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I think at this point we can conclude that humor of any form no matter how tame it is, is not accepted on the internet. At least not under your real name. It j
by SilverRed 6y ago
I think at this point we can conclude that humor of any form no matter how tame it is, is not accepted on the internet. At least not under your real name.
It just takes one person to write a rant and then its all over. Thousands of examples but a similar one was VSCode having to remove the santa hat from an icon on Christmas because someone claimed it was extremely offensive. I know I'm starting to sound like an American conspiracy theorist about the war on christmas, but the reality is that you just can't show any kind of personality, humor, or fun on the internet without putting yourself at risk.
- swayvil 6y agoPerusing what's presently successful in online comics, I note how CAREFUL they are. Survivor bias, no doubt.
- the_af 6y agoAh, "careful". Treading lightly and quietly seems like an environment in which creativity and humor can really thrive!
- hertzrat 6y agoThe most innocent humour I can think of is a goofy self deprecating slip up or remark. I could see those going out of style because they could be seen as portraying somebody or some group the wrong way, of harming people who suffered bad negative effects from such a slip up like a concussion, or even of fundamentally making fun of disabilities (or any group that “acts funny”). I guess puns might be immune. We still have puns. Unless some alt right jerk uses them as a way to make fun of Japanese people (there is a stereotype from a while back), then we lose puns too
- kergonath 6y ago> I guess puns might be immune. We still have puns. Except when someone deems the subject too serious (“how dare you make jokes about that”). So no, we don’t still have puns. What I’d like to know is why the American culture in particular seems so hostile to any form of humour. This isn’t something I have seen in other Western European countries to this extent (though it is spreading in thanks to the Internet).
- necovek 6y agoI like making jokes at myself, but people have complained how even that might scare new joiners (eg. they don't know that when you say "what fool did this code change" that it was you, so they might be scared that this is how we generally talk about others' changes). Some of those are somewhat valid points, but the trick is to find people who don't mind the humour, and then spend the most time with them :)
- skissane 6y ago> the reality is that you just can't show any kind of personality, humor, or fun on the internet without putting yourself at risk Sprinkle the code and documentation with random references to your favourite animal. That surely can't offend anyone, right?
- techdragon 6y agoUnless it’s frogs... I think. I genuinely have started to lose track of which offensive memes are sufficiently unique that they still hold power when referring to them by minimalistic descriptions.
- matheusmoreira 6y agoWhy not simply allow that person to be offended? Why care? Is it necessary to capitulate to every complainer that shows up and claims your culture is offending them? Just let them complain about the santa hat. Hopefully as far away as possible.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoThis. Just uninstall Twitter and let them rant and rave to their heart's content. It really doesn't matter if you don't listen to it. Unfortunately a lot of people do, and some people that matter do. I hope this will change.
- selfhoster11 6y agoHope your employer has a strong free-speech culture (how does that even work in the post-Trump era where the term "free speech" is becoming squicky to associate with, I wonder?) or you're self-employed with clients that don't mind SJW outrage.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoyeah, exactly. There are "people who matter" who pay attention to Twitter, and their opinion may be influenced by dogpiles. But if you don't have that, then (I have found) it's easy to ignore.
- codr7 6y agoBecause that's not how it works anymore, they will make it their primary purpose in life to cancel you to hell and back.
- _cs2017_ 6y agoBecause one SJW attacts ten more, and those attract a hundred more, then the media joins in, and then people start sending you and your colleagues threatening messages, doxxing you, and otherwise messing with your work and your community. And then instead of writing free software to do good for the world, you spend your time defending yourself from the trash of the world. So the pragmatic strategy is to surrender early, when the cost of surrender is still small (just your own shame of yielding to evil people).
- unishark 6y agoPutting the content of the joke aside, humor itself seems to get some kind of strange negative reaction from a subset of people. Even this forum seems to have "sarcasm police" who will attack any joke that isn't properly tagged and licensed. Makes me wonder which comes first, anger at the humor or the subject.
- monadgonad 6y ago> but the reality is that you just can't show any kind of personality, humor, or fun on the internet without putting yourself at risk. Completely untrue. Lefty "SJW" Twitter is full of humour and personality. Shitposting takes precedence over serious discussion, massively, to the point where more centrist or right-wing twitter circles seem completely dry in comparison. If your humour and personality aren't accepted, that's on you.
- jai_ 6y agoI'd like just to point out that I find your comment absurd to the point of being really funny. Since humor is now banned on the internet, would you mind deleting your comment as good praxis? :)
- edem 6y agoI personally cannot care less about these woke mooks. They can flame all day and I can ignore them all day.