Is sense of humor still a thing?

[fabulouslyghetto]

Ooooooh, and speaking of kids, they're really, really good for doing things for no reason anyone, including themselves, can discern - that brain-to-immediate-action barrier is obscenely low/nonexistent for quite a while with some of 'em.

You're preaching to the gal who wrote the hymn. I did LOTS of stupid shit as a kid, none of it motivated by what I saw on tv, just my own imagination and wanton disregard for safety.

Hehehe. I just thought of a holiday gift for my sibling's kids. A bunch of t-shirts that say such things as "It seemed like a good idea at the time" instead of the sexualized sayings you see these days. I don't mind many of the puns but much of it is creepy in its direction.

The sexualization of children deserves its own topic. I get infinitely creeped out by people commenting on babies' looks. "She's so cute! He's so handsome!" Ummm, what? I know most (MOST) don't mean anything by it, but those are words I use to describe grown men I want to have sex with. My sister used to call one of our baby cousins "Sexy Man" and I can't for the life of me figure out why--- and then there's the creepy jokes about 3 year old John Doe and 3 year old Jane Doe making a cute couple. Umm, huh? When I have kids I'd much rather they be complimented on their talents or intellect instead of how good they look.

 

[luckynumbah7]

You're preaching to the gal who wrote the hymn. I did LOTS of stupid shit as a kid, none of it motivated by what I saw on tv, just my own imagination and wanton disregard for safety.



The sexualization of children deserves its own topic. I get infinitely creeped out by people commenting on babies' looks. "She's so cute! He's so handsome!" Ummm, what? I know most (MOST) don't mean anything by it, but those are words I use to describe grown men I want to have sex with. My sister used to call one of our baby cousins "Sexy Man" and I can't for the life of me figure out why--- and then there's the creepy jokes about 3 year old John Doe and 3 year old Jane Doe making a cute couple. Umm, huh? When I have kids I'd much rather they be complimented on their talents or intellect instead of how good they look.

Eh, most of that isn't sexual in nature. I was trying to be specific regarding clothing, and at that, clothing with printed messages.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Eh, most of that isn't sexual in nature. I was trying to be specific regarding clothing, and at that, clothing with printed messages.

Thin line girl, thin line.

 

[luckynumbah7]

Thin line girl, thin line.

Eh, it's not that thin a line. "He's healthy so he's beautiful" is the translation there, I'd think.

How thin does the line have to be to fail to recongize the definition of 'sexy' isn't the same as 'healthy'? I'd say it was general ignorance exacerbating matters but I wouldn't call it a thin line.

-although I may be underestimating current general ignorance in the population.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Eh, it's not that thin a line. "He's healthy so he's beautiful" is the translation there, I'd think.

How thin does the line have to be to fail to recongize the definition of 'sexy' isn't the same as 'healthy'? I'd say it was general ignorance exacerbating matters but I wouldn't call it a thin line.

-although I may be underestimating current general ignorance in the population.

You answered your own question

 

[rareboy]

I think that when I was younger, we grew up with the idea that just about everything was funny....even funny awful or funny inappropriate but funny nonetheless.

Of course, when I was kid you could actually have a kid in the same room as a peanut, so anaphylaxis wasn't an existential threat to all the children of the white western world.

What I have noticed is that the children of today...and their millenial parents are about as joyless as an anabaptist wedding.

 

[luckynumbah7]

You answered your own question

Look, it's a day where I'd like to be under the illusion a populace, any populace, that is, a group of people, cannot possibly be that stupid. Individuals with blueberry competence illusions I can handle, but populace involves either a swift ascension to Dictator or long nights alone with my cat in a bare room, musing softly into my glass of water.

Either outcome of dealing with large groups of people do rather resemble each other, now that I think on it.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Look, it's a day where I'd like to be under the illusion a populace, any populace, that is, a group of people, cannot possibly be that stupid. Individuals with blueberry competence illusions I can handle, but populace involves either a swift ascension to Dictator or long nights alone with my cat in a bare room, musing softly into my glass of water.

Either outcome of dealing with large groups of people do rather resemble each other, now that I think on it.

You make everything sound so mystical and enchanting. I heart you sis.

 

[luckynumbah7]

You make everything sound so mystical and enchanting. I heart you sis.

I found the realizations a bit depressing to discover, but thanks all the same.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I think that when I was younger, we grew up with the idea that just about everything was funny....even funny awful or funny inappropriate but funny nonetheless.

Of course, when I was kid you could actually have a kid in the same room as a peanut, so anaphylaxis wasn't an existential threat to all the children of the white western world.

What I have noticed is that the children of today...and their millenial parents are about as joyless as an anabaptist wedding.

You said a mouthful there sister.

 

[eastofeden]

I have said many times that I leave my humor at the door on the internet because it doesn't translate well....

It has been this way increasingly since the late 90s I think....

I think it was the 2nd message board I found early on....I had to explain and apologize and explain and apologize until I decided ti is better to go cold turkey and keep my mouth shut. Once you have to explain and apologize..you know the humor didn't work as humor.

I still love comedy and watch alot of it..but I mostly keep it to myself. Every once in awhile when I mention it....seems like a taboo subject anymore....so I take it in the closet

I watched Joy Behar have to explain a couple weeks ago her humor when she joked about Mike Pence having to wait for God to tell him what to do.....and this is an example how times have changed....

In the 70s or 80s...Lily Tomlin has a favorite line from Trudy...her Bag Lady character...."Why is it when you talk to God you are praying but when God talks to you it's called schizophrenia"? ...something along those lines.

..and WHY shouldn't we laugh? Everyone laughed with Trudy...but not Joy.

Remember Anita Bryant told the world she was sitting at a stoplight and God told her to do something about the homosexuals? That had a REAL EFFECT on alot of people because the bitch was crazy...

....and we could do a laundry list of all the fucking crackpots who do things because "God" told them to.....

......but now...it is sacred?....

The obvious conclusion is that some people think having God's blessing is the ultimate authority for what is really their own shit. In other words..they are the GOD they speak of. OF COURSE that is funny....

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I have said many times that I leave my humor at the door on the internet because it doesn't translate well....

It has been this way increasingly since the late 90s I think....

I think it was the 2nd message board I found early on....I had to explain and apologize and explain and apologize until I decided ti is better to go cold turkey and keep my mouth shut. Once you have to explain and apologize..you know the humor didn't work as humor.

I still love comedy and watch alot of it..but I mostly keep it to myself. Every once in awhile when I mention it....seems like a taboo subject anymore....so I take it in the closet

I watched Joy Behar have to explain a couple weeks ago her humor when she joked about Mike Pence having to wait for God to tell him what to do.....and this is an example how times have changed....

In the 70s or 80s...Lily Tomlin has a favorite line from Trudy...her Bag Lady character...."Why is it when you talk to God you are praying but when God talks to you it's called schizophrenia"? ...something along those lines.

..and WHY shouldn't we laugh? Everyone laughed with Trudy...but not Joy.

Remember Anita Bryant told the world she was sitting at a stoplight and God told her to do something about the homosexuals? That had a REAL EFFECT on alot of people because the bitch was crazy...

....and we could do a laundry list of all the fucking crackpots who do things because "God" told them to.....

......but now...it is sacred?....

The obvious conclusion is that some people think having God's blessing is the ultimate authority for what is really their own shit. In other words..they are the GOD they speak of. OF COURSE that is funny....

That last part seems like it was tailor-made for a few members here. Anywhoot, I hold back A LOT, my friends and I have a Family Guy/South Park nothing's-off-limits-nothing-is-sacred type of sense of humor. Most of what we laugh it would probably be considered offensive and if I was half as verbose here as I am in person I'd have been banned permanently forever ago.

 

[eastofeden]

That last part seems like it was tailor-made for a few members here. Anywhoot, I hold back A LOT, my friends and I have a Family Guy/South Park nothing's-off-limits-nothing-is-sacred type of sense of humor. Most of what we laugh it would probably be considered offensive and if I was half as verbose here as I am in person I'd have been banned permanently forever ago.

I lived with trannie (chicks with dicks) hookers when I had my first apartment and we laughed so hard the roof shook....and that is my sense of humor....raunchy sex humor....usually true too. True stuff is funnier than anything you can make up...

I can't even tell my best stories (true stuff) because they are too raunchy...or the second tier..or third tier....

It's kinda like being in church now 24/7.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I lived with trannie (chicks with dicks) hookers when I had my first apartment and we laughed so hard the roof shook....and that is my sense of humor....raunchy sex humor....usually true too. True stuff is funnier than anything you can make up...

I can't even tell my best stories (true stuff) because they are too raunchy...or the second tier..or third tier....

It's kinda like being in church now 24/7.

That's what JUB is starting to feel like, I'm tempted to *put one finger in the air to excuse myself to the bathroom.

*for the 70% of you who have never interacted with another African American (be it fear, hatred, mere lack of exposure), during church service you excuse yourself to the bathroom by holding one finger in the air and your head down as you leave the sanctuary. Don't ask me to explain it, I don't make the rules I just work here

 

[luckynumbah7]

That's what JUB is starting to feel like, I'm tempted to *put one finger in the air to excuse myself to the bathroom.

*for the 70% of you who have never interacted with another African American (be it fear, hatred, mere lack of exposure), during church service you excuse yourself to the bathroom by holding one finger in the air and your head down as you leave the sanctuary. Don't ask me to explain it, I don't make the rules I just work here

It's a silent gesture acknowledging the interruption and also a handy indicator that you'll 'Be back in just a minute." It's a social gesture that might travel along the Appalachian belt, my family does the same thing. Same thing with the head down and the possibly stooped shoulders, it's a gesture of withdrawal.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

It's a silent gesture acknowledging the interruption and also a handy indicator that you'll 'Be back in just a minute." It's a social gesture that might travel along the Appalachian belt, my family does the same thing. Same thing with the head down and the possibly stooped shoulders, it's a gesture of withdrawal.

Yeah I see the symbolism in the gesture, just find it kind of... quirky? Does one need to excuse him/herself for a natural bodily function? Perhaps innocent, it's a leaf from a branch of a tree that says we're supposed to be ashamed about.... everything.

 

[Alistair]

"Back in the day" I think 50% of threads in HT were humorous. We all teased each other and had a laugh. Lately the laugh police have been putting a stop to any of it. Serious threads were left to CE&P. If a thread got too long and too funny it got sent to die in F&G, it didn't degrade into an argument.

 

[luckynumbah7]

Yeah I see the symbolism in the gesture, just find it kind of... quirky? Does one need to excuse him/herself for a natural bodily function? Perhaps innocent, it's a leaf from a branch of a tree that says we're supposed to be ashamed about.... everything.

Er, who said anything about shame? Some people just don't want to interrupt the tone or the flow to a gathering. I wouldn't wander off from Grammy's dinner, let alone her funeral, without some general acknowledgement that I've interrupted the proceedings and a physical gesture is easier for most people to interpret than no gesture at all.

I always preferred a verbal "Back in a moment" myself, but there's plenty of situations where additional speech during the proceedings are not encouraged. Like church. As for any reception after, that's usually up to individual members, we've a mix of behavior here.

Besides, I've heard some of the things people say before going to the can; tmi, tmi.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

"Back in the day" I think 50% of threads in HT were humorous. We all teased each other and had a laugh. Lately the laugh police have been putting a stop to any of it. Serious threads were left to CE&P. If a thread got too long and too funny it got sent to die in F&G, it didn't degrade into an argument.

Cosign. Cosign every last letter of this post.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Er, who said anything about shame? Some people just don't want to interrupt the tone or the flow to a gathering. I wouldn't wander off from Grammy's dinner, let alone her funeral, without some general acknowledgement that I've interrupted the proceedings and a physical gesture is easier for most people to interpret than no gesture at all.

I always preferred a verbal "Back in a moment" myself, but there's plenty of situations where additional speech during the proceedings are not encouraged. Like church. As for any reception after, that's usually up to individual members, we've a mix of behavior here.

Besides, I've heard some of the things people say before going to the can; tmi, tmi.

The only thing worse is the noise they make IN the can. I despise with a fiery passion the guys who whistle, moan and groan when they urinate like it's some sort of orgasmic release. I've been peeing for 32 years and have never once felt a need to provide a musicla soundtrack to the event.

As for the shame thing, that was my interpretation of the act. And being polite during a funeral or important dinner seems much more important than excusing yourself during a regular ole church service, that's just me though.