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« Reply #15 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:29pm » | |
Feb 5, 2013, 7:25pm, Horned Gramma wrote:| Holocaust puns: the only unworthy puns. |
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« Reply #16 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:29pm » | |
Grimes would be a great pick, but won't she likely end up in the tent? I'm having trouble picturing this in there. I support the Twin Shadow suggestion, and I would throw Tame Impala out there as an option too
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« Reply #17 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:33pm » | |
Feb 5, 2013, 7:25pm, Horned Gramma wrote:| Holocaust puns: the only unworthy puns. |
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Thank you. Which is why I suggested an alternate title.
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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Don't fuck up my azaleas. |
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« Reply #18 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:33pm » | |
I am torn between a general sense of decency and the sense that I get from the fact that everyone is all like LOL that I'd be pulling rank if I straight deleted this thread and told tj to try again. It is not appropriate. The apocalypse is something that we can joke about and employ for plays on words, whereas the Holocaust is essentially off-limits for pretty much any conversation we might ever need to have on this board.
Someone help me out with this one.
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« Reply #19 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:38pm » | |
WHALEMAGEDDON
BALLMAGEDDON
BLOWPOCALYPSE
BEACHBALLATHON
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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Don't fuck up my azaleas. |
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« Reply #20 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:39pm » | |
I completely agree, HG. I've been trying to come up with an elegant way to convey that sentiment since I first saw this thread. I like the idea expressed in thread, but the Holocaust is off limits in humor and should not be used for comedy porpoises.
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« Reply #22 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:42pm » | |
Feb 5, 2013, 7:33pm, Horned Gramma wrote:I am torn between a general sense of decency and the sense that I get from the fact that everyone is all like BALLOCAUST LOL that I'd be pulling rank if I straight deleted this thread and told tj to try again. It is not appropriate. The apocalypse is something that we can joke about and employ for plays on words, whereas the Holocaust is essentially off-limits for pretty much any conversation we might ever need to have on this board.
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No delete required. Just change the title.
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« Reply #23 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:43pm » | |
Alright, so we've got that Dr. Garbanzoured out. Next point of order: changing the title of this thread will solve part of the problem, but we'll still have two pages' worth of posts that retain the header RE: Beachballocaust. The majority of those posts are riffs on the original title of the thread anyway, so my question is this: will anyone be offended if this thread disappears and we start over again with something a little more tasteful?
I don't mean to seem reactionary (not at this particular moment, anyway), but this is a high-traffic time of year for the board and frankly I feel like this reflects poorly on us.
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« Reply #24 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:45pm » | |
Sure - though I think the debate and acknowledgement of its insensitivity at least balances that.
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« Reply #25 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:47pm » | |
Fair enough. I might even be able to find a workaround. Let me see what I can do.
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« Reply #26 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:47pm » | |
This is what filters were made for
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« Reply #27 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:52pm via the ProBoards Mobile App » | |
I was going to poke fun by making a couple puns on other horrible tragedies, but the high traffic time of year argument has dissuaded me. I agree with the proposal to burn it down and start over, but only if we can get a few pages of bad (but less offensive) puns in right at the beginning.
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« Reply #28 on Feb 5, 2013, 7:56pm » | |
Feb 5, 2013, 7:52pm, Skoops McKenzie wrote:| I was going to poke fun by making a couple puns on other horrible tragedies, but the high traffic time of year argument has dissuaded me. I agree with the proposal to burn it down and start over, but only if we can get a few pages of bad (but less offensive) puns in right at the beginning. |
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Yes. Horrible tragedies are fucking hilarious. HI LAR EEEEE OUSSSSSS
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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Don't fuck up my azaleas. |
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« Reply #29 on Feb 5, 2013, 8:00pm via the ProBoards Mobile App » | |
I find cringe inducing jokes amusing, yeah, mostly due to the audacity of making such a joke to begin with. Doesn't mean I think the tragedy is funny but rather a person's ability to be so flippant about it. But I like a dark edge to my humor. Sue me.
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