FUNNY PHOTOS THREAD - Come In For A Giggle!

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

I might regret this one ...

You probably should.

Look, I have a good sense of humor and all but it is ignorant shit like this that promotes animosity and discrimination. When you've been mocked, bullied, dehumanized and nearly beaten to death due to the attitudes and hostility this kind of "humor" promotes, it isn't all that funny.

Just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you should, like these for example:

I am going to chime in, though copying what @Snarl said, I probably shouldn't. I have spent the whole of my career dealing with sensitive situations on a very personal level, this has led me to over forty years of working with people's beliefs, feelings, and behaviors. I have found people do better handling the big things. The little things that seem inconsequential to most, are the Achilles heel for many.  

Years ago the Naval base where I worked, had us all go through sensitivity training. A lot of people think this is a new idea, but even back in the early 70s the military, at least, tried to fix the problem of bigotry. Knowing it was important to make for better camaraderie among the ranks. Humor was one of the biggest sore spots for both parties to deal with. It also was a point of division on many levels.

Many people are oblivious to the pain a joke, or covert and obscure humor can cause. They believe if they are not mindfully attacking someone, then it is just funny; no harm, no foul. If one responds sourly to the joke, the one telling the joke becomes defensive and sometimes becomes angry. They then accuse the offended person of just being overly sensitive, and will commonly call the offended party, a snowflake. This is a common defense and dismissal of what is believed to be a legitimate offense, and further obfuscates the fact that it was considered as offensive to begin with.

One of the hardest topics for most to understand, is that innocent humor, is always at the expense of someone else. Humor is a weapon that has been used throughout time. But as my Mother frequently told us, "Many times the true heart is spoken in a joke."

I like a good joke as much as the next person, even if I am the butt of the joke. I have no problem when people are laughing with me, but no one likes being laughed at. It can be a very sticky wicket when it is being shared on the internet, because you don't have control of your audience, and you are judged by the way you are perceived, not by what you meant.

So I an going to shut up now and go to my room.