Elind
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Sense of humour? I guess I have to agree that that is in the eye of the beholder. I can imagine you cackling at your words as you type. That is funny, actually.
Sense of humour? I guess I have to agree that that is in the eye of the beholder. I can imagine you cackling at your words as you type. That is funny, actually.
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Strange ... why don't you imagine what I actually described --- i.e. me "cackling" at your words as I type?
I guess you would find a fantasy world more congenial.
I guess you would find a fantasy world more congenial.
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I'd like you to expand on that. Let's probe a little deeper into this famous right-wing "sense of humor".
You say that these signs are funny 'cos you daydream about them upsetting or offending Mexicans in some unspecified way.
Does this curious "sense of humor" apply equally to all races? Would you get an equal laugh out of something which offended the Dutch, say, or the Taiwanese? Or "gringos"? Or Jews? If you're into stuff which would offend most Jews who saw it, try googling on the word "kikes" and laugh your ass off. Enjoy.
Or are there only certain particular racial or national groups which it is funny to offend? If so, could you list them? We know that "Mexicans" is on the list, but who else?
Elind
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You are getting so serious that this brief interlude of light humor at another's expense is getting carried away. One could say not funny and even pedantically nitpicking just for the hell of it.
Carry on if you wish, but I'm starting to get embarrased for participating.
Carry on if you wish, but I'm starting to get embarrased for participating.
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Ignorant, racist, xenophobic remarks do not constitute "light humor".
P.S. I bet Dr. A twitches at the spelling of "humor".
The Dutch and Taiwanese are "races"?
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I quite understand your embarrassment.
So, are you unable or unwilling to answer my question?
"Mexicans" are on the list. Who else?
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Curiously, no. Despite my ironic flagwaving patriotism, on the Internet I've tried to adopt American spelling as standard. I almost always get the "-our" / "-or" thing right, but I often forget about "-ise" / "-ize".
As for "aluminium" --- f*** 'em.
No surrender!
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I specifically said "racial or national groups".
Actually, I prefer it when non-Americans use the British-style spellings. Helps me keep straight whether I'm talking with a foreigner or not, and accordingly, what I can assume is known to the reader and what is not. E.g., I would assume an American knows who Barry bonds is, but I would not assume an Australian would, and would write somewhat differently in such case.
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No.
You know what I meant and what I said --- and you're being a jerk nonetheless.
I will not pardon you.
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I have to vote "not very funny" on this one. If I were driving by and saw these signs, I'd probably get a kick out them, just for being so ridiculous. That's because you don't expect to see things like that all that often, and the advertised idiocy inherent in the sign would be amusing.
On the internet we are exposed to the most ridiculous stuff from all over the world. The threshold for amusing is much higher. This only elicited an "ugh."
On the internet we are exposed to the most ridiculous stuff from all over the world. The threshold for amusing is much higher. This only elicited an "ugh."
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Since humor, like music, is entirely subjective, it doesn't make a lot of sense to try to argue for what is funny and what is not. You are right that just because someone doesn't find it funny then that someone is not humorless. But that also doesn't prove the opposite - that Beeps is not funny. It's funny if you like, it's not if you don't, period.
Now what is funny is seeing someone use their own logic against themselves when refuting the humor content level of those signs. At least I think so.
Have you heard the one about the pot and what it called the kettle...?
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Bumped because Elind has not answered my question.
Which races and/or nationalities are on the list?
Which races and/or nationalities are on the list?
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Yeah. BPSCG has explained this at some length. For example, if you laugh at the absurd content of the signs, you have no sense of humor, and if you laugh at the absurd style of the signs, you have no sense of humor, and if you laugh at the absurd conflict between the content and the style, you have no sense of humor ...
Actually, never mind Elind. I'm still waiting for BPSCG to explain what it is he thinks is funny about the signs that has been overlooked by those of us who, in our humorless left-wing fashion, have merely laughed at them.
But I'm not holding my breath.
Actually, never mind Elind. I'm still waiting for BPSCG to explain what it is he thinks is funny about the signs that has been overlooked by those of us who, in our humorless left-wing fashion, have merely laughed at them.
But I'm not holding my breath.
It would appear that Benchley had DA in mind, except that he died in 1945.