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Well, I've always wanted to die standing up!

So 'Death By Cannon ' it is ! :~)

YEP

Good luck ! :~)

I don't need luck!

EXACTLY

I can't say it more clearly ! :~)

Some dude was bothering everyone a few months ago for making a joke about his dog

What was the joke ?

Someone took a picture of a meme that said “my dog died” and someone put a picture of a dog in a microwave

Sounds like it should be in the dogs stream and be marked nsfw ! ;~)

Well the person who put the picture put it in comment form, so it went to cursed comments stream

A good destination ! :~)

Human torso vs tank
Grand finale begins at 8:54 in video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbrUEBNdwGY

Good video but slightly disappointed it wasn't a real person :~)

Good help is hard to find these days.

Ikr

That is long line to be next on that ride.

Let's just hope they don't run out of cannon balls or gunpowder !

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There are rules even for D.H.

In case you didn't know, I am a mod in this stream
This meme was more aimed at people who flag posts because they are offended.
You are right about rules and it would be so nice if people would read them before submitting.
As long as the submissions aren't hate speech, of a too sexual nature, need to be marked as nsfw they will be approved !
And then, as Iceu says, there are some that are just dumbass. And they won't be !

So, can I ask you a question?

Ask away ....

Why did you feel the need to post an image to go with this PSA? If it's a PSA an image is not required for the delivery of the message. There's no context that makes it funny, so why use the image? It comes across as Dog Whistling? That's not my actual question, but they did come to mind.

My question is, how is it that so many racist memes get past the moderation process in spite of them being flagged for being racist? Is there someone that concerned users can speak to? I ask because this site has teens who don't understand the impact racism and racist jokes have. Since they're unchallenged, this site unintentionally teaches them that racism is okay and cherished for the lols.

It's a fair point about the death by cannon image and I was not sure it was really necessary.
The message would have worked on its own but I wanted to put something that might be a little objectionable ... I could have done it better

Rule quote (Please don't shoot the messenger) Dark humor racism jokes are fine, that’s kinda the point of the stream. But if it starts to get to another level (ex: hating on a certain religion/race like Muslims) it will be considered abuse

I'm asking for clarification: Celebrating violence placed upon others on the basis of religion or race is acceptable dark humor? When does something stop being racist for the purpose of humor. I guess my question is, could you give me an example of the closest pair of answers for what is acceptable and what isn't acceptable racism?

This is a really deep question that I hope I can answer
Dark humour, like all humour is subjective.
I can't give specific examples of where the line is drawn in respect of 'racist' memes. I just base my decisions on individual submissions.
You could create and submit a meme in this stream to start a conversation ?

I should have asked what is your definition of acceptable/unacceptable ?

In the common rules of discussion, the concept of "who gets the last word" may vary depending on the context and the specific rules or norms followed. However, it's generally considered courteous and respectful to allow each participant to have an opportunity to express their thoughts or conclusions before concluding the discussion.

What you said was unfortunate as you're applying a vague buzzword and then applying a sentiment that argues against none of the points I made. You asked me a question I gave an answer. What was the point of the question if that was going to be your response? What was the point of the discussion? You had your closing statement then, here is mine and hopefully, if you really wanted to close the conversation, we can leave it at that for the intellectual exchange that I understood this dialogue to be.

I think in light of this attitude of "There'll always be racism in the world." This mode of thinking is lazy and a cop-out for responsibility in moderation and doesn't set any standards that can be followed. While I respect your position as a moderator of this stream and do enjoy the good dark humor I find here (when I do find it.) I think it would be beneficial to spread information about this website to parents across the country and what sort of stuff their children get involved in. I should just start sharing the racist images I find on here with social media until it catches fire under the context of "This website endorses exposing children to racism which glorifies and celebrates the violence against a repressed minority as humor. While mature adults (and sometimes mature teenagers) are able to separate the difference between what is a rhetorical caricature and meant as a joke, too many times have we witnessed where people believe this stuff. Once more, some of the memes in this stream aren't even comical, they're just memes for shock value by using racism to carry the shock.
It isn't really hard to spread the word either. I could just use memes from politicsTOO and politics stream and show them to both parties to get bipartisan support. If that's something I wanted to do. I don't want to, but this site does permit 13-year-olds to frequent this site and there is no age verification for NSFW and content that children shouldn't be exposed to. If your moderation reflects the attitude of moderation at large, then this is a bigger problem than I thought.

Thank you for this exchange, it was enlightening.

I didn't mean to be rude and I thank you.

I'm not a moderator, so that's not really a relevant question I don't think. I don't think referencing times of oppression and times of violence and making light of that is acceptable or the sort of language that lead to those incidents.

I've been trying to find a good base to start from and honestly I struggle to find something consistent. THere's one guy I like to watch who has cerebral Palsy, I believe his name is Josh Blue. He makes fun of himself while making fun of others. The man walks onto stage with a shirt that has a picture of a broccoli on it (He's a vegetable.) But going beyond that...

As a parent, I would think that the better side of racial stereotyping in humor would be to find positive traits that can be stereotyped to make the joke. But then, people differ on what is a positive trait and what isn't. At that point, it's how you spin the narrative of the joke. For instance one is a joke about a job you didn't want to take because you didn't find it fulfilling.

Negative examples would be like, "The mexicans are going to steal that job too." when instead you could say "And here's the mexican guy with his damned stupid strong work ethic "I'm here boss." And now your boss has a better employee than he did five minutes ago.

This is a largely armchair opinion without researching amongst comedians what racial humor is okay. The consensus among the classic mega-star comedians (George Carline, Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, etc.) is to "Punch up" to the majority, don't punch down the minority. THough, if you want a more informed decision, I'm willing to look at sources people may want to supply while I would be supplying my own as well.

Thanks for your well written reply.
I'm going to end this conversation in this way
No matter what the 'woke' media try to portray, there is, and always will be, racism n the world

If you run him over first, how will he feel the full benefit of the cannon ? :~)

By Jehovah, Is that the blasphemer from The Life Of Brian ?

Achievement unlocked: This is Dark Humor

:~)