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All within reason, I assume? Or would you be OK with jokes about skin color and such? I'm not humoring you, I'm genuinely interested in your answer.

Mashimo 4y ago
"I don't need sunscreen, I'm so pale I just reflect the sun light" Easy joke based on my skin color :P
PointlessLogin 4y ago
> would you be OK with jokes about skin color and such? No, I'd never take the piss like that..... not even out of gingers. (BTW: Quality piss taking is expected in the UK, to the extent a US HR department would probably have a fit, and probably the moderators of this US dominated forum for the above joke!)
blueflow 4y ago
You can make sexist or racist jokes as you want if you are the butt of the joke yourself. It still makes other people laugh.
- tornadofart 4y ago
  If we can agree on 'knowing the difference between jokes and harrassment / mobbing' then I'm with you on this. It's all about context. 'Just a prank / joke' is too often an excuse for things that are actually worse.
- polotics 4y ago
  the problem with that is lack of culture in the recipient, for example most of my peers would be very confused with the W word, ie. "Whitey" from Giles Scott Heron's "Whitey on the noon"...
DharmaPolice 4y ago
>Or would you be OK with jokes about skin color I would, although as with everything it's context dependent. My boss is African and has on more than one occasion got my name mixed up with another colleague (we're white). In a meeting he did it again, realised his mistake and was on the verge of saying something but caught himself. I offered in mock outrage - "Well, all white people look alike - is that it?" to which he burst out laughing as that was exactly what he was going to say. But that kind of humour (whether it's funny or not) is not at anyone's expense. It also took place between colleagues who have worked together for years now and in a setting we're reasonably sure no-one is going to take offence.

Mashimo 4y ago

"I don't need sunscreen, I'm so pale I just reflect the sun light" Easy joke based on my skin color :P

PointlessLogin 4y ago

> would you be OK with jokes about skin color and such? No, I'd never take the piss like that..... not even out of gingers. (BTW: Quality piss taking is expected in the UK, to the extent a US HR department would probably have a fit, and probably the moderators of this US dominated forum for the above joke!)

blueflow 4y ago

You can make sexist or racist jokes as you want if you are the butt of the joke yourself. It still makes other people laugh.

tornadofart 4y ago
If we can agree on 'knowing the difference between jokes and harrassment / mobbing' then I'm with you on this. It's all about context. 'Just a prank / joke' is too often an excuse for things that are actually worse.
polotics 4y ago
the problem with that is lack of culture in the recipient, for example most of my peers would be very confused with the W word, ie. "Whitey" from Giles Scott Heron's "Whitey on the noon"...

DharmaPolice 4y ago

>Or would you be OK with jokes about skin color I would, although as with everything it's context dependent. My boss is African and has on more than one occasion got my name mixed up with another colleague (we're white). In a meeting he did it again, realised his mistake and was on the verge of saying something but caught himself. I offered in mock outrage - "Well, all white people look alike - is that it?" to which he burst out laughing as that was exactly what he was going to say. But that kind of humour (whether it's funny or not) is not at anyone's expense. It also took place between colleagues who have worked together for years now and in a setting we're reasonably sure no-one is going to take offence.