ugh

[gremcint]

I told my manager about it and she asked if I walked away meaning that would have been acceptable also I asked if in the future I could tell them not to use that term and she said that'd be fine so I do have some leeway if it comes up again. I get away with a lot at my job because I usually know where to draw the line.

The scenario was he asked how much the keyboard for the microsoft surface was (129) and when told his response is in white.
wow do you want me to wear lipstick when you're r***ing me?

It was 20 minutes before my shift was over I'd been up since 530 and went to sleep only about 3 hours before that I just ignored it rather than risk me crossing the line. after his second joke that I didn't even hear he commented that I wasn't even responding to his best jokes.

[wolfie]

I'm of the opinion that anything can be joked about... but you need to know your audience. The bomb muhammad pic can be down right hilarious or profoundly offensive depending on the audience.

Does anyone else remember the CHiPs episode where the little guy (IIRC, he worked in vehicle maintenance) "borrowed" a professional comic's material that had the crowd rolling in the aisles, used it at amateur night - and the audience was on the point of beating him to a pulp? The jokes involved made fun of black people. The professional comic was black, and performed in front of a white audience. The guy who "borrowed" the material was white, and performed in front of a mostly-black audience.

[veniteangeli]

The best way I've found to deal with these asshats is to feign ignorance:

YOU: "I don't get it...?"
ASSHAT: -attempts to explain punchline to joke-
YOU: "I don't... that's funny? Why is that funny?"
ASSHAT: -again, attempts to explain joke, starts to realize futility of actions-

With people like these, you can't just tell them "Bad joke. No cookie." You have let them get to the conclusion of their own dickhattery themselves.

[ADeMartino]

The best way I've found to deal with these asshats is to feign ignorance:

YOU: "I don't get it...?"
ASSHAT: -attempts to explain punchline to joke-
YOU: "I don't... that's funny? Why is that funny?"
ASSHAT: -again, attempts to explain joke, starts to realize futility of actions-

With people like these, you can't just tell them "Bad joke. No cookie." You have let them get to the conclusion of their own dickhattery themselves.

This!! A++++

[Argabarga]

One of the MANY reasons I detest Family Guy is the high volume of extremely "shock"-oriented jokes revolving around rape, AIDS, racism and the like. Unless you're a rebellious/thoughtless twelve-year-old (hey, I admit to laughing at the occasional "dead baby" joke...28 years ago), I fail to see the humor in these kid of "jokes".

Sidebar: This is what's wrong with most of modern "humor"

It prides itself on being "adult", but only shows that it knows nothing beyond shock, and the quickness which it goes there only suggests that it's very very immature, written by the childish for the childish.

Real "adult" humor is a joke about home equity.

[Chromatix]

Grown-up humour is Monty Python or Blackadder or Keeping Up Appearances or Yes, Minister or even Red Dwarf. For the most part, it's humour that intelligent children can appreciate as well.

On very rare occasions, when seriously offended, I have been known to make the temperature drop instantly. Fortunately those occasions are, indeed, rare.

[Kit-Ginevra]

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue or The Two Ronnies or Just A Minute can get away with some outrageously near the line things,because it's tucked away in the innuendo.You have to actually think about it and work it out to get it.

Anyone can write really obscene things.Writing really obscene things so it's all perfectly innocent and it's just your evil mind that takes it the wrong way That's clever.And the little ones don't actually understand why it's so naughty,so they can remain pure and unsullied.

Some of Samantha's antics are at least 18-rated-but it's just your horrid little mind that took it that way