Heard any good rape jokes lately?

[Darth Rotor]

Person unfamiliar with comedian's act heckles comedian... and gets verbally assaulted. I am shocked.

In other news, someone unfamiliar with the menu at Chili's berates the waiter for there being so much Tex-Mex on the menu... and finds spittle in his soup.

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Hammer, nail, hit. I read the link to the comments of the club owner, but sadly, it leaves me somewhat confused.

Apparently it caused some controversy, but I thought this comic was funny.

PA has done many funny things. That was one of them.

Twelve Norwegians are about to rape a German girl.
She screams, "Nein! Nein!"
So three of the Norwegians leave.

Uh, the joke is that the would not necessarily be speaking in English, yes?

I did a set once all about how having a large penis sucks. It did rather well actually, but I won't do it again. There is one guy who now, ever time I'm on stage, will ask, "Hey, do you have a big dick?"

The short of it is that what the woman heard and if it was 'funny' doesn't necessarily accurately reflect what was actually said and if it was actually funny.

I saw what you did there.

Would you really want to be her walking to her car that night?

Only if she likes it in the dark, and in groups.

There, an attempt at a rape joke.

Funny or not funny?

"Officer, I've been graped!". ("Don't you mean raped ma'am?" "No officer, there were a bunch of them!").

Have not heard that one in ages. Thanks for the memories.

eight Norwegians are about to rape a German girl.

She screams, "Nein! Nein!"

So the Norwegians called a friend.

That is a truly stupid comment; and way to behave.

I thought he was making a sarcastic joke, but I may have misread it, and you may have read it more correctly.

Some people just can't tell a joke, ya know?

 

[marksman]

So Bernie Madoff goes to federal prison. He is very nervous about the whole thing, and even though eh is not in a maximum security prison, having lived a life of luxury for decades, he is concerned. FOrtunately he sees a friend of his from before, you know, the conviction. George, who was sent up for basic tax evasion.

Bernie asks George what life is like in prison.

"Oh, Bernie, this place is great. Do you like movies?"
"Sure, I guess."
"Well, Monday night is movie night. We get first run movies. Foreign films. You name it. We see stuff before the big theater chains do. Sometimes, the director comes down to talk with us after the movie."
"That sounds great."
"Yeah. And you like golf?"
"Sure. I like golf."
You'll love Tuesdays! The prison has a professionally designed 18-hold golfcourse, Every Tuesday is golf day, and we spend the whole time out of the course."
"Wow. That's fantastic."
"Yep. Do you like steak?"
"I love steak."
"Wednesday is steak night. Every Wednesday, the prison flies in a world-renowned chef to cook the entire prison steaks. They're the best meals I've ever had."
"Wow. This is fantastic."
"Yeah. Do you like anal rape?
"What? No!"
"Oh. Well, you'll hate Thursdays."

 

[Snide]

I can't help but think it might simply have been a misguided bit of impromptu irony on Tosh's part, perhaps like Michael Richards. I, too, have gotten in trouble for trying to use irony to be funny, only to be misunderstood and not funny, either. Tosh and Richards perhaps thought, in the spur of the moment, that nothing could be more absurd than to say what they said, intentionally playing the part of an idiot, for laughs. But it isn't always funny, and people don't always get that you are acting out the role of a moron; consequently, you have some 'splaining to do.

 

[Snide]

Humor like Tosh's is at heart self deprecating. When it's an actual mysoginist or bigot making these jokes, there is no dissaproval of the act being joked about. When someone like Tosh does it, it's not intended to condone the acts at all, it's intended to make you cover your face and shake your head and share in how wrong it is to say such a thing.
It's supposed to be ironic.

This. Absolutely.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Personally I don't find jokes about gang-raping children all that amusing. But, and thank god for small mercies, at least you didn't say "so the Norwegians called 91 friends".

That would have made it 11 times funnier.

 

[Checkmite]

I can't help but think it might simply have been a misguided bit of impromptu irony on Tosh's part, perhaps like Michael Richards. I, too, have gotten in trouble for trying to use irony to be funny, only to be misunderstood and not funny, either. Tosh and Richards perhaps thought, in the spur of the moment, that nothing could be more absurd than to say what they said, intentionally playing the part of an idiot, for laughs. But it isn't always funny, and people don't always get that you are acting out the role of a moron; consequently, you have some 'splaining to do.

I've heard some "Insane Clown Posse" fans (my apologies) claim that group's infamous song and video "Miracles" was "intended to be ironic", but it backfired and everyone thinks they're really morons.

I personally believe they're really morons.

 

[TjW]

One in four Norwegian men are gay.

Wait a minute. You think the other three guys in Norwegian men are straight?

 

[dafydd]

A pole dancer woke up one morning with all her clothes on. She called the police and said ''Help, I've been draped!''

 

[Travis]

That is a truly stupid comment; and way to behave.

No what is stupid (or at least infuriating) is that after shelling out good money to see a comedian you end up having some idiot in the audience ruin everything with their drunken brain ejaculations.

Me suspects Travis has been looking for the opportunity to slip ' scaphism ' into a post, for god knows how long, and suddenly this thread afforded the opportunity..

Knowledge of esoteric ancient execution methods is a terrible thing to waste.

wow and I thought Travis was harsh on pot smokers. Clearly, issues. Travis, the past is over. You can relax now.

To be fair that is a link to a post where I state I'm in favor of legalizing pot.

And I admit drug use weirds me out though. The combination of growing up Mormon where I generally never encountered it combined with at least half my extended family being in prison for drugs at any one time led to me being very weirded out by it.

 

[dafydd]

And I admit drug use weirds me out though. The combination of growing up Mormon where I generally never encountered it combined with at least half my extended family being in prison for drugs at any one time led to me being very weirded out by it.

''I never had any trouble with drugs, only with policemen.''- Keith Richards.

 

[squealpiggy]

This reminds me of the Richard Herring set in which a heckler was shouting "BOLLOCKS" at him the whole set. Then he makes a comment about people being stabbed and the heckler says that you can't make jokes about people being stabbed.



None rape joke but I always like it when someone comes up with a hypothetical like "Would you have sex with a corpse/man/leper for a million dollars?" and you respond with "sure, but you'll have to give me some time to get the money".

 

[Meed]

I wasn't arguing about whether it was acceptable or not to heckle. My point was that Tosh has a right to tell any kind of joke he wants, but it's not for him to tell her what she shouldn't be offended by; also that she has a right to be offended and criticize his act. I wasn't addressing the heckling aspect--I'm not necessarily saying it was OK to disrupt the act.

Sorry if I misunderstood then. I have no problem with people criticizing a show after the fact, per se. But I agree with Travis about hecklers. I just wouldn't use terms quite so extreme.

 

[Halfcentaur]

I think that is a fair point. Nothing about Tosh strikes me as being a bully and intimidating people. His web redemption's actually give people who have been mocked on youtube a chance to redeem themselves a bit.

And that's what pisses me off about the people who get offended about things like this, they make it seem like Tosh is no different than Beavis and Butthead or some date raping football player chuckling in the locker room about his conquests, like he's a teenager who thinks being shocking is cool without any regard for the real world victims, when it's nothing like that.

Humor like this is actually more subtle than the morality police make it out to be, making light of social boundaries and pointing out what we disapprove of and why we disapprove of it. There's a degree of absurdity to society and psychological norms that is funny when you deconstruct it.

When I say nothing is off limits to joking about, I'm not talking about targeting a specific person and mocking them to suicide. I'm talking about stand up comedy sets.

 

[Mycroft]

Now, people seem to endorse the view that comedy qua comedy or speech qua speech is immune for moral considerations.

I think it would be more accurate to say that moral considerations define comedy. Most comedy involves someone's pain, humiliation or reflections on something awful that happened.

 

[sarge]

There is something ironic about you (of all people) in this thread (of all threads) treating an obviously sarcastic remark as if it were real.

Okay - I'll go slow. This is important.

The above is the most obviously ironic statement ever posted on the internet, ever. That you would say such a thing after you allowed the fuse on your tampon to get lit over my obviously sarcastic remark (unless you actually think it possible to pluck a thought from someones head) is, well.......I don't really know what it is. Wait, yes I do - it is perfectly ironic.

The woman was a moron for speaking up. She deserved the treatment handed her, and it is perfectly fair that she publically embarrased. She is the only person that accrues any blame in this episode. I wish there were a movie theater analog - maybe an usher that douses all disruptive audience members with a water filled fire extinguisher.

 

[Mycroft]

(I just got hung up on "why would they stop on her say-so and how did they decide who of the three should go home?)

I think that's part of the joke that Norwegians are not only so dumb that they mistake nein for nine, but that they are also so accommodating that even while committing a heinous crime, they will accede to their victims wishes and only rape her with nine people instead of twelve.

 

[Checkmite]

And that's what pisses me off about the people who get offended about things like this, they make it seem like Tosh is no different than Beavis and Butthead or some date raping football player chuckling in the locker room about his conquests, like he's a teenager who thinks being shocking is cool without any regard for the real world victims, when it's nothing like that.

Yes it is; it's exactly like that actually.

Humor like this is actually more subtle than the morality police make it out to be, making light of social boundaries and pointing out what we disapprove of and why we disapprove of it. There's a degree of absurdity to society and psychological norms that is funny when you deconstruct it.

I'd like to see some evidence of this subtle sophistication that everyone keeps inventing to justify Tosh's crude and shocking statements; particularly considering he doesn't seem to have made any such claims about himself.

He's a comedian. He said what he thought would get a laugh. There's no evidence it goes any deeper than that.

 

[KingMerv00]

...my obviously sarcastic remark (unless you actually think it possible to pluck a thought from someones head)

Let's look at the your remark again:

That one may form such an opinion does not mean one is entitled to it. I would strip it from their skulls (literally) if I could.

My mistake. I apologize for knowing what the words "literally" and "could" mean.

 

[Halfcentaur]

Yes it is; it's exactly like that actually.



I'd like to see some evidence of this subtle sophistication that everyone keeps inventing to justify Tosh's crude and shocking statements; particularly considering he doesn't seem to have made any such claims about himself.

He's a comedian. He said what he thought would get a laugh. There's no evidence it goes any deeper than that.

And you are exactly the type of self righteous person I am talking about. As if I could explain something like this to you that would in any way change your mind, robbing you of your chance to assert how stupid and easily amused the unwashed masses are.

 

[Darth Rotor]

I learned many years ago something about comedy clubs:

If you want to get in on the act, the guy or gal up on stage has all the aces in his/her hand. You speak up, you are now part of the act, or maybe, to quote the Butcher:

Fresh Meat.