny?

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Frostwhisper21

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So long as it's witty and creative.

Those that perpetuate sterotypes generically (hur hur gardener) and are repeated may mean that the guy speaking's a bit of a racist : /
 

Erana

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To a degree, racist jokes can be harmless enough when they're a lighthearted generalization about the culture, like someone on the 'Scapist saying, "I wouldn't touch that game; too many Koreans play it. I'd lose before I could even figure out the plot!"
But calling people filthy or stupid or anything of the sort is just sick and deeply disturbing.

And sexist jokes just can't be funny any more after you find out that one of the people whose telling them beat their wife.

So yeah, I generally feel like people should just shut the fuck up if they don't have enough comedic talent to be funny without insulting others to make them feel better about themselves.
 

Ultress

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If it's used in an over the top manner, I'm ok with it because like Chuck Norris jokes, it's the plain absurdity that makes it funny, but if it's being used to be an asshole then it's less funny.
 

The Arc of Eden

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I laugh at it cuz it's either really fucked up (And thats my sense of humor) or I just find it impossible to believe that someone actually thinks that way. Especially in this day and age. To me the only important thing is how the perpetrator and victim handle it. If its all in good humor then they should just laugh it off, but if not... Well, I think most of us know what happens when keeping it real goes bad...
 

goldenheart323

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Dags90 said:
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It's like Dead Baby jokes, it's funny because of the absurdity.
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That pretty much sums it up for me too. I don't think I've heard a racist/sexist joke where the teller actually believed it. They wouldn't be telling it as a joke if they were serious. Right? Heck, I didn't know Polacks were a real race until I was in my late teens. (It turns out, Polack is a slur for Polish.) It would be absurd to think any race was really that stupid. They'd have died out long ago.
 

Zirat

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If I find it funny I will laugh without regrets, political correctness and parental watch dogs be damned!
 

demoman_chaos

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The only thing I don't like about racist jokes is the lack on white jokes. There is a lot of black/mexican/asian jokes, but no jokes about us honkeys (redneck jokes made by rednecks like Jeff Foxworthy don't count).
 

Jezzascmezza

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Unfortunately, I find both racism and sexism hilarious, but I'm never actually a sexist or racist person.
 

Rutskarn

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There's a proper context for any kind of joke, and as long as it's not malicious, I let racist and sexist stuff fly on the condition that it's funny.

Note that "make me a sandwich" and "get back in the kitchen" do not fall under the heading of funny. There was a window, back about five years ago, when either of these would have been funny. There are probably--very occasionally--contexts in which these collections of syllables could be funny today, especially if the woman in question actually is like a pastry chef or something. Otherwise, these jokes are just plain dead. They're not offensive because they're sexist, they're offensive because they've got the grace and originality of Chuck Norris facts. Seriously, the fact that I hate these jokes has very little to do with being offensive to women and very much to do with the fact that they're not a joke so much as a reflex response, as dull and expected as a facetiously-sexist tide.

Even if you're trolling, come on, that's just lazy.
 

Rutskarn

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Teiraa said:
are there that few of girls on this site? O-o i feel like im swimming in ball soup
Is that what you make when life gives you balls? I don't know if I ever looked into that one.

I guess I should get some ingredients, then. And a kitchen knife of some kind.
 

TheRealCJ

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Both are funny, but only when they're so ridiculously over-the-top that nobody could possibly take them seriously.

Like, say, Uncle Ruckus (No Relation) from the Boondocks.
 

Firia

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Why is the only no answer judgmental? I don't find racial or sexual humor funny, but don't equate it to racism.
 

Frostwhisper21

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demoman_chaos said:
The only thing I don't like about racist jokes is the lack on white jokes. There is a lot of black/mexican/asian jokes, but no jokes about us honkeys (redneck jokes made by rednecks like Jeff Foxworthy don't count).
Well when the stereotype of white people is being dickish for being rich and powerful, it's hard to make a funny, low-brow joke.
 

Withall

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I don't remember where I heard it, but there are different types of laughter, and one type of laugh is the "humiliated" laugh.

Perhaps racist/sexist humor is based around jokes that makes you think "shit, that's true!" and you laugh from the joke's punchline as well as your realization that you thought something that shouldn't be funny, IS funny.

Just throwing it out there.
 

Mucinex-D

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Mr. Gency said:
Mucinex-D said:
Mr. Gency said:
A racist joke is only in bad taste when someone is offended.
It's not a good joke UNTIL someone is offended...
I'm sorry, but I can't intentionally try to look like an asshole (not trying to insult you). Not even on the internet (believe me, I tried).
You get used to it, you may even learn to like it.