Are you saying we should let our imaginations be our guide in sentencing?
No, even here, sometimes we get threads that are just⌠wrong.
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Yeah, like this one, seems to me. Especially considering, for example, what Xeni revealed in her post (if Iâm reading it right) about her own past.
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The latter. Xeni said it was awful, then discussed the content. Complainants somehow see those apples and spreadsheets as the same thing. While the medium may be the message, thatâs not to say it is the only message. Of course, this sort of nuanced reading is only possible if you are familiar with popular media of the last 50 years or so, so cave-dwelling troglodytes are likely to grumble nonsensically as they squint angrily at these new-fangled âtelly-visions.â
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At least some of this is probably just the tendency here towards dark humor. I canât imagine at least some folks here arenât also victims of abuse as kids and sometimes they are the ones who are bringing that sort of humor up as a means of coping. Some people likely donât know where the line is and another subset probably just donât care about punching down. And of course, weâre all in different places with how comfortable we feel with that kind of humor. If weâre upset by whatâs being said, I think we should say that itâs a bridge too far, so Iâm glad you said something! Hopefully, it will make some people think twice or at least engage on the topic.
On the other hand, itâs probably useful to see those who double down on making fun of children who have been sexually violatedâŚ
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Itâs also easy to mistake the apparent object of satire for the actual object of ridicule. Dark humor depends on a generous audience to fit all the pieces together. And youâre right: itâs not for everyone.
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Some practitioners are just better at spotting and navigating the pitfalls as well.
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Sure, Iâll give ya that. Some people take the surgical Stephen Wright approach, spotting and navigating. Some people take the sawed-off shotgun blast Mel Brooks approach. I definitely fall into the Mel Brooks camp: packing my wad to spew out a thousand tiny missiles, only some of which will be laughed at and appreciated for their absurd beauty.
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As long as you donât care where the others land, I suppose youâre all good.
Theyâre all made out of feathers and styrofoam, so a puff of air will clear them from your vicinity.
I personally, am not offended. I can still say I found the joking to veer from where I thought it was headed. If you want to take the attitude that everyone should shake it off, because youâre a jester, then I think thatâs just lazy. The comic that canât work a room and blames the audience for not âgetting itâ kind of sucks at what they are doing.
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Yep I suck.
#fuckmeimafork
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Get thee to the giffery! Well, the jpeggery. Whatever. Donât go anywhere. Youâre the only one who likes me. Donât gooooooooo pleaseeeee
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[sigh]
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Glad itâs working. Finally. Have a fabulous Halloween, my fellow mutants.
Signed,
The Lazy Ass Jester
Gasp. That is so offensive.
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I am not a prison hawk. I donât want people to go away forever, I want rehabilitation. Our prisons already have waaaaay too many people.
But I canât wrap my head around this. Five years is a chunk of time, and over a million dollars is a lot of money⌠But wth? Jared bragged about it. He wasnât scared of getting caught, and he knew what he was doing. He knew he was grooming kids, and he sure as hell knew it wouldnât help them later in life.
I donât have any feelings of vengeance or eye for an eye, but⌠Could you imagine if it had been your kid?
Serial, manipulative sex offenders are a tough thing. They are the closest thing to a group iâd want RFIDâd as any.
Need another unicorn chaser.
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