Jokes

The jokes themselves were crap. But the argument about children doesn't hold water in my mind, on the previous page of jokes (page 12) there were 6 jokes which I wouldn't want a child to read, one of them posted by a moderator.

Still crap jokes mind you.

Edit: Not that this means I objected to those jokes on page 12. I didn't.
 
If someone finds a joke offensive, as against just not terribly funny, I'm going to dump it. It isn't particularly about the language, since I've no doubt there are loads of youngsters who could swear the pants off a navvy, but the crudity of the jokes that offend, or their plain misogyny in many cases.

'Strong language' - the euphemism for using swear words, can be quite funny, or else Billy Connolly would still be a brickie, or whatever he was. Context and intent are what count in their use.

Gosh - my first deletion! :o "Dear Diary... "
 
... would you like to see it die, Mel? I'm recharging the Nuke-a-Joke gun, so I can take it out, if you like. No problem... zzzzaaaa....
 
Originally posted by Melendez@Sep 22 2005, 12:47 PM
I think you missed one ...
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I`m glad this tosser isn`t a moderator.


EDIT: Well done Krizon, that joke didn`t contain any misogyny. Way to go prudes.
 
Isn't he a naughty, naughty, boy, darling? Such wude, wude, wordies! Never mind, you have this nice choccy bar, while Auntie has a word with Euronymous. "Young man! Young mannn..."
 
Krizon deleted the jokes she thought necessary, the one left wasn`t as offensive and contained no misogyny. But Melendez wasn`t satisfied and wanted that deleted as well. The "oh think of the children" hand ringing reeked of over zeolous censorship. So, yes to answer your question i felt justified in being "offensive" in that instance.
 
Euronymous: there are a number of people on here, and yes, I'm one of them, who don't find insulting female genitalia particularly funny per se. No matter how you try to dress up some stuff, it's not funny, it's just anti-woman and nothing to do with prudery. If you think people who don't agree with your sense of what's amusing are prudes, so be it. No-one has to explain themselves.

We have made some jokes about blokes, too, which I'll be happy to delete if they're just seen as excuses for man-bashing. I don't make up the rules about what's funny or not, but there are at least four regular forumites who've taken offence at what you've put up, and so they're off-board now. I'm sure you access other boards where they'll be found hilarious.

Euro - get over it. You put up some stuff that was not appreciated. It's gone. Do you want counselling, or can you manage to come to terms with this awful loss all by yourself? And don't call anyone a tosser again, or you'll be gone, too.
 
Originally posted by Euronymous@Sep 22 2005, 12:00 PM
So, yes to answer your question i felt justified in being "offensive" in that instance.
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But can't you argue your point without being personally offensive?
 
Originally posted by krizon@Sep 22 2005, 01:06 PM
Do you want counselling, or can you manage to come to terms with this awful loss all by yourself?
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Dont patronise me. The point i was making was that the joke that was left after your deletions wasn`t insulting to female genetalia. I actually thought that you`d read all the jokes, decided that one was ok and left it, i was giving you a bit of credit. Then Melendez pointed out that you missed one and you deleted that one as well. That smacks of censorship.
 
Boobs and Willies



A family is sitting around the supper table. The son asks his father, "Dad, how many kinds of breasts are there?



The father, surprised, answers, "Well, son, there are three kinds of breasts. In her twenties, a woman's breasts are like melons, round and firm. In her thirties to forties, they are like pears, still nice but hanging a bit. After fifty, they are like onions."



Onions?



"Yes, see them and they make you cry."



This infuriated the wife and daughter so the daughter said, "Mum, how many kinds of willies are there?"



The mother, surprised, smiles and looks at her daughter and answers, "Well dear, a man goes through three phases. In a man's twenties, his willy is like an oak tree, mighty and hard. In his thirties and forties, it is a birch, flexible but reliable. After his fifties, it is like a Christmas tree."



A Christmas tree?





"Yes, dead from the root up and the balls are for decoration only"
 
"I was giving you a bit of credit" - and "don't patronize me". :brows: You need to work on your irony, Euralwaysright, you really do.
 
In future, if people have a problem with a post that they find offensive etc it would help if they just state it on the thread or another thread. Do NOT go into a "conversation" about it on the board. If such conversations want to take place do it through the PM facility.

In the mean time the moderators will have seen your complaint, acted(or not) on it and hopefully it will be resolved without the whole forum being subjected to the bickering that can go on. If those are still not happy with what the moderators have done they can then PM the moderators to go into the complaints.

The PM function is not just there for An Capalls hot tips!!!
 
Originally posted by krizon@Sep 22 2005, 01:06 PM
Euronymous: there are a number of people on here, and yes, I'm one of them, who don't find insulting female genitalia particularly funny per se. No matter how you try to dress up some stuff, it's not funny, it's just anti-woman and nothing to do with prudery. If you think people who don't agree with your sense of what's amusing are prudes, so be it. No-one has to explain themselves.
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So where does the thread 'calling forum bitches' sit. Sounds anti-woman to me but then maybe I am a tad prudish.
 
In my view, tetley, I'm sure that Honest Tom meant that as a bit of fun, given its context (running joke about his E. Dead Group, etc.). I haven't read it in the same way as if he'd singled out a female forum member and directly called her a bitch. In my view, and I don't speak for anyone else, context and intent is all important when using a usually-proscribed term or word. It's not everyone's taste, I'm sure, but unless some forumites raise objections to it on the grounds of giving offence, and given the amount of light-hearted responses it's had, it doesn't seem to be rattling anyone at present.
 
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