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Rahvin
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Message 241 of 269 (566943)
06-28-2010 7:00 PM
Reply to: Message 240 by onifre
06-28-2010 5:01 PM


Fag?
I'm fairly certain that the word "fag" refers to a cigarette.
That, or an extremely loud and obnoxious person, typically of limited intelligence, who insists on being as disruptive to other people as humanly possible, especially when pertaining to Harley Davidson enthusiasts.

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Rahvin
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Message 243 of 269 (566954)
06-28-2010 8:08 PM
Reply to: Message 242 by onifre
06-28-2010 7:44 PM


Re: Fag?
Yeah, Rrhain is a cigarette... that likes to blow other cigarettes.
Much as I can compeltely understand being sensitive and easily offended by a subset of humor that seems to be taken at the expense of a group to which you belong, the simple fact is that for many other people, humor serves as a way to unwind about tense topics, and allow them to be finally talked about openly and rationally rather than clinging to the taboos of yesterday.
Yes, that means that for some people off-color jokes, including jokes about gays and races and religions and whatever, actually help to bring attention to the subjects and to help mainstream folks accept those subsets of society as normal and harmless. At a certain level, humor functions to question what we think we know by making an absurd caricature, and it's never a bad thing to question your beliefs.
There is a "line" where things stop being funny, but that line is subjective and different for everyone. What absolutely offends Rrhain might make me roll on the ground laughing, or vice versa.
Some people, of course, just can't take a joke.

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Rahvin
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Message 245 of 269 (566959)
06-28-2010 9:29 PM
Reply to: Message 244 by onifre
06-28-2010 8:31 PM


Re: Fag?
What gets me, and he can chime in when he reads this is, he knows exactly how I'm using the word. It's usually liberals that break through the "word" taboos anyway - it's always been our side (and I just mean non-conservative, not Dem/Rep) that pushes the lines. Why he's acting like a douche about it I don't know.
Of course you do. He's legitimately offended (or thinks that he should be offended, or both, only he can really determine that for himself) by a word that has a long and filthy history in the US of being a derogatory word used to refer to homosexuals. The meaning of the word is changing, as English words are wont to do, as homosexuality becomes less and less a social pariah; it's just no longer so insulting to suggest that a guy might like the cock. In fact, the only people who still really get offended by the suggestion of being gay (as opposed to the use of the word "fag") are the homophobes themselves, a fact i find to be deliciously ironic.
He's not required to think it's funny. It'd be nice if he could see the point of view of the comic, but even that isn't required of him. There is a very legitimate reason to react with anger and outrage towards the word "fag," much like the words "nigger," "chink," "spic," and whatever other term has historically been used derisively. I understand completely where he's coming from in that respect.
I just think that things that are offensive are usually funny, that blasphemy tickles me, and that mocking sacred cows and poking fun of social taboos is generally the way to increase general understanding from the unwashed masses. After all, Billy Bob in Arkansas isn't likely to read through one of Rrhain's outraged diatribes, what with Billy's 3rd grade reading ability. But he is likely to laugh while watching Comedy Central, and making him laugh about the buttsex is one of the best ways to make him stop hating it.

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Message 248 of 269 (567039)
06-29-2010 12:05 PM
Reply to: Message 246 by AZPaul3
06-29-2010 12:01 PM


Re: Fag?
First he is a "fag", now he's a "douche."
Using Rrhain's reasoning here I'm having difficulty in determining exactly where you want to fuck him. I'm so confused.
Well let's be honest - "enema" doesn't have quite the same ring to it that "douche" does.
"You're a fucking enema, dude."
"You're a fucking douche, dude."
See?

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