Rape jokes, can they be funny?

[emeraldrafael]

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Well you know what happens when you assume. You make an Ass out of you and Me, cause if you'd have read further posts in the argument, you'd see that he was sober and she was drunk (no unconsciously so, but in no state to make a decision).

 

[StBishop]

Spoiler: click meh

Tasteless image

Makes me laugh every time I see it.

Yeah see that's when rape jokes aren't funny.
Also, you should put NSFW tags on the Spoiler.

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Well you know what happens when you assume. You make an Ass out of you and Me, cause if you'd have read further posts in the argument, you'd see that he was sober and she was drunk (no unconsciously so, but in no state to make a decision).

Yeah, I've read them. I also read the comic after it. I understand that some people interpereted it that way but I still think that that comic alone does not depict rape.

 

[StBishop]

Edit: Double Post.

 

[thecoreyhlltt]

What do you call a dinosaur that's just been raped?
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A mega-sore-ass!

i rest my case...

 

[Dr Snakeman]

What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?

Spoiler

Rape

Gotta say, I really did laugh out loud at that.

But yes, you can make a joke about anything. Someone on this very site once said something that has stuck with me. It's a warped version of the assassin's motto in the Assassin's Creed franchise:

"Nothing is sacred, everything is hilarious".

That sums up my view on the subject quite nicely.

 

[MrAkuma201]

Well most of the time no but sometimes under a blue moon they can be but only in a fictional setting.

 

[Death God]

Is timed right and in good faith or spirits, then yes. But if you tell it to a teen pregnancy ward, I doubt that it is going to be funny.

 

[spartan231490]

Is timed right and in good faith or spirits, then yes. But if you tell it to a teen pregnancy ward, I doubt that it is going to be funny.

I am politically incorrect to the core and proud of it. As a result of this, I have to be honest and say that this is the only thing in this thread that has actually made me laugh. And yes, I would laugh if I was there and someone did it, then I would run like hell. Assuming I wasn't laughing too hard to stand.

 

[spartan231490]

I think that SheDaisy summed it up very nicely in "Don't Worry Bout a Thing".
Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAlGhRPLgOs

"We all got a little junk in the trunk
And when you're feelin' good as sunk
Remember, everything will be just fine
If I laugh at yours then you'll laugh at mine"
The vilification of humor is evil and immature.

 

[rupyTN]

Rape is an act of violence perpetrated against a person or persons by another person or persons. It has become a common tool of war in many places, (probably has been since ever, but gets more publicity now).

... now, after stating the obvious

Jokes are by definition supposed to be funny. There are a multitude of really nasty facts about humanity, but it has never stopped a well constructed joke about one of those facts from being funny, even hilarious.

Good comedians walk a fine line between acceptable taste, bad taste ... and the REALLY funny shit.

RTN

 

[WanderingFool]

Spoiler: Rape is never a laughing matter. Rape is not funny...

Now, jokes about rape can be sometimes fucking hilarious...

 

[Tsaba]

short answer, yes.

Now get over it.

 

[Nouw]

I think VG Cats can confirm this. In two related comics.

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=128

Hon, that is not rape.

Drugging someone to have sex with you isn't rape? I am enlightened in a non-sarcastic way.

Yes rape can be funny, anything can be funny.

 

[tthor]

http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2010/12/explosm-explain.png

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http://www.sketchypremise.com/wp-content/uploads/image/inspace.jpg

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http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Matt/ass-rape-man.jpg

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http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/comicinvisible.jpg

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Yes. Yes they can.

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---Edit---

Spoiler: click meh

Makes me laugh every time I see it.

XD
Lol I don't know why i'm laughing so hard, thats horrible! xD

 

[Lilani]

I think VG Cats can confirm this. In two related comics.

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=128

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=129

Yessss. So glad someone posted this. I would've said "No, it can't be funny" but then I saw those again. I change my stance. Rape can be funny.

Exactly. As long as it's not (too) personal and the context is right, just about anything can be funny.

 

[Samechiel]

There are two options:

1) Everything can be made fun of.
2) Nothing can be made fun of.

There are no other options. No other choices.

Nothing is forbidden. Nothing is off-limits. Nothing is sacred. Either everything is funny, or nothing is.

 

[A.A.K]

Well....Rape? No. Anyone who would bring up "Do you wanna hear/see a joke? but it's about rape..." I tend to punch.
If you're a damn excellent comedian who can weave it in...then I'll accept, but that's about it.

 

[Magicman10893]

Yes, but you need a good target audience. Obviously a rape victim or neo-nazis... er... I mean, neo-feminists won't find it funny, but people who aren't will find it funny if they have a sense of humor. Just like how cancer jokes are funny, but obviously not to a cancer survivor or the family of a cancer victim. Or how black/white/hispanic/asian jokes are funny to the people who don't belong to that particular ethnic group. Although, if you understand that IT'S A FUCKING JOKE, it can be funny to EVERYONE! My friend is black, I tell him racist black jokes, he laughs. I and a couple of my friends are fat (like 260+ pounds) but we make fat jokes about each other. My mom is a breast cancer survivor and my grandma died of it, yet I still laughed at the breast cancer episode of South Park!

It all boils down to my argument over nudity and obscene TV programming, if you don't agree, change the damned channel. If you find that it is morally offensive to you, don't look! This can be lifted right off the TV and slapped on this. If you find rape jokes offensive, don't read the web comic! The jokes obviously weren't aimed at you! I don't go watch Fox News because I am not Republican, the amount of Republican based news stories and general opinions are vomit inducing to me. I hate what MTV has become, so I don't watch it. I hate the douchebags of Jersey Shore, so I don't watch the damned show. I don't sit there and subject myself to it in order to find something deeper to hate on top of the overall retardedness of the cast. I don't go on the internet spewing hate over it and make a big public spectac..... wait a minute. DAMMIT!

 

[shadyh8er]

Anything can be funny, given the right context. There are some instances where things can be taken too far, and it happens a little too often in real life (one of the things a comedian must learn is how much is too much), but I don't think that applies to the PA case you are talking about. People make jokes about being raped on the internet all the time, I mean COME ON. It wasn't even really a serious thing.

As for you being molested, that sucks, I'm sorry about that. But I'm sure that if I was in a better mood, I could come up with something funny about it.

*shamelessly ripping off George Carlin*
Imagine Daisy Duck raping Porky Pig.

That is one of the funnist thing I have every seen.

Yeah, Carlin was a genius. May he rest in peace.