Broken Wing

Isn't this offensive to...

Yes, it is purposely offensive to the group of people you think it is. Seriously, I know some people are easily offended, so I think I should have some sort of caveat here. I reserve the right to make fun of any "group" of people, mainly because I make fun of myself more than I make fun of anyone else. It is silly to think that any one group actually all has one trait. For instance, making fun of female drivers - if its convenient, I'll make fun of how women drive. But if it makes more sense, I'll make fun of male drivers. I don't have an agenda or anything, except trying to be funny.

One thing that bothers me is when someone says something like, "Wait, thats not funny! I have an acquaintance who died of [insert here]." As if my sense of humor and everybody elses should revolve around you and people you know who have died. As an illustration, here is a list of ways people I know have died:

• Accidental drowning
• Murder
• Suicide
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Heart attack
• Drug-related

Also, various afflictions that do not necessarily cause death, but are generally harmful, such as:

• HIV
• Parkinson's
• Tourette's
• Alzheimers
• Senility
• Alcoholism
• Religious belief (sorry, tried to sneak it in here),

So, as you can see, if you know somebody who died of something or had something, odds are I do too, and also everybody else. You are not special in this respect. If I stopped making any jokes about anything related to how someone I know had died, I wouldn't have any jokes. If I tried to add in everybody that you know that died, I would have to become a mime. This revelation is an unfortunate side effect of the fact that EVERYBODY DIES FROM SOMETHING. If something is offensive to you, just count to 10 and then slip on some ice and hit your head really hard.

The only people I really have a problem with are people who can't take a joke. Posted by mill1991 at January 2, 2004 10:57 AM