davidsign Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Are there any topics people shouldn't joke about? I was "sick"...somebody asked me what's wrong...I said,"cancer." They thought it wasn't funny. Can rape ever be funny? in Pulp Fiction it kinda was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reimer_182 Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Its completely a matter of opinion, whats funny and whats not. I personally think that cancer and rape are not things to be joking around about, maybe because my grandpa just got cancer, and i've heard a pretty vicious rape story about someone i sorta know. Anyways, although i wouldn't agree with it, i guess some people may find such terrible things funny, but if someone is personally attached to someone affected by these issues, it can be very real, and devastating. So, no rape and cancer should not be joked about. They are very real things that destroy lives, and nothing about that is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflicted Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Joking about cancer and rape in my opinion is trully not funny it is way off limits in answer to your question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Joking about cancer and rape in my opinion is trully not funny it is way off limits in answer to your question<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It depends on how it's joked about. "Susie never shuts up, she has cancer of the mouth", meaning that she talks so much that it's a killer to everyone else. "I wish that child molesting [b-word] would go to jail so he can get his [butt] raped by the other inmates!" As far as making fun of them in normal circumstances, ie a person having real cancer or really being raped.. No, it's not funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockoncheese101 Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I think sickness and rape isnt funny either way u toss the joke.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflicted Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I guess you have a point their dac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulDisaster Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 How is joking about cancer and rape funny? Wt(*). People who are like that are sick, and cruel. "Omg your grandma has cancer!" Hahahahaha..NO! Have a little more common sense here, folks. Jeez-uh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulDisaster Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 What a nice waste of a topic. I guarantee you NO ONE will agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 My mother survived cancer, so I'm definitely not insensitive to those with it. To name a disease or condition, and refer to a person or a part of them, it is commonly meant to indicate a flaw about that person. No one (in their right mind) actually WANTS to have cancer, so to say that someone has cancer of the mouth means that someone has an uncontrollable urge to talk and that it's a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivaree Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 There are horrible topics that have horrible sitations where there is no humor. However, depending on how the joke is set up, you can have humor. Just try to be sensitive to the audiance. For example, my cousin and I were laughing about how their dog Bootsy, poor poor blond Bootsy, was raped repeadidly by two neighbor dogs in their old neighborhood. Rape: Not funny. Bootsy Rape: Combine me and my cousin and the topic's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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