Crap Jokes

[fabinho]

Do you have any other recommendations I can swerve?

Anything by Bill Burr

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[baitman]

I found it hilarious. As you say, its subjective, but the crowd were certainly enjoying too, so I'm not alone...

There certainly a 'thing' where paying crowds get a little too ecstatic over a **** comedian cos they have paid and are intent on getting their monies worth of chuckles.
Have you ever seen a michael mcintrye crowd on tv, they look like they've all been on the nitrous

[Yozza]

There certainly a 'thing' where paying crowds get a little too ecstatic over a **** comedian cos they have paid and are intent on getting their monies worth of chuckles.
Have you ever seen a michael mcintrye crowd on tv, they look like they've all been on the nitrous

No.... just no.

[Angryred]

How does a paedophile find an 8 year old in the woods?

Quite satisfying.

So how is this one any different to mine in terms of depravity?...

**** off with the double standards!

[dom9]

So how is this one any different to mine in terms of depravity?...



**** off with the double standards!

It's not racist

[Kenneth]

I don't think racial jokes are off limits, but that had all the subtly of Fredo on a wind up.

[fidget]

Social norms hold some people back from open expressions of prejudice against social groups/minorities.
Disparagement humour (any attempt to amuse through the denigration of a social group or its representatives) is both a vehicle for those prejudices to be aired and an attempt to make airing them acceptable.
Hostile message towards target and a conflicting message that "it's okay it's only a joke".
If the implicit message that it's ok to make light of discrimination is accepted then that creates a norm of tolerance of discrimination and personal expression of prejudice without needing to couch it in joke format.

cliff notes
If people are okay with a joke like that they should have no issue with someone being openly racist.

[Kenneth]

There's some bold statements there without substance backing them up.

As ever, context is key. If someone posts that on their Facebook feed then they are inflicting it on people who did not voluntarily participate in the 'comedy' context, and who are open to interpret it more widely. If someone opts to see a particular stand up comedian, or enters a thread called Poor/Bad Taste Jokes, then they can only receive it in a limited number of ways. Any interpretation other than an attempt to amuse and or shock would be a misreading.

As for the idea that punching down in comedy creates a climate that makes vindictive comments more acceptable, well a) I'm not sure that's true, particularly where shock value is part of the joke, and b) that is on the people with prejudices, censoring one thing in case other people say something else is an attack on free speech. People have to own their own motives and actions.

The fact that the joke posted had very little comedic merit complicates things somewhat, making it difficult to defend on any level.

[fidget]

Being funny is not the aim of the "joke".
It's a vehicle for pushback against progress.
Or "political correctness gone mad" as racists like to call it.

[Kenneth]

There is no aim of a joke, only an aim of a joke teller. And I don't think you can assign a single collective motivation behind anyone telling it.

[Nicey]

Not a joke but made me a laugh all the same

How old are the kids now Frankie ? (Boyle)
There are 2 and 5
I have a lot of sleepless nights now ....
Crowd goes awwwwwwww
To which Frankie finishes his sentance
wishing I had finished up on their mothers tits

HAHAHA !! There only every be one Frankie Boyle haha

[Alex]

Im going to ask for a bit of feedback, but tbh I think its time this thread went the way of the Dodo.

We get a lot of reports when people post a joke in here usually (although this thread is fairly quiet).

A lot of the stuff that gets posted is the sort of thing that you and your friends might find funny. But a wider community that strives to be as inclusive as possible just doesnt.

So I dont know, what is everyone's thoughts on the topic?

[Kenneth]

Well, it's not been funny very often, and certainly not for a long time. If it was then I might put together a defence, but what's the point?

[Pablo]

I don't think I've looked at it for years. Only noticed it pop up now on the real time feed.

Just reading the last page or so is enough for me to say that nuking it would be understandable.

[Shaggy]

Get rid imo