That's ok, we all think you're a fucking **** too.Embattle said:I think you're all tossers....whoops seemed of mistakenly typed that instead of thinking it
That's ok, we all think you're a fucking **** too.Embattle said:I think you're all tossers....whoops seemed of mistakenly typed that instead of thinking it
nath said:Uh, Escape from your posts I get the impression that you don't think jokes should be offensive to anyone. Ever. Surely that would make things pretty dull.
throdgrain said:STUDENT ALERT!!!!!
/me spots long coat and VERY wispy beard on this one ...
nath said:Yeah but I don't think you can compare that to the Pope joke which in all honesty wasn't that big a deal.
Scouse said:Right. In all seriousness - the idea that you'd rather me censor myself if I wanted to post pope jokes after his death offends me.
What you gonna do about that?
I am not taking the piss here, or arguing for arguings sake. I am genuinely offended by people who would stifle others on points of principle - i.e. their principles.
You can't avoid offending people. My personal approach is to say things how I see them, laugh at what I want to laugh at and everyone who doesn't like it can get fucked.
I'm a pretty decent guy. I don't actually like upsetting people - but I can't avoid it. So I'm fucked if I'm going to try.
Aww. Fuck. I've offended myself with over use of italics in this post
Tom said:The pope joke wasn't funny, although not really offensive (to me). However, upsetting Darthy and then not apologising immediately (although Brooky has since apologised, so fair play) is out of order.
It doesn't matter if you know something or not, if you upset somebody badly with something you've done or said, a decent person apologises, regardless of the circumstances.
Just because its on the internet doesn't excuse people from behaving with some decent manners.
~Yuckfou~ said:Non of this is real.
Yet this thread made me laugh.
Escape said:No, the best jokes are those which take the piss!
On another forum, a poster had just discovered the dictionary... and started using words like Negro, Negroids etc... until inevitably, someone took offence. Though the original poster defended himself saying his words were taken from a dictionary and cannot be offensive - he truly didn't mean to cause offence!(apparently). I can guarentee you he'll never walk up to a group of black people and say "Hey, what're you negroids doing?"... but he'll happily do it on the internet. That's the type of prick attitude I don't like.
People lose the distinction between real life and the net, and think what's acceptable with their mates is safe to post online. It's not, once online it'll be read by different types of people and if you're mocking particularly sensitive issues, at least it should be funny and not some generic crap like a BBC comedy script.
yaruar said:I think the key thing for me is that i treat the informationsuperhighweb in the same way i treat real life (to a greater extent) and i speak to people in the same way that i do IRL. I think a lot of people don't see the link though and use their online personae as a smokescreen as they see their typed words as a detatchement from reality. I think over time people will mature in their use of the net and will treat people with the same courtesy that they do in real life. Would i walk up to a person in the street whom i hardly knew and tell them that i liked to taste their mother's pustulent frothing gash after f*cking her in the ear with a spork? Absolutely not! So i wouldn't do something similar on the net. A lot of people just can't make the leap between real life interaction and online social interraction.
Also there is the misguided notion that words cannot hurt and that humor (however funny or unfunny) can justify anything (trust me, that exchange from #freddyshouse was nothing compared to some of the stuff i've seen out there in the past) However words themselves do have the power to trigger emotional responses from people.
Personally i'd like to invent a internet based equivilent to a punch in the face, because if you said certain things in a pub that's what you'd get so why doesn't someone come up with the online equivilent.
For general amusement though i offer IRC Madness
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.Scouse said:Right. In all seriousness - the idea that you'd rather me censor myself if I wanted to post pope jokes after his death offends me.
What you gonna do about that?
I am not taking the piss here, or arguing for arguings sake. I am genuinely offended by people who would stifle others on points of principle - i.e. their principles.
You can't avoid offending people. My personal approach is to say things how I see them, laugh at what I want to laugh at and everyone who doesn't like it can get fucked.
I'm a pretty decent guy. I don't actually like upsetting people - but I can't avoid it. So I'm fucked if I'm going to try.
Aww. Fuck. I've offended myself with over use of italics in this post
Bodhi said:Anyone who gets hurt by words is a pussy frankly.
Clown said:If the Pope was a Power Ranger, what would his dinosaur be?
Panda On Smack said:Heh. You're a shallow man Bodhi, the sort of people who say that words dont hurt are usually the sad little people who put on a front pretending to be big and matcho but inside they're empty.
Bodhi said:Sorry to piss on your chips, but nath is right. I only say this cos I'm so fucking secure with who I am. If you get offended by words you NEED FUCKING HELP!!!