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I don't see the problem with laughing at misfortune, particularly other people's. I laugh openly if I see someone trip over on the street. If I trip over, I'm not laughing but I'm not insensed if I see someone else laughing. I think 'Fair fucks, I fell over. What a tit. Hahaha.'
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Mild tourettes isn't particularly funny though. If they just twitch occasionally, and never shout or swear, it's not all that funny at all.
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some tourettey dude in bounds green used to yelp and bark. I never saw him, but I'd hear him in the mornings. That wasn't funny, just unsettling.
quote:Originally posted by London: Mild tourettes isn't particularly funny though. If they just twitch occasionally, and never shout or swear, it's not all that funny at all.
Twitching can be funny, though. If you're exposed to it for a long time and you're trying not to laugh. It has a sort of cumulative effect, don't you think? And sometimes, when you're watching a twitcher, about ten minutes into the discreet observation you think you've sussed the pattern, tic... tic... left-eye twitch... lateral neck extension... Then they'll pull off a big surprise twitch, out of leftfield. That normally sets me off.
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: some tourettey dude in bounds green used to yelp and bark. I never saw him, but I'd hear him in the mornings. That wasn't funny, just unsettling.
If you never saw him how do you know it was a bloke with tourettes and not a dog?
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: And sometimes, when you're watching a twitcher, about ten minutes into the discreet observation you think you've sussed the pattern, tic... tic... left-eye twitch... lateral neck extension... Then they'll pull off a big surprise twitch, out of leftfield. That normally sets me off.
I don't know... I was always taught that it was rude to stare. Let alone for ten minutes.
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just to add to this: my roommate (the sex offender)slept with a girl with tourettes. i thought this was comedy gold. until he told me she neither barked like a dog or shouted things that she wanted to do or said involuntary things. i imagined it to be like, lots of thrashing, her shouting "woof", "up my bum up my bum" and "call that a cock?" all while spitting and frothing at the mouth. a bit like a belladonna film then.
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The article doesnt seem to be reporting this as comedic, the only mention of humour is that the people in the pub thought he was joking. This thread however (the title of which could be considered humerous) looked as if it was encouraging comedic responses, so dont go and get the hump with people who treat it that way, if I chopped my bolloks off I would exepect to have the piss ripped out of me, no matter how mentally unstable I was. The fact that it has an amusing element takes nothing away from the horrendous action, but your reaction to it says that you must lead a pretty sheltered life. There is far more disturbing shit in the world than this, and I'm sure alot of good causes could use your passion for fairness and it would bring you into direct contact with situations which merit your horror and disbeleif in the capabilities of humans
quote:Originally posted by Tom Boy: The fact that it has an amusing element takes nothing away from the horrendous action, but your reaction to it says that you must lead a pretty sheltered life.
So how much of this applies to your own lambasting of this kind of cheap, lazy humour in the past? Because that's what I focussed in on. You can't have it both ways.
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quote:Originally posted by Tom Boy: If I chopped my bolloks off I would exepect to have the piss ripped out of me, no matter how mentally unstable I was.
quote:Originally posted by Tom Boy: it would bring you into direct contact with situations which merit your horror and disbeleif in the capabilities of humans
Tom, Thorn works in Redhill. Far from leading a sheltered life, he is exposed to a daily parade of human monstrosity.
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quote:Originally posted by Tom Boy: If I chopped my bolloks off I would exepect to have the piss ripped out of me, no matter how mentally unstable I was.
No. You would expect to bleed a lot then die.
No, you'd expect me to bleed alot then die, personally I would be doing my dambdest to retain my life force long enough to get down the pub to show everyone
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: So how much of this applies to your own lambasting of this kind of cheap, lazy humour in the past?
All of it, as I said, its not nice to mock the afflicted but its still funny depending on the situation and the delivery of the amusing comment. I dont agree with taking the piss out of people who have a hard time of life but dont take it as read that I dont do it, or enjoy the wit it takes to come up with a relevant humerous response to such situations. I just dont think its being nice to people, if I had such a problem with it I wouldnt have posted on this thread at all.
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: I feel bad now, like I'm always having a go at Tom Boy, but really it was mainly because he had a pop at the Welsh.
Dont feel bad about having a go, most of the time I do deserve it, but then so do the Welsh!
quote:Originally posted by Tom Boy: All of it, as I said, its not nice to mock the afflicted but its still funny depending on the situation and the delivery of the amusing comment.
Well that context doesn't apply, though, because the joke was shit. I mean - it was terrible. Seriously. If I'd posted that, I'd kill myself.
quote:Originally posted by Tom Boy: All of it, as I said, its not nice to mock the afflicted but its still funny depending on the situation and the delivery of the amusing comment.
Well that context doesn't apply, though, because the joke was shit. I mean - it was terrible. Seriously. If I'd posted that, I'd kill myself.
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It's half as funny as if you were totally deaf, in which case the comedy would be in the fact you couldn't hear people laughing at you.
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