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It's a complex subject. But I happen to be from Bosnia and even when I first immigrated to Canada in the late 90s, I was amused at my Canadian friends constant

It's a complex subject. But I happen to be from Bosnia and even when I first immigrated to Canada in the late 90s, I was amused at my Canadian friends constantly getting offended on my behalf. A joke or reference that somebody would make that I would find funny or agree with, would send my friends in a whirl and a twirl. I focused on intent - these particular people in these particular circumstances neither wanted nor did offend the relevant party. I fear if we treat words themselves as "offensive", making lists with no consideration of intent, circumstance, relationship, and actual impact, it's at best a pointless and at worst a divisive and Orwellian exercise. Edit : some suggestions are genuinely useful and thoughtful, and I think conversation rather than lists is where we should focus, as even the very second line on the list - "replace addicted with hooked" - isn't it obvious that next iteration of the list will include "hooked"??

Kye 4y ago
An accessible and entertaining treatment of this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtj7LDYaufM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtj7LDYaufM The gist is that anyone can joke about anything, but jokes from outside an experience tend to be quite boring. Like the American reactionary love of The One Joke[0]. Calling them offensive gives the jokes way too much credit. Nothing they come up with holds a candle to what an actual trans or nonbinary person can think up. Some people think making "offensive" jokes prevents them from being a hack. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/onejoke/ https://www.reddit.com/r/onejoke/
- NikolaNovak 4y ago
  Thx I'll check out out. Fwiw I made myself watch David Chapelle latest special and to your point somewhat,felt it's greatest sin was that it was unfunny - flat jokes,poor timing and delivery,and felt more like his discussion with critics than attempt to entertain.

Kye 4y ago

An accessible and entertaining treatment of this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtj7LDYaufM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtj7LDYaufM The gist is that anyone can joke about anything, but jokes from outside an experience tend to be quite boring. Like the American reactionary love of The One Joke[0]. Calling them offensive gives the jokes way too much credit. Nothing they come up with holds a candle to what an actual trans or nonbinary person can think up. Some people think making "offensive" jokes prevents them from being a hack. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/onejoke/ https://www.reddit.com/r/onejoke/

NikolaNovak 4y ago
Thx I'll check out out. Fwiw I made myself watch David Chapelle latest special and to your point somewhat,felt it's greatest sin was that it was unfunny - flat jokes,poor timing and delivery,and felt more like his discussion with critics than attempt to entertain.