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Cruzan
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:53 PM Original message |
Which of these rape jokes is funnier? |
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seabeyond
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. i didnt like silverman before this article. |
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Aerows
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I don't even know what to say about this, either |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. every once in a while she would throw something in that made me smile. mostly, she was flat. |
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Aerows
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Cheap is a good way to describe it. n/t |
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ellisonz
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. She makes them because she's not funny in the first place. |
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No Joe
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Amen to that! |
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Taverner
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. ANYTHING can be funny |
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seabeyond
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. yes. there are. nt |
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Taverner
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Thu Nov-17-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
95. Name one |
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Odin2005
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I dare you to tell a rape joke to a friend of mine. |
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quinnox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Really? |
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Nye Bevan
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. If my late father was here now, I would say....... |
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quinnox
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, but take this scenario |
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Nye Bevan
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Timing and delivery is key (nt) |
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quinnox
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. alright, how about this, someone makes a racist joke about President |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
85. Who made the joke? Dave Chappell? I would give Dave the benefit of the doubt and THINK |
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Taverner
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Thu Nov-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
96. I got a racist joke for you: |
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Taverner
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Thu Nov-17-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Context! All is context! |
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Taverner
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
90. I didn't say it would be funny, just that it could |
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rbnyc
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I agree... |
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Tom Ripley
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
70. I agree with everything in your post (couldn't have said it better myself) |
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rbnyc
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Thu Nov-17-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
93. Thanks. |
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Johonny
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
82. but not everyone has a sense of humor |
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MADem
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Very edgy stuff--but Sarah Silverman has been at that for a long, long time. |
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Odin2005
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. "Edgy" has jumped the shark. |
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Aerows
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. No kidding |
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MADem
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm surprised that people are surprised by this, coming from her. |
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Aerows
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. I didn't know |
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Aerows
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. She's a Sagittarius, and we tend to be rough |
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MADem
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. What's the "cool kids" word, then? Do edify me. nt |
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Aerows
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Waiting for it, as well n/t |
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Odin2005
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
88. I meant that the drive to be "edgy" has burned itself out and has become crap. |
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MADem
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Thu Nov-17-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Well, I guess Sarah Silverman started out being edgy when edgy was the cool word! |
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ieoeja
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. "est" not "er" |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-16-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Amy Schumer is one I'll be watching for... |
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MrSlayer
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. I like dark humor. |
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dawg
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Some things just aren't funny. |
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A-Schwarzenegger
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. I shudder when I think of the humor of the future. |
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aikoaiko
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Wed Nov-16-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. There can be humor in any topic -- but not every joke is actually funny. |
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dmallind
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Frankie Boyle's are better. nt |
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ellisonz
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Agreed. |
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msanthrope
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Male reporter describes Female as "lanky and loose-limbed." |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. I think he was doing that to show the connection to Sarah Silverman. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. except it is about 100% done to females and not at all to men. reality |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. That's right. Nobody ever describes a male using his physical appearance. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. if they discuss a males phyiscal appearance it is in action terms. not fuckablility. nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. You're listening to the wrong conversations, then. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. eote, just not surprising you choose to bury head in sand. it is consistent. nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Not surprising that you'd respond to something which is undeniable with nonsensical jibberish. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. not surprising you bring that bullshit back when pretty much everyone knows the reality of this. nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. The reality is that women ALSO make comments on the appearance of men. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. writers ALWAYs start with mens fuckability? really? hm.... nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. I'm afraid I didn't say that at all. Must have been one of your ether based hallucinations. |
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redqueen
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Ho-lee schnikeys! |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:55 PM Original message |
No, no one claimed that. |
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Odin2005
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
89. That's annoying. |
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Odin2005
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. My opinion of her has just dropped by a lot. |
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Aerows
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is Sarah's schtick. I've followed her for 20 years now. |
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TorchTheWitch
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. there is never anything funny about violent crime |
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quinnox
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. + a million |
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Aerows
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Exactly n/t |
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Nye Bevan
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
31. Many posters in this thread seem to want very safe, non-offensive humor. |
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Odin2005
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Thu Nov-17-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
91. Rape jokes aren't funny. |
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Nye Bevan
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Thu Nov-17-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Different people have different senses of humor. |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Thu Nov-17-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
35. Don't conflate "offensive" and "unfunny". |
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Rebubula
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
41. Humor has always been on the edge |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
42. kinda like we laughed so hard when repug said with rape... lay back and enjoy it. |
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LanternWaste
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You're right. No two ways about it. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Vulgar is as vulgar laughs. right on. and the normalization and manstreaming the vulgar |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. That wasn't a joke, just a sick and offensive comment. NT |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. no. he was telling a joke to another man/men. and they all laughed. and we got outraged. nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. They may have laughed, but it still wasn't a joke. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. i gave the end of the joke. yes, it was a joke. but hey, excuses. i hear ya. nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. OK, if it was a joke (it wasn't), then it was a really fucking stupid joke. |
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redqueen
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I think as long as it's done with the right agenda behind it, |
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MellowDem
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. The point of humor is lost on some... |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. Sarah Silverman is a VERY smart woman; she's no Andrew Dice Clay. Is her joke too subtle |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. the people that laugh at it, ya, too subtle. the people that "get it" there goes the funny. nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. LOL. Wut? NT |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Ummm.... ? nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You can think of those posts as kind of a fortune cookie. |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. You never know--I know many people for whom English is a second language. |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I'm fairly certain that English is her first, and only language. |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. C'est impossible! nt |
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Tom Ripley
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
77. + 1,000,000 |
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Morning Dew
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. +1 |
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Thu Nov-17-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
98. +1 |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. SARAH IS MAKING FUN OF THE IDEA THAT THE OFFICIAL RAPE STATS. ARE TRUE INDICATORS |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. people who get that is what she is saying, cannot think it is funny. the people that laugh at her |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. LOL. I got a huge chuckle hearing you talk about people not getting it. |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. vulgar is.... nt |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Wow! Congratulations! That's not even a sentence fragment! |
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Romulox
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. It's not so much LOL funny as it is pointed. Lots of humor is like that. nt |
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redqueen
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. But there's a group dynamic involved... |
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seabeyond
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. like i said in the first post. i have never been a fan. i watched her a handful |
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redqueen
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I never liked clay either... |
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Tom Ripley
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Thu Nov-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
67. I knew this was going to be about the divine Ms Silverman AKA the best working comic |
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EOTE
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Thu Nov-17-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #67 |
97. She's definitely one of them. |
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