Imo, anyone that seems to routinely complain about people "taking things too seriously" with their edgy jokes tend to rely more on shock value than actual comedy...
Y'all aren't teenagers any more. Using slurs isn't funny any more.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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The same can be said for a lot of people who complain about lots of things being offensive.
In reality you should seek a middle ground, don't take everything so seriously that it ruins the joy in life... but also don't treat everything (and everyone) as a joke.
Eh. People should take things as seriously as they feel they should. A lot of actually important shit, that challenges real and significant injustices, gets shut down with "don't take things so seriously". We don't need to turn discussing our feelings about the world into an "I'm so chill" competition.
But also, people need to understand - on both sides of the utterance - that "I find this offensive" is an informational statement, not a demand for action. If I find something you've said offensive, that's information that is now yours to weigh as you please. If you don't care to understand why, or decide that my feelings don't outweigh whatever else you're trying to do, then you're now making that decision with a little bit of extra feedback.
Getting defensive about someone not liking what you've done is on you.
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My butt hurts!
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Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!
Saw the Eminem line and had to take the low road 😂
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There seems to be this new trend of accounts being created to post this low quality rage bate and other boomer humour at best in this community. This is either a bot, or a really bored loser, either way, the pattern is very obvious (new account that posts 3 comics in a row here and nothing else), and easy to spot and block.
I know this will have little impact, but do yourselves a favour - don't feed the troll.
really bored loser
That's offensive
How is that offensive?
You need to educate yourself on why this is offensive!
My butt hurts!
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If they post 3 posts in a row and nothing else, why bother blocking? By the time you see it, it's already over.
Cause this is lemmy and finding new communities and people to block is the main event!
This reminds me of people who comment, say on video clips of older movies and television, "you can't make stuff like this anymore." Just an unhelpful take on the situation. One that takes no effort to come by. Regurgitation at best.
You can't make stuff like this anymore.
it's not that you "can't make" it.. you can make whatever tv or film you want to. it's that you'd have a hard time selling it in the current time.
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Well done edgy humor always has its place. Its always sunny is plenty edgy, moreso than anything mainstream from any time prior, and extremely popular. The problem with people who make those comments is they could have NEVER made anything good, theyre uncreative and unthinking, and so they get locked into an outdated mentality and their humor never develops past whatever they found funny in their formative years. Because some things are edgy AND good they mistake being edgy for automatically being good.
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I’m usually not in either camp, but sometimes you see a post and you just know the type of people it will attract regardless of OPs intentions.
Funny how most people want their opinions to be respected while not respecting anyone else's.
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It de-legitimizes actual debate about issues with racism, homophobia, sexism, etc
When you just lump in everything that is legitimate debate along with batshit crazy stuff, then its far easier to just to dismiss it all and keep acting like a racist, homophobic, sexist ignorant jerk.
If you can't tell what is offensive and what isn't ... it's not a problem with the comic, it might have something more to do with you.
If you can't tell what is offensive and what isn't
That's subjective though
this doesn't say anything
It is about arguing culture.
No it's not!
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Oh man there was an entire south park episode about this...
Even triggering arguments to build up hype on socials. Can't find the episode, but it mentioned arguing or disagreeing with someone while aiming for a 3rd person to jump in overreacting and it spreads.
Edit: found it
Season 20 finale, 2010, featuring Elon musk...
https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/The_End_of_Serialization_as_We_Know_It/Script
It's a way in which one person can create a massive reaction on the Internet. Look, person A trolls person B, but it's not about person B, the troll is trying to push buttons to try and get a reaction from hundreds, eventually creating person C, whose overreaction and self righteousness will elicit a reaction from persons D through F, who weren't trolls but can't help rip on person C.
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im not offended by this but it itself is not funny. It feels like more of a meme than a comic.
Certainly can’t say it’s a knee slapper
Social commentary cartoon that probably drives more discussion than laughs - not opposed to a range that includes a healthy mixture of everything from cheap laughs to this
yeah. now that I think of it thats pretty much what most political cartoons are. those ones in the comments sections with elephants and donkey. so I was likely being to harsh. its like not a comics section comic but obviously it is a comic. you know I never thought before how memes or at least political ones are so much like political cartoons.
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I mean, what was the post? Some things that are posted are offensive whether or not you intended that and it's not unreasonable for someone to comment on that.
If it's happening to someone so often they need to physically move to a different platform, maybe they should pay more attention to what their saying and the audience you say it to.
Like if I'm with friends and someone makes a dead baby joke, I'd probably laugh, if someone recently had a miscarriage the reaction to that joke will be very different.
I wouldn't expect a lot of 4chan jokes to fly in normal society and if you can't engage with normal society without making 4chan appropriate jokes, maybe you need to work on your conversational skills.
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i feel like i need to know the authors political leanings before i upvote this comic... yet i think that might be part of the authors message
I was in the gym two days ago. It was leg day. My butt actually hurts :(
Man, this reminds me so much of a recent submission I made. The amount of BS text certain "users" can write and the extents they will go through to it for something relatively harmless is wild, specially when they are the sort to make wild unproven accusations.
My butt does hurt.
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