Strange to see so many unfunny tickers. It's like these 239 people have disappeared into some kind of limbo state (see ‘Schrödinger's cat’) where witless humour is suddenly OK... rather than the more sobering truth, which is that they’re all dead. Yes, I know: there’s potential for comedy in even the bleakest scenario, but no-one’s got close to it yet...
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Unfunny 'jokes' about Flight MH370...
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I think when it 1st broke there were the usual clumsy/unfunny attempts at humour which left most of thinking it was too early. Unfortunately as the week has gone on it's dissolved into a farce making it ripe for humour despite the ethical dilemma. I held off to start with but am guilty of a couple of 1 liners.
Yes it's tragic that no doubt all these people will be dead but it's not the first time we've done it and how do you lose something that big !Posted 6 years ago # -
I don't think there's a specific limit. War/flood/famine have been the source for some great jokes but it's a case of being funny without necessarily laughing at the loss of life. As above the plane crash is tragic but the farce of the search has to be satirised. Also there are the occasional really naughty ones which are just so funny they have to escape (I'm thinking big disaster jokes).
Posted 6 years ago # -
And this:
http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=70199
What's the time limit on mass-murder jokes?
Posted 6 years ago # -
Crucifixion has to be one of the top three humorous routes of demise, surely?
Pouring molten gold down the throat, and being blown from a cannon's mouth are the only others up there, as far as I'm concerned.
And yes, Madjez...I'm well aware of what I just said...
Posted 6 years ago # -
it is all just a judgement call folks - but here is the 'Kevin' test:
1. Did you genuinely laugh out loud at your own ticker the first time you wrote it? (if so, publish and be damned)
2. Would you happily put your real name against it if your mum and closest friend and significant other were to see it? (note: if those three are the same person it might explain one or two of the tickers round here).
Posted 6 years ago # -
Good ones, Kevin. I'd add a rider on the first one to say that if you laughed at more than one of your own tickers, publish only the one that you found funniest.
Is it shameful to admit that I laughed out loud at the news report that detectives investigating the disappearance of Flight MH370 have been searching the pilot's house? It was only later in the bulletin that they mentioned the suspicion that the pilot may have been in on it and they were looking for evidence, not the plane itself.
Posted 6 years ago # -
My mom had one of the most vicious senses of humor ever, so that's not a fair test for me. I particularly remember the day she was howling laughing as we sped past a friend's wife waiting for a city bus. (Friend lost all his money + his wife forced to take public transportation = comedy gold.) Even I thought that was a little harsh.
Posted 6 years ago # -
'Kevin' test:
1. Did you genuinely laugh out loud at your own ticker :
I always laugh out loud it's just everyone else who thinks they're shit....
2. Would you happily put your real name against it if your mum and closest friend and significant other were to see it? :
They all know what a sick puppy I am and consider this place some sort of group-therapyPosted 6 years ago # -
I'd settle for a funny joke about anything.
When did we stop having sharp, witty and clever headlines and just have a pile of old drivel starting on the headline line?
If you write something like;
Someone says the budget...
...is a pile of old poo.It really does not work.
If the writers' room does not improve I may be forced to write something funny myself.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Maybe ... however, I thought this little nugget, while not exactly savage, biting satire, was neat and concise and gave me a chuckle:
http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=73833
But then, I'm the kind of simpleton who enjoys a straightforward pun.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Titus. That is an example of a perfectly good ticker. If it had gone on to a second line saying "...because it has got 12 sides" It would have fallen into the fuckwit category.
Posted 6 years ago #
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