It seems to me that some people take humour very seriously...
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A paradoxical obserservation
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Ian Searle
offlineMemberI think we should take humour seriously.
In the words of Homer Simpson, "It's funny because it's true".
Also, from one of my (many) books on writing comedy (I paraphrase), "If you want to tell the truth be funny, learn to run fast, or carry a big stick".
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PluckyMunky
offlineMemberThat is a very particular view of humour, though, Mr Searle. 'Truth' is not the only basis for humour. Presumably there are all different sorts of humour, from the sureal to the plain daft.
I suppose I just worry a bit when people get very earnest about humour.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Peter
offlineMemberOK, I'll bite.
o b sensible, (an alias for one of the regulars I suspect) you are one to talk all you seem to do is provoke pluckymunky into something like this.
Can't we all act like the adults we're supposed to be and ignore the stuff we don't like/winds us up and just enjoy the comedy?
I realise I've bitten the hook here, so this is my first and last comment on the matter.
Posted 2 years ago # -
PluckyMunky
offlineMemberGod, you soon realise who your friends are in this place. None, it seems in my case. I think I have contributed my fair share to NB but what is happening now seems to be a version of bear baiting. It might seem highly amusing to be mentally ill but I can assure you its not. Just be fucking grateful, if you have some degree of normality and stop putting the boot in. Try to imagine it happening to you - if you have any sensibility left at all.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Doctor Moptop
offlineMemberPlucky, I refer you to my previous answer last time it all got heated - two weeks ago, was it?
Post subs, have fun, do not look for anonymous strangers on a website to validate your personality.
In regard to your poor mental health: I have been working recently with people who have severe mental health issues and all they want is to be treated as normal members of society. They do not use their mental health status either to evoke sympathy, excuse behaviour or to guilt-trip other people.
If you find that the chat room banter (pleasant, aggressive or passive-aggressive) is proving detrimental to your mental health then perhaps your default option should be to avoid it, in order to protect your well-being?
That, of course, is your choice.
However, as a disinterested party, I find using your poor mental health status repeatedly in this manner (above) is in as much poor taste as the behaviour of those who bait you. There isn't a Rizla paper between you ...
Posted 2 years ago # -
PluckyMunky
offlineMemberYes, you are right, of course, Dr Moptop, thanks. I respect your comments a great deal. I have managed to 'pass' as fairly normal for about 40 years, so I suppose there is no reason to stop now. This is not the time or the place to discuss these things.
Dickens or Shakespeare, I don't quite know what your beef is with me but I think, if you look back, I have contributed a number of fairly succesful subs and at one time managed to engage in some reasonably interesting chat in this room.
Posted 2 years ago # -
sauce
offlineMemberMoptop speaketh immense sense.
Plucky, hon, you come across as hyper-sensitve, self-absorbed and assuming every remark is aimed, in some way, at you.
And humour is a very serious business: it makes (or loses) £££. All the stand-up clubs, the radio, the tv and films: £££. So no wonder most tv is so crap; it's all decided on by fecking accountants - "This'll draw the maximum demographic" - yes because it's purile arsedribble that even my hamster could understand.
Posted 2 years ago #
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