i think i should be bothered when people talk casually about rape in a videogame context ("oh man you just got raped" "i'm gonna rape you" etc) but i am not actually bothered by it
the best argument i've heard for why it should bother me is that even if i and all of my friends are morally upright people capable of distinguishing between the concepts "this is ok to joke about" and "this is ok to actually do", it's likely that not everyone i interact with will be. ie at some point, if i laugh at rape jokes, i am going to laugh at a rape joke along with someone who genuinely has crazy ideas about what kind of behavior is ok, and he will interpret my laughter as me being on his side.
edit so what i'm saying here is that this (along with the possibility that such jokes could be triggering for someone) is enough to make me realize, rationally, that those jokes are probably not ok. but i still don't have that as a gut feeling the way i do with some other concepts--i have to force myself to realize "hey, this is a rape joke, and you remember what you decided about rape jokes, right?" it isn't gut-level, even if it makes sense to me in my head. i think this might be in large part because of the relative invisibility of rape victims within our society: i probably know someone who's been raped, and i'm sure i've met many, but it's not made visible the way issues of race + sexual orientation + stuff often are, so i'm not as aware of my audience
people casually using rape in a nonserious context aggravates me like nothing else on earth
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"fart" is a trigger word for me beasteh and i would appreciate it if you stopped posting it all the time. it brings back very traumatic memories and i shouldn't have to experience that.
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I.e. once at a dinner table with a friend and her dad we somehow (I forget how) started off on dead baby jokes, and it was hilarious. But dead baby jokes are certainly not always appropriate or funny.
You just always have to have the courtesy to make sure there are no dead babies in the room.
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in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give, mang
the beatles have it right, acing like a douche just creates an echo chamber of douchitude
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I'm pretty sure that's actually the lost final lyric to "Let It Be"
well I mean, it's not just him
The majority of the company, and a lot of our clients especially, take this line. It's an Old Boy's club, where everyone is the same gender/race/sexual preference. I doubt many of them know that they're doing it. I commute from a bleeding heart liberal downtown area that's really made a big thing of diversity and tolerance, but the area that I work in is much more conservative.
And bleh, even typing that makes me feel like an elitist.
"fart" is a trigger word for me beasteh and i would appreciate it if you stopped posting it all the time. it brings back very traumatic memories and i shouldn't have to experience that.
I'm fairly torn on the issue, as well. I try to be a relatively considerate, understanding, and enlightened person. I know people who have run the gambit on issues from gender identity, race, rape, all that stuff.
I will still laugh at a joke if I find it funny, irrelevant of the content of the joke. It just doesn't bother me how inappropriate, low-key, crass, or what-have-you a joke is. If it is well crafted, and well executed, I will probably laugh.
I don't tell many people that, and if I'm with somebody who I believe will find it offensive, I'm far less likely to find the joke funny, but generally I will laugh, especially if I'm watching/reading by myself.
"fart" is a trigger word for me beasteh and i would appreciate it if you stopped posting it all the time. it brings back very traumatic memories and i shouldn't have to experience that.
Knocking it out of the park with infantilising a subject this fast, good job!
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well I could lift you instead, but carrying people is against my moral precepts and also i'm lazy
so
i guess we're at an impass!
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people casually using rape in a nonserious context aggravates me like nothing else on earth
it is a trigger word. it is not okay to use
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Hey now, both of you can spank me if that's how you feel.
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You'll need a permit for that.
You just always have to have the courtesy to make sure there are no dead babies in the room.
well I mean, it's not just him
The majority of the company, and a lot of our clients especially, take this line. It's an Old Boy's club, where everyone is the same gender/race/sexual preference. I doubt many of them know that they're doing it. I commute from a bleeding heart liberal downtown area that's really made a big thing of diversity and tolerance, but the area that I work in is much more conservative.
And bleh, even typing that makes me feel like an elitist.
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I will still laugh at a joke if I find it funny, irrelevant of the content of the joke. It just doesn't bother me how inappropriate, low-key, crass, or what-have-you a joke is. If it is well crafted, and well executed, I will probably laugh.
I don't tell many people that, and if I'm with somebody who I believe will find it offensive, I'm far less likely to find the joke funny, but generally I will laugh, especially if I'm watching/reading by myself.
Knocking it out of the park with infantilising a subject this fast, good job!
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you infantilised rape. you just did that
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