When did the GOP get so woke? Those cancel culture snowflakes can't take a joke.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2024
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In fact, they were the ones that invented cancel culture. Even helped the forming of the annoying leftist callouts by accident (they just wanted to point out leftist/liberal hypocrisy, often for them to get away with way worse things, then leftists/liberals took it to the next level, sometimes they outright manipulate who should be the callout's target to incite infights, destroy alliances, or just to see someone who's "deserving" to suffer).
Nice rhyme. Make it into a rap like those loser maga rappers but clowning on them. Actually, donβt. They are cringe.
Huh. Didn't even intend that, it's like I'm a poet, but I don't even realize it.
Iβm a poet, but I donβt even ~~realize~~ know it.
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Good humor is topical.
I am quite confused. Can someone please explain why there seems to be hate towards those who like "dark humor"? I can understand that some try to hide behind the name when in reality they just want to bad-mouth minorities or their views, however I don't see a problem with dark humor by itself.
I may be missing something since a lot of the comments and the post itself mentions US politics where there is a lot of tensions.
Dark humor itself isnβt the issue, however a majority of the people who claim they have βdark humorβ are actually just massive bigots who donβt want to be called out so they mask their hate as thinly-veiled βjokesβ
I can definitely see that being a thing sadly.
So the post and comments refer to people who act in such a way mixed with the US politics because of how certain people make "jokes" about minorities that are oppressed and might be oppressed further in the worst case scenario, right?
Yep. It's been a thing for a long time now, at least since 2001, but "it's just a joke" became a way for bigots to disguise their hatred, and was picked up by "edgy" teenagers in places like 4Chan...which would later reveal as they got older that they were actually just bigots themselves all along or the joking had normalized that mentality in them to the point where they started believing it. It's definitely not just an American thing, but Republicans in the US tend to be extremely sensitive and volatile emotionally (despite calling everybody else "liberal snowflakes" for how easily offended they claim they are) while being very emboldened by the events of the past decade or so to openly spew their hatred and bigotry.
There's a great stand-up bit about it by James Acaster from 2019 called What's Wrong? Too Challenging For You!?
Thanks for the helpful answer. I'll have a look at that stand-up.
"No see the joke is that I unironically believe that you are inferior and should be treated worse than the dog I abuse because of my feelings of inadequacy, based solely on the fact that you are a homosexual" - Worst Sonic Character, Boomer The MAGA Hat
Itβs not against dark humor. Itβs against what you identified: people hiding behind it or qualifying their bigotry as dark humor when theyβre really just assholes.
My humor is dark af and I take no offense because this isnβt about that.
I was just confused and not sure wether it was or not. Thanks to the clarifications of you and others I now know.
Me when people make jokes against minorities instead of trump:
Yo, I always see this cartoon in memes. What is it?
Invincible, really great show on Amazon. Second season recently was released.
Was annoyed they broke the second season up like they did, but it was pretty good. Can't wait for season 3!
Yea, it sounded like they weren't finished on animation for the second half. I'm sure S3 will be here in 3-4 quick years!
Invincible.
Trump is cancer. But having Van Gogh memes and so on rolling on the socials just few hours after he was almost shot in he head an some guys end up dining was quite a shit-show to look at.
Nevertheless to quote Trump regarding the victim of mass shooting: "Get over it"
God Americans are so sensitive, the only dead person in that story is the shooter. Donald will get over it
Man. Even if I DID think the whole "trans women are really men amirite LULZ" was funny at some point, it's been their #OneJoke for like a decade now.
I love Tim Minchin, but if every comedian I followed only sang The Pope Song I'd be pretty fucking tired of it pretty fucking quick (or insert whatever song here that's just stuck in my head at the moment lol)
Any of the "dark humour" places are always about racism and pro xenophobia instead of the terrible sex and/or dead baby jokes you might expect.