In this thread I'd like to discuss two kinds of humour: black and blue.
Black humour refers to humour that focuses on otherwise serious subjects: death, violence, suffering, politics, dead babies, the like. Blue humour refers to sexual humour, concerning perhaps the act of sex, bawdiness in general and what's been increasingly brought to my attention, sexual orientation. Both black and blue deal with subject matter that are taboo, that are indecent to talk about and avoided in everyday life. Some of us embrace it, yet others put it down.
Are you one to laugh at things that may offend or are you more of the type that finds it disturbing? If you're somewhere in between, what's okay and what's not okay? What's a no-go zone? If you are somebody who enjoys it, how big of a role does it play in your life? I say that in some of the social circles on PC, black and blue humour is part of the daily routine. Why do you think we laugh at things that are supposed to be off-putting?
And what do you think of people who disagree with you in this respect - depending on who you are, are people who don't like black and blue humour prudish or are the people who enjoy it sick-minded?
Black humour refers to humour that focuses on otherwise serious subjects: death, violence, suffering, politics, dead babies, the like. Blue humour refers to sexual humour, concerning perhaps the act of sex, bawdiness in general and what's been increasingly brought to my attention, sexual orientation. Both black and blue deal with subject matter that are taboo, that are indecent to talk about and avoided in everyday life. Some of us embrace it, yet others put it down.
Are you one to laugh at things that may offend or are you more of the type that finds it disturbing? If you're somewhere in between, what's okay and what's not okay? What's a no-go zone? If you are somebody who enjoys it, how big of a role does it play in your life? I say that in some of the social circles on PC, black and blue humour is part of the daily routine. Why do you think we laugh at things that are supposed to be off-putting?
And what do you think of people who disagree with you in this respect - depending on who you are, are people who don't like black and blue humour prudish or are the people who enjoy it sick-minded?