lol
Yeah... I totally can't see how this thread could possibly end badly...

Personally, I love tasteless humor precisely because of how horrifying it is. Shock is one of the best tools for comedy, but you have to pick the right time, place, company and context. I tend not to tell jokes dealing with race, domestic violence, rape, infant death, pedophilia, holocaust or other "touchy" subjects to anyone, who doesn't know me very well. My rule of thumb is: if I have to start with "I'm not a [blank], but..." - I'd better keep it to myself.

BTW, Polish people are not a "race" - that makes "Polack" jokes not "racist" per se, so are they "OK"? What about blonde jokes? Jokes about fat people? Jokes about mothers-in-law? Not all blondes are stupid, not all fat people are "greedy", not all mothers-in-law are bitches and yet when someone mentions one of those in a joke - we usually automatically understand, what's implied. So - should we tell those? If you look deep enough - most jokes can be found offensive to someone, depending on context and intention.

A joke does not have to express hatred, or make light of serious issues, in the same way a horror movie is not a celebration of brutality, torture, suffering, or death - even if it can be enjoyed as such by psychotic individuals. The vast majority of people who like horrors, enjoy them precisely because they know nobody is really getting hurt. It's the same with offensive jokes, when it's made reasonably clear, that they don't express an actual opinion of the person, who tells them, or the audience. Which - admittedly - can be tricky.

Back in the 80s, this received some attention:

Know what I like about Karl Marx ?

No, what ?

If he were alive today and living in the Soviet Union, he would not be allowed to emigrate to Israel.

Little black Johnny is in the kitchen putting flour on his face when Mama walks in.

"Johnny, what are you doing?"

"I wanted to see what it was like to be white Mama"

Mama slaps him and says, "You go show your Daddy what you did.".

Little Johnny goes into the living room and Daddy jumps up. "What the hell is that on your face boy".

"I wanted to see what it was like to be white Daddy."

"You run upstairs and show your Grandma!"

Little Johnny runs upstairs to Grandma's room and when she sees him, all hell breaks loose.

"You go to your room until I say you can come out!"

Little Johnny goes to his room and his brother is there.

"Yo bro, what's that on your face?"

"It's flour, I wanted to see what it was like to be white and after just ten minutes, I already hate blacks!"

(March 20, 2015 at 7:06 am)DIRTY_DEEDS_93 Wrote: Just to piss boru off

What's worse than being black?
Being a black Jew, because you have to go to the back of oven.

Also lemon I've got some beef with you, from the other thread. You have every right to your own religious opinion but don't force it on me. Ok?

If your referring to the add three words thing, that's called satire.

(March 23, 2015 at 8:38 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote: Shock is one of the best tools for comedy

That's the sole reason for this thread, not to cause arguments, just because this is what tends to be the funniest

Why do Rabbis circumcise Jewish boys? Because they know a Jewish woman won't accept anything unless it's at least 15% off.

(March 23, 2015 at 10:50 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:

(March 20, 2015 at 7:06 am)DIRTY_DEEDS_93 Wrote: Just to piss boru off

What's worse than being black?
Being a black Jew, because you have to go to the back of oven.

Also lemon I've got some beef with you, from the other thread. You have every right to your own religious opinion but don't force it on me. Ok?

If your referring to the add three words thing, that's called satire.

Well I wasn't intending to force atheism onto you by saying jesus isn't real, I was just stating (what I believe to be) the truth, but you were pushing it on my by saying "but he loves you" but then your religious views states "Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher." and from looking at your profile and posts you seem rather religious. Forgive me if I'm missing something but you seem to contradict yourself.

(March 23, 2015 at 1:46 pm)DIRTY_DEEDS_93 Wrote:

(March 23, 2015 at 10:50 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: If your referring to the add three words thing, that's called satire.

Well I wasn't intending to force atheism onto you by saying jesus isn't real, I was just stating (what I believe to be) the truth, but you were pushing it on my by saying "but he loves you" but then your religious views states "Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher." and from looking at your profile and posts you seem rather religious. Forgive me if I'm missing something but you seem to contradict yourself.

hahaha. I'm not religious at all. I'm a 5/7 on the Dawkins scale and although I openly admit I'm a atheist I prefer to call myself agnostic. I was only fucking withave you. Jesus is just another god made in the image of man.

Somebody doesn't understand satire.

(March 23, 2015 at 5:20 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:

(March 23, 2015 at 1:46 pm)DIRTY_DEEDS_93 Wrote: Well I wasn't intending to force atheism onto you by saying jesus isn't real, I was just stating (what I believe to be) the truth, but you were pushing it on my by saying "but he loves you" but then your religious views states "Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher." and from looking at your profile and posts you seem rather religious. Forgive me if I'm missing something but you seem to contradict yourself.

hahaha. I'm not religious at all. I'm a 5/7 on the Dawkins scale and although I openly admit I'm a atheist I prefer to call myself agnostic. I was only fucking withave you. Jesus is just another god made in the image of man.

ok I thought i was missing something. I get very confused easily when it comes to words and people and stuff. I take stuff too seriously also. Sorry about that, lol I feel kinda stupid now.