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Post by LonelyArtist on Mar 9, 2009 22:42:53 GMT
As I joined relatively recently, I'm not sure if this topic has been done yet. If it has, administrators can delete it/reroute it!
I was just wondering what your guy's opinions of gay jokes are. Like, if you think they're offensive or funny or somewhere in between? To me it depends on the joke itself. Some are downright disgusting, but others I don't think are any worse than blonde jokes in terms of being personally offensive.
So I guess I'm curious as to everybody's opinions of gay jokes. Also, if you know one that's not offensive, I guess you could post it? I'm not too sure about the rules on that, I guess.
Thanks, guys!
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Post by Gamoc on Mar 16, 2009 16:36:15 GMT
There have been similar threads, but none on this specifically that I know of. If it is meant to actually be offensive, yes, I hate them. If they're meant to just be funny, then I'm fine with them.  I don't really have much to say on this matter. If somebody just wants to have a little fun and make people laugh, then go for anything that'll make the crowd laugh.  |
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Post by Teri on Mar 17, 2009 20:23:59 GMT
I think that someone who's too over-sensitive to laugh a joke off instead of taking it personally is usually a lot worse than the joke itself, if that makes any sense. =P The only jokes I don't like is the ones that are actually meant to directly offend. Jokes like those should just be kept to yourself.
I also don't really like it when people use the word "gay" as a derogatory term, like "retarded". Both of those bother me. =/ I dunno.
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Post by Gamoc on Apr 1, 2009 3:05:55 GMT
I use gay as a derogatory term all the time, actually, and I'm practically gay...so I guess I am a hypocrite there. |
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Post by Teri on Apr 2, 2009 15:45:16 GMT
Lol. I make my friends find other words to use. I think we've decided on using the word "milk" instead of gay and retarded. xD
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Post by †. a l i c e on Apr 3, 2009 1:05:38 GMT
My two gay friends use the word "gay" in a derogatory fashion all the time, as well as "faggot". It's really hilarious, because one of them is pretty much the definition of a stereotypical gay guy. xD I love those two to death.
Yeah, gay jokes... I find myself sometimes taking them personally, even though they're obviously not meant to be directed at anyone in particular (especially not me!). They can just be so offensive sometimes... I don't know.
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Post by nagdagger on Apr 19, 2009 0:07:29 GMT
I tend to find them funny, most of the times, I even laugh, even if they are direct and offensive. I only realise that they aren't good after thinking over again hehe
But I don't feel bothered about them, I just don't like them because I know a lot of people who are neutral for the gay subject that become haters duo to the bad impression these jokes pass on.
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Post by burningflamingoes on May 18, 2009 1:27:37 GMT
I tell and hear all kinds of jokes that could be considered offensive. I figure it is okay as long as you follow these simple rules:
1. Make fun of everybody, indiscriminately. So if you tell jokes about black people and Asians, you have to make fun of white people too (and really, is that so hard?). Also, you have to tell as many man jokes as woman jokes (and most blond jokes are really jokes about women, so you have to count those, too).
2. You have to laugh at jokes about your groups. And try to find them funny, too. If you are gay, laugh at gay jokes. If you are blond, laugh at blond jokes. If you are Asian, crack up when someone says you probably drive 5 miles per hour in the left lane with the blinker on.
3. Never tell a racial/ethnic/sexual/gendered joke in anything but the most lighthearted, loving good nature. Your intent has to be to make people laugh, not to offend. On the other side of the coin, don't immediately take offense at jokes about your groups. Give the joke teller the benefit of the doubt.
I am an equal opportunity offender. If we can't laugh at ourselves, after all, then what the hell is the matter with us? We all need to lighten up a bit. I can't imagine life without laughs.
Just to prove my point, here is a classic (that can be told as any kind of joke, not just a gay joke):
John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how handsome John's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of Johns' sexual orientation and this only made her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between John and the roommate than met the eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Mark and I are just roommates."
About a week later, Mark came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"
John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote: "Dear Mother, I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner."
Several days later, John received a letter from his mother which read: "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Mark, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with Mark. But the fact remains that if he was sleeping in his own bed, he would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom"
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Post by Stacey Morgan on May 18, 2009 11:13:47 GMT
That's a good example of a gay joke, infact more accuratly, I think it's a"stupid son" joke...
Very witty..
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Post by LonelyArtist on May 19, 2009 22:08:54 GMT
Yeah, I've heard that joke before, but it was just with a guy's female roommate.
So a man sees a woman at a bar, and he thinks she is beautiful. So he sits next to her and says, "May I buy you a drink?" She says, "Yes, but it won't do you any good." He buys her a drink. He says, "Can I take you to my apartment?" She says, "Yes, but it won't do you any good." They go to his apartment. He looks her over and says, "You are so beautiful. I want you for my wife." She perks up and says, "Well, that's different. Send her in."
Not really offensive, but...just sort of a play on words, if anything. I enjoy it.
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Post by burningflamingoes on May 23, 2009 23:33:10 GMT
That's a good one.
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Post by mariposa on May 25, 2009 5:09:39 GMT
It depends on the joke. It depends on the timing. It depends on the situation. However, I don't think we should always take things so seriously that we can't crack a joke now and then.
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Post by †. a l i c e on May 30, 2009 1:10:10 GMT
You're right, Mariposa. Life is a joke; people need to get over themselves sometimes.
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Post by Teri on May 30, 2009 1:37:57 GMT
That joke made my day. xD
Yeah... it's been a slow day. =P
Well, I dunno. I'll go for anything as long as it's not meant to insult someone, pretty much.
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I don't really have much to say on this matter. If somebody just wants to have a little fun and make people laugh, then go for anything that'll make the crowd laugh. 
