#41

as much as Anne Robinson tries

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#42

be great if we could find a way to be at ease with how serious the world is and not try to retreat from all the pain and suffering and stress and injustice in the world under a shield of comedy.

Obviously that isn’t easy to achieve, I’m still working on it. Sometimes I will slip up and try to be funny and only catch myself later

#43

What’s brown and sticky?

Loads of things, idk… caramel?

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#44

People who say stuff like this are basically just looking for an excuse to be casually racist. See also people who say they want to ‘keep politics out of it’ and then say something odious and political.

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#45

we would certainly all be much happier for it…

#46

Thatcherism

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#48

what about the shitting on cyclists on DiS? Can we be sure that all of the cyclists would feel ok speaking up if they were getting mocked?

#50

Wish all jokes were like in Toy Story 4 and just based on our surroundings and doing silly things. Joking about people’s characteristics is lazy and easy.

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#51

bikes are cheaper than cars though?

I know it comes from a place of irony on here etc and is not malicious but I’m interested in where my war on comedy would stop

#52

can’t be arsed double checking, but are we 50 posts deep without a Tom Jones reference? For shame

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#53

cars are cheaper than aeroplanes though

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#54

Not quite the same as grassroots EDL types though

#55

yeah but it’s not pilots having a go at cyclists is it.

As a pedestrian of course I can only punch up in the transport stakes

#58

Nope, obviously not. Still really pleased with that post though.

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#59

it’s all very complicated

#60

Was tempted but doesn’t seem like the place.

says the man who did the bad caramel joke

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#61

it is. it’s why it’s important to know your audience, and that isn’t just the target of the joke, it’s everyone listening.

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#62

I could write a really good long post but I need to get lunch so you’ll just have to trust me

#63

good tactic. I’ve also used this. Unfortunately a lot of the time its kids with their meathead parents. I’m not usually brave enough to say anything then…

#64

what if people had a list of things on their super social media pages that’s like “Hi I’m Colin, this is stuff I’m personally ok with you taking the piss out of me about: Long Hair, being a white man, left-handedness”