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The Something Awful Forums > Main > BYOB: BYOB BYOB BOYB BBOY YOBB YBOB BBYO?? > Weird Coincidence
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Commie NedFlanders

 are the youth too PC?

one of my favorite young person jokes is someone saying "thats racist!" whenever someone mentions the colors black or brown or white in any context.

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* # ? Jun 10, 2015 15:18
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* # ? Jun 10, 2015 15:20
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Gross Dude

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Commie NedFlanders posted:

are the youth too PC?

one of my favorite young person jokes is someone saying "thats racist!" whenever someone mentions the colors black or brown or white in any context.

This happens at Magic tournaments way too often.

* # ? Jun 10, 2015 16:52
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ChairmanMeow

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google THIS posted:

it's a good thing byob isn't funny
* # ? Jun 10, 2015 19:47
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 I thought about it a bit today and about what DCT wrote. And read some of George Carlin's material trying to think critically about it. I agree that humor is almost always transgressive. You have to cross those boundaries in some way in humor at times. Maybe its the exploration of the impact sometimes. And like DCT said, it can be far from simple, a nuanced thing -- maybe the exploration of that boundary can sometimes be part of the joke and the transgression. I still feel like the crux is just it whether or not the assumed argument of the joke is malicious or hateful. Like a joke from one of Carlin's famous bits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nknAzQPHE

I mean, somebody who has seen a flamethrower in action's first thought might be like 'These things are not laughing matters, they're awful...' but I mean, Carlin is definitely not pro-flamethrower here. It's transgressive in a way, it's dark, but its not malicious.

Guys, I'm not sure we'll ever finish the Unified Theory of Comedy. *throws chalk to the ground*

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cat_herder

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 I think there's a lot of pressure right now to use irony to to deflect how offended we are at really hosed up and offensive stuff, and if you don't then you get treated badly for it. Trolling is seen as humor, and is very offensive by its nature, and if you get offended or upset, you get laughed at or mocked. That's hosed up, especially if it's related to sexism or racism. I don't understand why it gets a pass.

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