(secretly blames 4-chan)
Theskunktrainer on Dec. 2, 2009
Hey kids. So tired! Japan Knight stuff went from 8.30-11.45. so it's a shorty for today :p
oh, and for the last pages, if you were wondering about misspellings I didn't alter any of the original spelling from what it appeared as in the emails. I felt like doing so could unintentionally mess with the narrative, cause narrative concerns language used as well. And I'm pretty sure I still messed up affect/effect in it… WELL WHATEVER CAPITAL LETTERS MAKE IT ALL BETTER.
Ps check out Meardnom on Friday i think there will be underwear :) (did you notice this generic dude not intended to be anyone real is wearing Andrew's vest? …I noticed. Whatever. boy vests=hot)
Anthony Mercer at 2:05PM, Dec. 3, 2009
I think, if it's clear you're only saying it to be funny and that you don't actually think what you're saying is true, it's fine to tell [i]mildly[/i] offensive jokes. Not really offensive ones though.
Lemniskate at 1:01PM, Dec. 3, 2009
I can't consume this stuff while being tired. Will come back later.
harkovast at 7:57AM, Dec. 3, 2009
I dunno, I think we need to be able to joke about stuff. If we start saying certain things are off limits for comedy then we just create separations between people. Like I can make fun of a white guy, but not a black guy. Now don't get me wrong, I don't want to hear crude racial slurs and insults thrown at people. But a lot of humour works on shock value and pushing peoples buttons. These days when (most) people laugh at a joke about race, they are laughing because the joke is inapropriate and thus funny. There is a fine line between funny and offensive, but if we are too broad in what we disallow we make a situation where certain people are patronised, as if they cant take it some how. Everyone laughs at some of "offensive" humour. You can try and deny it, but I will guarantee you've all chuckled at an off colour joke. It doesn't make you or everyone else a racist. I think when we are all so comfortible with ourselves and each other that we can all laugh at our differences and not get offended will be the time when we truly achieve peace between races. I think the song from Avenue Q "Everyone's a little bit racist" sums it up well. On an odd related note, isn't it weird that mocking someone for coming from a particular country is okay, but mocking someones race is bad. I can say a black american is loud, fat and doesn't understand geography and that's just good fun. But if I say he used to be a slave and eats water melon all day, I've crossed a moral line. I don't see how the first barrage of insults was any worse then the second, as they are both things he can't help and that he was born with, but there is a clear distinction in terms of how we view it.
Peipei at 6:12AM, Dec. 3, 2009
Yeah x.x. This type of thing really bothers me as well...I usually politely tell the person to stop and that it bugs me, usually ends in an argument but its worth it :s. I take offense to any kind of discriminatory joke, whether it be about someone's race, gender, religion, or orientation D:. People don't ask to be born a certain way when they arrive on this planet @.@
AzuJOD at 4:57AM, Dec. 3, 2009
[url=http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/media/post-race-rules]This video[/url] could be informative. It basically describes what a phrase Obama used called "Post-Race"