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POINTLESS THREAD III: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN AGAIN
Akima:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 22 Nov 2011, 06:34 ---I honestly didn't thought about the male version until you commented on it...
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Ask yourself why exactly you ascribed the "Now I can get fat" thought to the woman, as I am sure the creator of the captioned image intended, and why both of you thought it was funny. What sort of assumptions about women's body-image, goals, and general place in society, are involved in that kind of humour? In my original comment, I flipped the assumptions around to draw attention to them, in a light-hearted way, and to the low-level misogynism involved in the joke. So no, I didn't need to be told that that I'd got it all wrong, and that really the caption was supposed to apply to the woman. I got that, really I did, right from the beginning. That was the whole point. I apologise for my sarcasm, which was perhaps sharper than necessary, but did you think I was too stupid to get the joke or something?
Barmymoo:
OK Akima I do see what you're saying but you seem to spend a lot of time reacting aggressively to people's jokes. The photo was almost entirely of the woman, it is hardly an assumption that a caption refers to the subject of the photo. Yes, the joke is possibly indicative of a wider issue of sexism etc but is it really worth firing off about?
Maybe everyone should just adopt a policy of counting to ten and letting most things slide. Life gets a lot less stessful if some things take a lower priority.
Jace:
Also, you can laugh at things that are sexist and racist and bigoted without being any of those things. It is acknowledging and laughing at a stereotype or old way of thinking.
Its like how I can tell my girlfriend to make me a sandwich and her and I and my housemates have a good laugh. Then she makes me a sandwich because she knows her fucking place. (actually it is because she likes to do cute little things like make my lunch and write love notes to put in the bag)
Akima:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 22 Nov 2011, 17:36 ---OK Akima I do see what you're saying but you seem to spend a lot of time reacting aggressively to people's jokes. The photo was almost entirely of the woman, it is hardly an assumption that a caption refers to the subject of the photo. Yes, the joke is possibly indicative of a wider issue of sexism etc but is it really worth firing off about?
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The only way I initially reacted to the joke image was to flip the assumption around and apply the caption to the man. What I "fired off" about was the follow-up post telling me "No no no, you've got it all wrong. It's the woman!" Yeah, I got that, but my sarcasm was heavy-handed. Mr. Doctor called me out on that, so I tried to explain my reaction, and apologised for it. <shrug>
Carl-E:
Please remember Mr. Doctor is not a native English speaker, and may have simply been trying to be helpful.
Sarcasm, though universal, seldom translates well.
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