We need to talk - and be able to talk - about ‘offence’

[Bloo]

I think the primary problem with this joke is we don't understand it. Many may not realize this, but lesbians actually never fart. We evolved past that like 30 years ago. I'll tell my grandkids about it one day.

Heh...I'm straight and I didn't get the joke, either. Could be a Brit stereotype, coz I never heard about lesbians emitting excess digestive gases. Maybe it's the soy.

 

[Pamela Jo]

I think the primary problem with this joke is we don't understand it. Many may not realize this, but lesbians actually never fart. We evolved past that like 30 years ago. I'll tell my grandkids about it one day.

Can we isolate that gene and splice it? I'm afraid if I ever have grandchildren they will either be gullible enough to think the dog is always to blame or simply come to the realisation that adults lie at an early age. Ufortunately, I think I do understand it. There's a character who has a gas problem. The writer thinks it's funnier if they are a lesbian. What made me laugh is that both male hosts thought skewered testicles hilarious.

 

[Andy D]

Can we isolate that gene and splice it? I'm afraid if I ever have grandchildren they will either be gullible enough to think the dog is always to blame or simply come to the realisation that adults lie at an early age. Ufortunately, I think I do understand it. There's a character who has a gas problem. The writer thinks it's funnier if they are a lesbian. What made me laugh is that both male hosts thought skewered testicles hilarious.

Most of us blokes are secretly always laughing at our own genitalia, what can I tell you. It’s a thing

 

[Pamela Jo]

If you tell a joke and no one laughs, you are still an artist; you made up the joke (presumably). But in the no-laugh scenario, you are a bad artist or a good one but targeting the wrong audience. If you cause offense by accident, you are not a shitty human. You just made an error of judgement for which you can apologise. And people do make mistakes. We artists are all human. (Well, except for Ai-Da who's just plain freaky. In a good way. Perhaps.)

I have to disagree. I don't think you can just claim to be an artist. You must be named so by those who recognise your art. You may be born with a need to express yourself creatively. That may turn you into an artisan, which I prefer. It's like the difference between being a writer and an author. Calling yourself an artist without proof is a bit like calling yourself a musician because you can play chopsticks. Met too many "artists" supported by daddy's money in NYC. There has to be some proof in the pudding.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Most of us blokes are secretly always laughing at our own genitalia, what can I tell you. It’s a thing

I recognise it, but I find it hilarious. Judging by prehistoric Irish Sheila's it was once shared. Sheela Na Gigs: Ireland’s bizarre ancient genital sculptures revealed | The Irish Post

 

[izi 出久]

Most of us blokes are secretly always laughing at our own genitalia, what can I tell you. It’s a thing

I only laugh when a mofo sends me a picture. And then, for sure, my laughter is no secret.

 

[Andy D]

I only laugh when a mofo sends me a picture. And then, for sure, my laughter is no secret.

And I shall now clear my Outbox

 

[Emily]

I have to disagree. I don't think you can just claim to be an artist. You must be named so by those who recognise your art. You may be born with a need to express yourself creatively. That may turn you into an artisan, which I prefer. It's like the difference between being a writer and an author. Calling yourself an artist without proof is a bit like calling yourself a musician because you can play chopsticks. Met too many "artists" supported by daddy's money in NYC. There has to be some proof in the pudding.

I do have to disagree with your disagreement a little bit

I am a visual artist, and I teach art. I've students who have and will paint /create for their entire life and never sell a thing, perhaps never show another person either. But they are artists because they create art. It's irrelevant if no one pronounces them to be artists. They are still artists.

Maybe this is just me though? I don't give a continental shite what someone else pronounces me to be or not be. I'm not responsible for their feelings or opinions, only how I respond to them.

 

[Barbara]

I never realised I was a lesbian. And after my mother telling me all these years that if you didn't pass wind at least 17 times a day, you would explode. All that worry for nothing...

I fart during Huddles. Silently. What does that make me?

 

[izi 出久]

I fart during Huddles. Silently. What does that make me?

Undercover?

 

[Barbara]

Undercover?

I take that. I was worried you'd call me a stealth word b*tch.

 

[Bloo]

I recognise it, but I find it hilarious. Judging by prehistoric Irish Sheila's it was once shared. Sheela Na Gigs: Ireland’s bizarre ancient genital sculptures revealed | The Irish Post

Those two have been around.

 

[izi 出久]

I recognise it, but I find it hilarious. Judging by prehistoric Irish Sheila's it was once shared. Sheela Na Gigs: Ireland’s bizarre ancient genital sculptures revealed | The Irish Post

I'm deeply concerned.

 

[Emily]

Us Irish. We love an aul bitta genitalia.

 

[izi 出久]

Us Irish. We love an aul bitta genitalia.

Should I even google this?

 

[izi 出久]

Lol I think you're writing accent and I can't even figure it out

 

[Emily]

Lol I think you're writing accent and I can't even figure it out

I am I'll give you a crash course at Litfest (what I was saying was: Us Irish, we love a little bit of genitalia!!)

 

[MattScho]

I fart during Huddles. Silently. What does that make me?

That makes you "at a huddle."

 

[Dorm Ant]

I fart during Huddles. Silently. What does that make me?

SBL (Stealth Buttock Lifter)

 

[Bloo]

Us Irish. We love an aul bitta genitalia.

And here I thought the Coke-can thing started on the 90s interwebs. Yet Irishers have been at at a bit longer.

Those two prolly used Club Orange, tho'.

 

[Bloo]

What made me laugh is that both male hosts thought skewered testicles hilarious.

I'm. Not. Laughing.

 

[MattScho]

Us Irish. We love an aul bitta genitalia.

I assume this is a snack in the same line as Bit a Honey and Bitta Lemon?

 

[Hannah F]

I have to disagree. I don't think you can just claim to be an artist. You must be named so by those who recognise your art. You may be born with a need to express yourself creatively. That may turn you into an artisan, which I prefer. It's like the difference between being a writer and an author. Calling yourself an artist without proof is a bit like calling yourself a musician because you can play chopsticks. Met too many "artists" supported by daddy's money in NYC. There has to be some proof in the pudding.

 

[izi 出久]

I'm. Not. Laughing.

Oh come now.

 

[izi 出久]

I assume this is a snack in the same line as Bit a Honey and Bitta Lemon?

I have written and deleted so many responses to this.

 

[Barbara]

Wow. Although my husband would have palpitations if he saw someone touch a guitar with the same chopsticks that have just touched the sushi. Apparently, grease on the strings is .... Oh, never mind. Musicians and their gear. It's a science on its own.

 

[izi 出久]

Although my husband would have palpitations if he saw someone touch a guitar with the same chopsticks that have just touched the sushi.

Yea I died a little, too.

 

[Barbara]

Yea I died a little, too.

Ooooh, are you a musician too?

 

[izi 出久]

Ooooh, are you a muso?

Used to be. Violin. Used to be gifted. Now I'm just gif.

 

[izi 出久]

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