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The 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 portra
by hertzrat 6y ago
The 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 :)