snowychap Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I got it. It wasn't very funny, an amusing word play/reminder more than anything. It would be silly to be outraged with it though. It may be (just may be) an amusing word play/reminder if the poster were Woody Allen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, a m ole said: Dunno, I think referring to Jews as numbers is the wrong side of the 'shocking' line. But the joke is playing on it's own ignorance. It knows it's wrong to do it, that's the meme that's being used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: But the joke is playing on it's own ignorance. It knows it's wrong to do it, that's the meme that's being used. The poster isn't Woody Allen. Edit: There's no need to try and explain the comedic potential in the diagram. It isn't a workshop on the avenues to a guffaw. Edited July 4, 2017 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 In the words of Joey "you're so far past the line, the line is a dot to you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 11 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: But the joke is playing on it's own ignorance. It knows it's wrong to do it, that's the meme that's being used. i guess the significance of the penguin passed me by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Where is the line? Are we still ok with AIDS jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 25 minutes ago, Xela said: Where is the line? Are we still ok with AIDS jokes? AIDS jokes are fine, but only as long as it's a straight whitey that gets the AIDS. It's not acceptable to make the AIDS joke about gay people because they really do catch it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I can't really believe we're even having this discussion to be honest. It's a joke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 40 minutes ago, Xela said: Where is the line? Are we still ok with AIDS jokes? Most topics are fine.. as long as that thing isn't the punchline. Jokes about cancer, race, death etc are pretty grim and offensive if those topics are the punchline, or you attribute someone to them. But you can joke about them and use them if they aren't directed at someone. Self depreciation jokes get away with harsh topics, mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Henning Wehn once said that theither would never be a holocaust in Britain. Our railways aren't good enough. I may be a bad person but I found it very funny. I'd it acceptable that the topic is the Holocaust but the punchline is late trains? I suppose it's offensive if someone finds it offensive. But I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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coda Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 19 minutes ago, Xela said: He's saluting with the wrong wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, coda said: He's saluting with the wrong wing Now the joke is ruined! Although technically if disability or an injury meant you couldn't raise your right arm, the left was acceptable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 21 minutes ago, Xela said: I reckon that joke stopped working about 5 years ago. People don't sit in front of desktops at home any more do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Genie said: I reckon that joke stopped working about 5 years ago. People don't sit in front of desktops at home any more do they? I do have an external monitor on my desk that I plug my work laptop into to dual screen when I WFH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 7 minutes ago, coda said: He's saluting with the wrong wing Maybe the parrot in the mirror is the real one and the saluting parrot that you are looking at is actually the reflection seen from the other side of a mirror? maybe the joke is trying to imply that the nazi swearing parrot is merely reflecting the feelings of disgust and self loathing that he feels when he looks in the mirror and...and... yeah he's saluting with the wrong wing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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a m ole Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: Most topics are fine.. as long as that thing isn't the punchline. Jokes about cancer, race, death etc are pretty grim and offensive if those topics are the punchline, or you attribute someone to them. But you can joke about them and use them if they aren't directed at someone. Self depreciation jokes get away with harsh topics, mostly. I totally agree with that, but take out the 'socially awkward penguin' meme, which I didn't know was a thing, and the punchline is 'holocaust', isn't it? It doesn't offend me personally, but if I'm drawing a line that's on the side of 'jokes I wouldn't tell'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 2 hours ago, Xela said: Where is the line? Are we still ok with AIDS jokes? It's all about context. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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