The Optimist Thread

Gamah

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It's all too easy to get bogged down in pessimism these days with the constant bad news we get from the media.

So I am making a thread for optimistic views only!

I'll start

Viruses are bad, and they can be very serious...

For Example Aids, but hey...you can only get it once.
 

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leukemia makes you bald, but at least you wont have to pay for another hair cut.
 

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Hmmm...Aspergers Syndrome can lead to social exlusion and feelings of incredible loneliness and depression, but think of the money you save on Christmas Cards!!!
 

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OCD wow look at those lovely clean hands!

someone put your eye out with a stray wiffle bat? no problem you got another and hay you get to wear an eye patch, how cool is that!
 

old.Tohtori

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I tried to make this sorta thread on "different ways to look at things" :(
 

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ah ha!

its not old its vintage, its not a copy of someone elses idea its a homage!
 

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Tris's micropenis.

It can only tickle the outside of my ring, but at least err.......

shit :(
 

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but at least i can penetrate your urethra, thats what you meant to say,
 

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Paralyzed legs is no problem.. You'll be sitting down and relaxing + you'll have someone to push you around all the time
 

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Paralyzed legs is no problem.. You'll be sitting down and relaxing + you'll have someone to push you around all the time

Try beeing in a coma than! don't even have to breath for yourself..

talk about relaxing!
 

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Crabs, giving your lover lots of little pets they can nurture.
 

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Parkinson, every drink is shaked ;x


(ok I suck at this)
 

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Alzheimer’s, every experience is a new one.
 

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Sorry but this thread is so wrong.
I am sorry Gamah but as the thread starter I reported the thread. I hope they dont give you a warning, but this is a topic/s no one should make jokes about.
 

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Sorry but this thread is so wrong.
I am sorry Gamah but as the thread starter I reported the thread. I hope they dont give you a warning, but this is a topic/s no one should make jokes about.

Yeah...and you never laughed at a gay joke, or a dwarf joke, or any joke concerning people with handicaps.

It's PC f*cks like that who the handicapped/ill are pissed off about. Speaking as an ill person myself that is :p
 

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looks like you got it ? ( with the double post etc)

Yeah it was part of the Joke, i even removed the full stop off the seccond one to prove it was deliberate.


Shame it was lost on you :p
 

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Sorry but this thread is so wrong.
I am sorry Gamah but as the thread starter I reported the thread. I hope they dont give you a warning, but this is a topic/s no one should make jokes about.


Optimism... Serious Business!
 

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Yeah...and you never laughed at a gay joke, or a dwarf joke, or any joke concerning people with handicaps.

It's PC f*cks like that who the handicapped/ill are pissed off about. Speaking as an ill person myself that is :p

I am a Diabetic and although thats not as bad as Alzeimer's or some disease that makes your face turn into a big growth, its still people laughing at other's misfortunes.

I'm 3/4 greek cypriot and never ever get racial abuse, however when i see someone being racist towards a pakistani or indian person, i know that under different circumstances it could be me getting the abuse.

I know there is no racism in this thread, however laughing at people in wheel chairs is wrong imo. As you know Tohtori, if you dont pay attention to your diabetes you could end up losing your feet/legs. So it's hardly a laughing matter imo.
 

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Yeah Bahu, i know, i've been a diabetic for the past 22 years. And like i said, it's people who tiptoe around it that are more annoying. This thread offends me 0%.

More think of it as a positive thing, people seeing upsides in peoples "misfortunes" and that's the way disabilities and illnesses should be thought about.

Being rasict and making paki jokes(or even black jokes) is a whole different ballpark. Jokes are jokes, and as long as people are ready to say the same jokes to the people who the jokes are about, it's a 100% cool. It's also people who think "No you can't make jokes about me!" that is silly. They make a million more jokes about normal people.

People can laugh at things, it doesn't mean their pointing fingers and going "ooh you got a thingy!"

this thread probably will get locked, which would be a crying shame, since it's just taking things back a few steps. If we can make jokes all the time about any subject, then we are moving towards a world where everything is normal.
 

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It is a laughing matter, I am laughing at the responces.

Sorry you disagree or find it offensive, but to be honest I don't really care...people find different things offensive and if I cared about my opinions or jokes offending someone I would never talk or post or anything becasue everyone is offended by something.

I am sorry that you can't join in the fun with us due to personal feelings but it wont stop me finding it funny or change my opinion about starting this thread.
 

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i just dont get how one minute people can laugh at people being geeks/fat/anything else that comes up in this weird little world but not anything on this page.

what about the geeks!!!
 

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I do understand your point on this, but I still dont like seeing jokes made about people's illnesses. They are not spiteful, but they're still mocking.

I have a friend who was making similar types of jokes, he did not mean it in a nasty way, but it really annoyed me. He said something along the lines of "Oh i wish i could go into a coma for a few months" <some dumbass reason why>, then something about Diabetics having it lucky as they can self cause this.

Maybe i'm a worry monger, but i cant see the funny side of serious illnesses purely because they're usually something that can randomly happen to a person. I dont live in fear and Never eat this weeks most Cancer Causing Foods, but i try and be a little respectful.

*gets off soap box*
 

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i just dont get how one minute people can laugh at people being geeks/fat/anything else that comes up in this weird little world but not anything on this page.

what about the geeks!!!


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She'll fuck on the first raid! xD
 

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