Is it ok to be mean if you're being funny? (3 Viewers)

[MDR]

... but this is an internet message board.

I think that's the main point there. Thumped is not for the faint-hearted. Even still most people know where to draw the line, most of the time.

 

[snakybus]

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like that?

 

[RSJ]

What I meant was, in sweetoblivion's thread I understood that jane and sweetoblivion herself were saying that there is an anti-woman vibe sometimes on thumped, and the evidence for this is the existence of threads like "why do women take so long to do anything?" The case for the defence was "but those threads are jokes"

I generally think being mean = being funny, but i wouln't slag people for jokes that i didn't know, or slag a person i know amongst people i didn't, because if they don't get that you're joking (or don't find the jokes funny for whatever reason), they just think you're being mean, which is what happened with the threads. That or some people aren't as funny as they think they are.

 

[snakybus]

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or are you more of a vertical-line kind of person?

 

[RSJ]

I like to think of the line as more of a rhombus. It's the thumped paradigm after all.

 

[Squiggle]

I generally think being mean = being funny, but i wouln't slag people for jokes that i didn't know, or slag a person i know amongst people i didn't, because if they don't get that you're joking (or don't find the jokes funny for whatever reason), they just think you're being mean, which is what happened with the threads. That or some people aren't as funny as they think they are.

Perhaps a disclaimer?

"I know this person and we were discussing this particular personal problem in the pub last night and joking about it"

"This is a running joke"

"He has no left testicle"

"She really has no sense of humour, it's a medical condition"

etc...

 

[snakybus]

more of a rhombus. .

hey whatever dance you're into

 

[RSJ]

Thumped is not for the faint-hearted.

Pete should change the banner.

Thumped dot com
most of these people are sound when you meet them in real life*







* a couple of dublin thumped people have actually said that to me

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Dammit I'm abbreviating too much ...

What I meant was, in sweetoblivion's thread I understood that jane and sweetoblivion herself were saying that there is an anti-woman vibe sometimes on thumped, and the evidence for this is the existence of threads like "why do women take so long to do anything?" The case for the defence was "but those threads are jokes"

Hence the question, which is expressed in egg_ language, but I hope it's clear enough

If a collection of musicians, indie kids and anarcho-veggie types is anti-woman what hope for the rest of the world.

 

[broken arm]

living and spending times in different countries makes you realise that slagging each other is an irish pastime.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

If a collection of musicians, indie kids and anarcho-veggie types is anti-woman what hope for the rest of the world.

exactly

the whole thing was laughable

 

[Lili Marlene]

what happens if you replace mean with racist/sexist/Janer/gary glitter?

 

[Janer]

If a collection of musicians, indie kids and anarcho-veggie types is anti-woman what hope for the rest of the world.

No it's the women that keeps insisting we are.....so some of us anarcho-veggie types just play along.

!ninjaaaa

 

[Bellatrix]

living and spending times in different countries makes you realise that slagging each other is an irish pastime.

It's not a uniquely Irish thing. A guy I know over here seems to be under the impression that following up really REALLY nasty statements with a loud guffaw = gas.

e.g. "You're fat and look like a boy. AHAHAHAHAHA! Love you sweetie!"

Interestingly, he doesn't tend to do it to people who would tell him to shut up and fuck off.

 

[CitySickness]

...or some people aren't as funny as they think they are.

Troof.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

living and spending times in different countries makes you realise that slagging each other is an irish pastime.

that and "Your hedge is on my property"

 

[broken arm]

It's not a uniquely Irish thing. A guy I know over here seems to be under the impression that following up really REALLY nasty statements with a loud guffaw = gas.

e.g. "You're fat and look like a boy. AHAHAHAHAHA! Love you sweetie!"

Interestingly, he doesn't tend to do it to people who would tell him to shut up and fuck off.

want us to go up and sort him out?

 

[Space]

It's not a uniquely Irish thing. A guy I know over here seems to be under the impression that following up really REALLY nasty statements with a loud guffaw = gas.

e.g. "You're fat and look like a boy. AHAHAHAHAHA! Love you sweetie!"

Interestingly, he doesn't tend to do it to people who would tell him to shut up and fuck off.

Dunno he sounds like a prick; number one rule is never ever under any circumstances tell a girl she is in any way fat.

You can't insult people and then throw in a get out clause. You just insult them in the knowledge that they'll know your messing or don't at all.

My irish housemate gets an awful lot of abuse from me, way more than my brit housemates. Although it's mostly about him being posh although he's not at all, he just happens to have went to Belvedere(insert any fee paying school here) and has a double barrelled surname.

Edit: I'll come along with Broken Arm.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

want us to go up and sort him out?

In a womanly life affirming way of course

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

Dunno he sounds like a prick; number one rule is never ever under any circumstances tell a girl she is in any way fat.

good to see the patriarchy is still in full effect

GOD THUMPED IS SO SEXIST