this post contains slurs and mention of slurs, if you feel offended by them or fear to be triggered, please avoid this
The only people that i know that agreed to use them in dark humor or irony are either from my country, a similiar country to mine or straight up are the slurs victims, so i wonder…what do y’all think? If it’s not a problem i’d like to know if you don’t mind the use of slurs in a ironic way or dark humor context and where are you from and if you are one of the victim of the slur;
I want to underline that i mean only slurs in a IRONIC or DARK HUMOR context and not meant to harm.
Will i get banned?
I’d say it’s OK, provided that:
- The context makes it clear that it’s not meant to offend.
- The slur is actually needed. If the joke works without the slur, don’t.
- Limited (but diverse) audience who understand the humor at play and the people involved.
But then again, I am rarely the target of any slurs, so it’s not really up to me to decide.
Example: This coworker and I used to make jokes about each other’s background all the time. I was mumbling under my breath about how much I hated the paperwork involved in filing expense claims. He said something referencing my lowbrow hillbilly background and how it didn’t mesh well with paperwork. I offered him 10% of the payout if he used his Jewish superpowers and did the paperwork for me. There were maybe two or three others present, all of whom knew us and our dynamic well, and nobody called HR on either of us.
IMO funny people can be funny without spreading hateful words and stereotypes.
They can also be funny with them. Comedy doesn’t need or care about preconceived constraints. Irreverence that challenges our arrogant conformity & self-indulgent vanity that anything is sacred or off-limits is a goal of comedy. It’s part of gaining humility to question & laugh at ourselves & conceited ideas.
That’s fine on principle but in reality a large proportion of people will use it as an excuse to use funny trigger word.
well, that’s retarded
