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No, it's a reminder that anything can be funny with the right context and we all take ourselves way too damn serious to enjoy life sometimes.

sneak 7y ago
Engaging in casual racism and reinforcement of harmful stereotypes without repercussions can indeed be riotous amounts of fun. I’ve played the game. I choose not to do so any longer, and I encourage you to reconsider as well. We can and should do better. There are lots of ways to have equal amounts of fun that don’t involve tons of reinforcement of harmful and backwards stereotypes. Our choices matter.
- blackearl 7y ago
  Some people have the maturity and wisdom to be able to enjoy dark humor. Whenever I hear someone so vehemently against jokes I assume they're covering something worse, like a bible-thumping politician who gets caught soliciting sex in a bathroom.
  - sneak 7y ago
    Dark humor and casual racism are not the same thing, and most attempts to cover up the latter using the former as a justification are poor attempts indeed. We are talking at cross purposes. I, too, enjoy dark humor. Cards Against Humanity is indeed dark. It is also other things, in addition to that. One of those things is racist.
    - blackearl 7y ago
      > I, too, enjoy dark humor. No, you don't. You're saying that so that you can go in the opposite direction in the next breath.
    - ta999999171 7y ago
      Anything that makes reference to race isn't racist. Sorry. You've picked the wrong hill to die on.
    - somehnguy 7y ago
      Too woke for your own good.
- pdpi 7y ago
  It's only "reinforcement of harmful stereotypes" if you let it be that. In the CAH games I play with my friends, the racist, homophobic, etc jokes tend to score points mostly on their ironic and/or social criticism value, rather than as a celebration of those behaviours.
  - blackearl 7y ago
    It's the difference between "holy shit, I can't believe you put that down laughs" and "yes, I agree"

sneak 7y ago

Engaging in casual racism and reinforcement of harmful stereotypes without repercussions can indeed be riotous amounts of fun. I’ve played the game. I choose not to do so any longer, and I encourage you to reconsider as well. We can and should do better. There are lots of ways to have equal amounts of fun that don’t involve tons of reinforcement of harmful and backwards stereotypes. Our choices matter.

blackearl 7y ago
Some people have the maturity and wisdom to be able to enjoy dark humor. Whenever I hear someone so vehemently against jokes I assume they're covering something worse, like a bible-thumping politician who gets caught soliciting sex in a bathroom.
- sneak 7y ago
  Dark humor and casual racism are not the same thing, and most attempts to cover up the latter using the former as a justification are poor attempts indeed. We are talking at cross purposes. I, too, enjoy dark humor. Cards Against Humanity is indeed dark. It is also other things, in addition to that. One of those things is racist.
  - blackearl 7y ago
    > I, too, enjoy dark humor. No, you don't. You're saying that so that you can go in the opposite direction in the next breath.
  - ta999999171 7y ago
    Anything that makes reference to race isn't racist. Sorry. You've picked the wrong hill to die on.
  - somehnguy 7y ago
    Too woke for your own good.
pdpi 7y ago
It's only "reinforcement of harmful stereotypes" if you let it be that. In the CAH games I play with my friends, the racist, homophobic, etc jokes tend to score points mostly on their ironic and/or social criticism value, rather than as a celebration of those behaviours.
- blackearl 7y ago
  It's the difference between "holy shit, I can't believe you put that down laughs" and "yes, I agree"