Timeline for Are minor jokes in answers and questions OK when they are slightly discriminating against certain groups?
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| Apr 4, 2011 at 2:09 | comment | added | MrHen | @kiamlaluno: A joke can literally be made to cause offense. As far as I know, nothing in the definition of "joke" implies anything about its intended offensiveness. Some of the most deliberately offensive things said are jokes. | |
| Apr 4, 2011 at 1:08 | vote | accept | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | ||
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| Apr 3, 2011 at 21:59 | comment | added | avpaderno | @MrHen: A joke can be offensive as something seriously said can. I find difficult to use the works joke and offensive in the same phrase; if you are calling it joke, then you are admitting its purpose is not to offend. I already said that the joke was not something necessary; just edit the answer, and the problem is done. If the user keeps writing such answers, then the user should be informed that we don't want that type of answers. | |
| Apr 3, 2011 at 12:26 | comment | added | MrHen | @kiamlaluno: A joke can be offensive. The two are not mutually exclusive. If you are unable to see the offense in that post, good for you. It is still there, however, whether you see it or not. | |
| Apr 3, 2011 at 2:21 | comment | added | avpaderno | @kitukwfyer: I had to read the post thrice to understand what was so offensive in that question. Was that answer necessary? No, it was not. Were the funny answers given to other questions necessary? No, they were not. | |
| Apr 3, 2011 at 2:07 | comment | added | kitukwfyer | @kiamlaluno: The only problem is, some people might not consider it a joke. I've gotten my head bitten off a time or two because what I considered an innocent joke seemed like any flippant statement, and the probability of that happening in text is generally greater than in speech. That's why the "j/k" cue was invented for instant messaging and the like. I agree, btw, if it's a joke either laugh, bite back, or bite your tongue, but that depends on recognising it's a joke, no? And if people don't...? | |
| Apr 2, 2011 at 4:17 | comment | added | avpaderno | I agree with Cerberus. If you consider it a joke, then you should not be offended. | |
| Apr 1, 2011 at 3:37 | comment | added | Callithumpian | @MrHen: Look at the avatar. | |
| Apr 1, 2011 at 3:28 | comment | added | PLL | +1. Earlier lengthy comment here removed as I’ve now re-said it in my answer. | |
| Apr 1, 2011 at 2:36 | comment | added | MrHen | I don't understand the "Left Head" edit. | |
| Apr 1, 2011 at 2:07 | history | edited | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 31, 2011 at 18:19 | history | answered | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 2.5 |