Peter Gibbons
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Post by Peter Gibbons on May 10, 2011 17:51:37 GMT -8
I have been going to sasquatch since second grade I have turned out just fine.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2011 21:45:00 GMT -8
As a noted expert on small children and music festivals, I think that the 2-5 range is probably okay if they have a pair of those big spongy headphones to wear. When yr ears are small things seem louder, or something.
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Post by Fig on May 10, 2011 22:30:45 GMT -8
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Post by Fig on May 10, 2011 22:32:15 GMT -8
"Its cool to take your kids to Sasquatch. And you bet your sweet sugartits I hate black people" - Dr. Cornelius Bronstein Lipschitz
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Post by StormyPinkness on May 11, 2011 6:59:59 GMT -8
Davers, no need to be so skittish. People aren't just "calling" stuff randomly.
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Peter Gibbons
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Post by Peter Gibbons on May 11, 2011 8:47:26 GMT -8
Davers, no need to be so skittish. People aren't just "calling" stuff randomly. Enabler!!!
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Post by davers on May 11, 2011 10:48:13 GMT -8
Haha, sometimes I just forget that everyone else in the world doesnt necessairly get that I'm joking whenever I make a sexist joke or comment. Everyone in my group of friends (guys and girls) knows that none of us are sexist so jokes like "Why dont women wear watches?" "Because there's a clock on the stove" are fine with everyone.
I was mostly just trying to avoid another debate like the one a couple weeks ago.
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Post by Horned Gramma on May 11, 2011 11:02:09 GMT -8
Uhh that joke is not even close to being the same kind of thing as using the phrase 'bitch slap'.
How can people be so oblivious of where the line is?
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Post by Horned Gramma on May 11, 2011 11:05:24 GMT -8
But then again, based on this And before anyone calls sexism, neither the gender of the slapper or the slappee had anything to do with me calling that a bitch slap. I get the feeling that davers doesn't understand the actual connotations of the phrase 'bitch slap' or why it would be offensive. It doesn't have anything to do with referring to someone as a bitch.
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Post by davers on May 11, 2011 11:31:46 GMT -8
It all depends on who you talk to. I was pretty surprised at some of the stuff people were offended by in the great argument of April, so I just didnt want to take any chances.
Everyone has a different line, if there was a set line then we wouldnt be offending anyone because people would just know "oh that joke is higher than 6/10 on the sexism scale therefor everyone will be offended."
I love sexist and racist jokes (especially ones about guys and white people, of which I am both) but I am fully aware that there is a time and a place for them, and a message board with a bunch of people I dont really know probably isnt the place.
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Post by Horned Gramma on May 11, 2011 11:38:17 GMT -8
Blatantly sexist jokes like the one you just posted aren't automatically rendered inoffensive and acceptable just because they don't offend some white dude in Canada. It's far more likely they will be offensive to the people who are being stereotyped by the joke.
It's fine for you to think all racist and sexist jokes -- "especially ones about guys and white people" -- are acceptable because YOU ARE A WHITE MALE. You aren't actually being discriminated against by anybody in the real world, so why shouldn't you laugh? Women ARE discriminated against; they probably don't think its funny at all.
WHY THE FUCK DON'T PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE FUCKING LINE IS.
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Post by spirulina on May 11, 2011 11:52:30 GMT -8
Tsk tsk, white male-centric hegemony. Jokes are almost par for the course for marginalization... come on. You should know that. You can't really make racist or sexist jokes about white men. They're both a dominant group. It's not funny.
But it's "okay". I'm sure you were "just joking", right? You're not "really" a sexist, aye? Then why is it funny to you?
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Post by Catherine Sun Chips on May 11, 2011 11:55:16 GMT -8
tsk tsk, white male-centric hegemony. I can't believe it. Jokes are almost par for the course for marginalization... but it's "okay". You were "just joking", right? You're not "really" a sexist, aye? Then why is it funny to you? This. A+ for articulation.
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Post by spirulina on May 11, 2011 11:56:33 GMT -8
I edited it to add more ideas, but you get the picture.
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Post by stamper on May 11, 2011 12:00:27 GMT -8
or people could just convert to whatever race/sex/religion they want if they want to tell those type of jokes. worked alright for Tim Whatley... on youtube if you want to see--- www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV7m6IIN_tI
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Post by Geoff on May 11, 2011 12:00:28 GMT -8
I'm really not used to seeing people get so easily offended over the internet. I've been to a lot of different internet communities, but this is the only forum where I've seen one little comment get so many people in an uproar.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on May 11, 2011 12:04:14 GMT -8
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Post by Horned Gramma on May 11, 2011 12:04:37 GMT -8
You may also have noticed that this forum has a higher concentration of thinking people than most places on the internet. This conversation is getting old. It doesn't fucking matter if davers thinks sexist jokes are funny. They're not, and they have no place here. People are constantly saying that they find it offensive, so even if you don't you should just have some god damn respect and fucking keep it to yourself.
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Post by Horned Gramma on May 11, 2011 12:05:20 GMT -8
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Post by spirulina on May 11, 2011 12:07:19 GMT -8
I don't get easily offended. I get offended if my own subjugation is happening before my eyes, yeah. Thing is, I don't know the guy, and I can't make any observations as to his intent. It could be that he's a card carrying member of NOW and he just doesn't know any better. No matter your intentions, you have to learn someday that these jokes aren't just jokes. They're oppressive, demeaning, and put in place by a patriarchal society that wants to keep women in check.
I can't stand it. Anyone who complains just "can't take a joke." Well, yeah, I guess I do kind of get a little itchy when something is so blatantly patronizing. It's a great marginalizing strategy, really. Those who don't like it get pushed to the side as unfunny feminists who don't know how to laugh, and those who go along with it are "in the cool crowd".
I aint mad. I just want to spread a little uppity education.
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