I like a good joke or a good April fool's prank. This, however, wasn't close to funny.
It's no wonder why people think you are a dick...
I like a good joke or a good April fool's prank. This, however, wasn't close to funny.
It's no wonder why people think you are a dick...
I've had family members die from cancer. My best friend has cystic fibrosis. I do not recall ever cracking jokes (or even hearing them joke about it) about the disease(s) or dying.
Maybe I'm just in a foul mood today. I may look back at this and laugh...
I'm trying to find the point in all of this. My father died in a plane crash. Does that mean I don't find plane crash jokes funny? Don't even say there aren't those kinds of jokes because there are. Does it mean I cringe anytime someone says something like that? No. I've lost people to cancer as well, but it doesn't mean I can't find a joke(which wasn't making fun of people with cancer) related to cancer funny. Freaking Lewis Grizzard used to make jokes all the time about his heart condition. People who get offended at this stuff are touchy, dry people. Some people who I actually offended I did apologize, but those of you who are piling on, or saying my mother's brothers' dog died from cancer is ridiculous. Who hasn't had a family member die from cancer?
If you can't find any humor in this then I apologize, but saying it can't be funny or it is sacred is stupid. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I knew there would be some that would be mad instead of laugh. I knew that. A risk I took. For the record I really do have a serious sleeping and fatigue problem, but even I can laugh at my own problems. I make fun of myself all the time. What's wrong with that?
I had a friend in Atlanta that used to always make jokes about Planes and stuff to bug me. He was Jewish so I started making Jewish jokes about him. Neither one of us took it personally, and we were not life long friends or anything. Just casual friends that knew how to have a good time. There would be a difference if someone was actually insulting you for you actual personal problem or insulting your family member. I've actually used the phrase "as funny as a train wreck" or "as funny as Flight 93" before. It isn't meant to make fun of people that suffered through something. Read into whatever you want. I knew this would become a "train wreck" or a "plane crash" because people are too damn touchy.
/me adds cancer to the censorship list
Honestly Mill, do you have any friends in real life?
I say this in all seriousness... at your age, getting your social needs met on an internet forum might be a disease in itself.
I say this in all seriousness... at your age, getting your social needs met on an internet forum might be a disease in itself.
Platypus
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......... life in general.
Seriously, do you think your life has any impact in the grand scheme of the life of Earth? Will you not be completely forgotten in 200 years? How can you take something like this so seriously? Are you afraid of dying?
I guess my outlook is different on life, there are no boundries for what you can do, only yourself.
Mermaidman
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While I didn't find this thread particularly funny (and I did smell the BS before he admitted it, the parental meeting was a big clue plus the early hour at which it was posted), I would have to agree with Mill - There is nothing that's too sacred to joke about.
I know some damn funny jokes that center around pedophilia/pedophiles. Obviously it's one of the most disgusting forms of low life predatory scum, but does that mean it can't be funny?
George Carlin has a routine about this (Rape can be Funny, or something like that).
If you're doing it to intentionally hurt someone it's not cool, but taken out of context there are no subjects that are beyond joking.
Viper GTS
I know some damn funny jokes that center around pedophilia/pedophiles. Obviously it's one of the most disgusting forms of low life predatory scum, but does that mean it can't be funny?
George Carlin has a routine about this (Rape can be Funny, or something like that).
If you're doing it to intentionally hurt someone it's not cool, but taken out of context there are no subjects that are beyond joking.
Viper GTS
I'm not saying add cancer to the censorship list. I just think your approach wasn't that great. I don't think it would've been that bad if you would've:
a. insinuated that it was a joke in the original post.
b. followed up immediately with a "j/k or April Fool's" post.
Instead, you let many people feel genuinely sorry for you, then boom....it's a joke. Kudos for the swerve, but boos for the approach.
You've got a problem with a post I made at 6am? Nah, you are right I don't have any friends. Only the ones I already played jokes on.
You hit the nail on the head. Thats exactly how I feel about the Iraqis that dragged and mutilated the American bodies yesterday. They were just having a good time and enjoying themselves... it was all in good fun. Some people are too damn touchy. Americans need to learn to be able to laugh at themselves sometimes
Everyone has social needs... laughter, drama, arguments, love, rantings. I just find it odd that you look for drama on the internet, thats all.
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