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Have you considered that perhaps, just perhaps, it's a bad, inept and tone deaf video that is absolutely correct to ridicule? It's a possible interpretation!
by davidgerard 3y ago
Have you considered that perhaps, just perhaps, it's a bad, inept and tone deaf video that is absolutely correct to ridicule? It's a possible interpretation!
- wolverine876 3y ago> correct to ridicule What does 'correct' mean here, and what makes something 'correct to ridicule'? Other than when it's harmless, I think ridicule is toxic. It's an appeal to toxic emotions and interactions, and that spreads to other things, and especially in today's culture, it's a disease that we need to be careful about inflaming. Also, it fails to look at merits - almost the point of ridicule is to avoid that, which will lead to many mistakes, much harm, and closes the door on much innovation.
- davidgerard 3y agoBecause "One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms" - H. L. Mencken. If you don't understand that, I can't help you.
- wolverine876 3y agoSo you have no response to my arguments? I tend to assume that when I see someone using ridicule - they have nothing substantial to say.
- fzeroracer 3y agoYour entire argument has been dismissing concerns about the video and then offering nothing of substance other than 'ridicule is bad'. In effect all of your comments here have offered the least amount of substance other than attempting to divert discussion away from how bad the video actually is, which is saying 'come to the office now or you're fired' with a nice bow on top.
- cdchn 3y agoWhat even is comedy?
- cdchn 3y ago>what makes something 'correct to ridicule'? In comedy I think the best litmus test is "punching up/down." I think riffing on a brand conglomerate's HR video could be considered "punching up."