movie idea
Ghosts of the oppressed haunt some place
Bigots do a dare to spend the night, they all are murdered
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Yeah pretty much. I think Chapelle probably told those jokes either from a place of feeling either comfortable to tell them due to others telling him it was a good joke, or ignorant in the fact that he was probably saying those jokes from a place of comfort instead of from the point of view of the targeted.
Doesn’t really excuse it at all, but it’s more understandable as to why he told it.
I mean I’d probably watch it.
I have actually seen this movie. Or at least one version. Can’t remember the name but it was part of a horror anthology from back in the day. Racist white politician stays in a plantation house. Ghosts of angry slaves possess somekind of little hoodoo fetish doll to torment him overnight. Pretty sure he ends up dead.
Good day to all except homophobes, racists, bigots, and comedians.
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sounds problematic smh
Ok I wasn’t going to respond anymore to this because its mostly been people who should I ow better responding to obvious bait from off-server alts, but I’m here and therefore a dumb hypocrite. Shane on me.
Gwyneth, I actually 100% agree with your stance but “I’m not going to cite evidence, go google it” is a terrible look and not how debates work. I don’t have a lot of time but since I’m such a nice guy I did some quick research (mostly just googling “comedy normative window theory of prejudice”, figured that would get me a hit). I’d post it as an actual link but switching back to Anakoni would change my level upon switching back and I want to ride the sweet, sweet 120 train as long as possible. Let’s see if I can figure out how to make this work on mobile.
http s://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/humor-sapiens/201107/does-racist-humor-promote-racism%3famp
This reminds of my daughter’s first knock knock joke, many years ago, I think she was three at the time.
“Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“IT’S A DOOR!”
That’s it, that was the joke.
This is actually a pretty brilliant idea, it really upturns the whole “haunted house” horror subgenre, usually people don’t go in rooting for the ghosts.
EDIT: apparently I am bad at links
Here’s another good one.
https://www.humanityinaction.org/knowledge_detail/when-the-truth-hurts-tell-a-joke-why-america-needs-its-comedians/
And no, I didn’t have to flip through a million pages of google to find something that fits my narrative. Just type “Does comedy promote racism” in google and this is one of the first options that come up. I found this line particularly potent:
Many people see comedy like this as merely funny, but there’s more there than just a laugh. Beneath the humor lies a rich layer of social commentary about race relations in the United States. While comedians will make everyone uncomfortable at some point, good comics are playing an important function in society by holding up a mirror and forcing us to confront realities that we would often prefer to ignore. For minority groups, humor also serves as a tool to neutralize the power of stereotypes that obstruct their path to equal participation in society. Stand-up comedy can give social critique and instigate transformation in a way that leaves many audience members wanting more.
Sorry, this quote is anecdotal, I’m gonna need to see some statistics about how much power it actually destabilizes. 
I changed the quote before you posted that. I believe this one hold more weight given the subject matter.
Should be noted that Dave Chappelle’s name comes up multiple times in the aforementioned article.
I’ll admit, if Dave Chappelle was actually just making a hacky joke about pronouns in order to make me stop listening to him and make me even more aggressively in favor of trans rights all along, then I’ll have to hand it to him as the true puppetmaster of progress in society by holding that mirror up to our faces.
I’m not an LGBTQ+ person and white but I feel like the people that are best off joking about their culture or group are probably ones in said groups. While marginalized ones are given a free pass to punch up at people like me because of the inherent place of privilege.
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I play a Vulpera specifically to be at a perfect height to punch Liotuse in the crotch.
edit;
Also I read both articles. It’s pretty straight forward: if you’re part of that community, it’s a lot less questionable on the material you can talk about that community. It’s when it comes from a not-recognizable voice that it starts to get iffy and in the grey blurb of “Are they doing this for the ‘right reasons’?”
So while Dave Chapelle can say jokes about black people and it’s obviously coming from a point of view from someone who’s dealt with racists stuff all his life, the pronouns joke tends to come off as someone who’s being a jerk less so than someone trying to educate another. Whether that’s his intent or not is, as I stated earlier, up in the air.
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My one weakness. These plate legs are actually just chaps with a window in the front and back. That’s what the tabard covers.
I’ve always headcanon’d that tabards are just butt flaps for the inclined.
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Classic Human Male Paladin problem, by the sounds of it.
no armour can contain this king’s cheeks
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Don’t get me wrong I feel physically ill reading that but also here’s a blue heart.
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hrngh, Anduin i’m trying to retake Lordaeron for the Alliance but i’m dummy thick and the clap of my cheeks keeps alerting Forsaken patrols
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if the 2k mark doesn’t end in another of sarestha’s skyrim characters background i will be visibly upset in my habitation
If the thread hits the 2k mark I’ll be sad for humanity.
But if it comes to that a character backstory would probably be way better than talking about Liotuse’s bottom.
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