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Originally Posted by Eric
I see your point .... and am sort of relieved about your comment about "black humour" ... a friend of mine whose alzheimers is getting worse and worse, told me just before Christmas that he would be buying his own surprise gifts ... he believes that the odd laugh about his condition helps keep him on an even keel and away from his shotgun.
But, I believe that one can see the humour in jokes that are racist, sexist, homophobic etc., without hating blacks, women, and gays. Jokes seem to be constructs based on eliciting reactions. If a joke makes you laugh, or feel like laughing, it works; if it doesn't, it is a flop. Your beliefs about how society should be organized, or should organize itself, do not depend on your sense of humour.
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Yes Eric, Black humour has a valuable and valid use.....in that it promotes, and is promoted by a coping mechanism.... to help deal with unsavoury/scary/traumatic events.
You have to know your peers/audience pretty well before using black humour as it
can be offensive to those who are not in the circle.
What Tealeaf frequently does, is try to get a rise out of people by making what could be considered, inflammatory remarks.
As I said before...not an endearing trait.