PC Turrets Syndrome?

-snip-We live in a society.

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Yup. Can I also point out that the whole "and we need to point it out!" stance is a bit ridiculous? Turns life into a giant game of "I spy: oppression edition." "I spy something that oppresses...hmm....Lefties!"

And let's be honest: Who -actually- liked playing I Spy? I sure as heck didn't.

 
.... Stereotypes perpetrated by situations like this skill name.
There. Now I've told you WHY it's insensitive. It makes light of something unfortunate. It invites people to chuckle at and make a joke of something that people struggle to deal with. It doesn't directly affect me.
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There has to be a middle ground somewhere. If we go to the extremes of not offending anyone the slightest even by proxy, all jokes would have to be abolished about sex, ethnicities, death, ailments, .... Seriously, at the end nothing is left to joke about.

Most of the time people directly affected by the topic of a joke like them when it is presented in a light and not demeaning manner, if it hits the "right way". The south park episode and the reaction of the tourret society shows that you can make jokes that are acceptable and you can make jokes that are not.

I've got a question though: Which stereotype is perpetrated by this skill name? As far as I can see the name was selected simply because tourret sounds like turret and that seems quite obvious. I don't see any other similarity between them.

 
I think the argument is really strange and maybe the OP figured you would all be arguing with each about it for 5 or more pages.

 
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The middle ground is making an effort. Listening to people who are, or MIGHT BE hurt, directly or indirectly, by something, and re-evaluating and changing behavior based on that. Does PC culture affect people in ways they wish it didn't? sure. But look at those jokes about sex, ethnicity, ailments...how many of them perpetrate negative or unhealthy views about those things? or contribute to the intolerance of other practices. How many people in healthy Polyamorous relationships are hurt by the sterotypes that jokes about "cheating significant others" perpetrate? How many sex jokes praise are built around the assumption that men who sleep with everyone they can are to be admired, but women who do the same are to be shunned? How many people are hurt by ethnic jokes reinforcing some ridiculous stereotype that doesn't CAUSE, but CONTRIBUTES to how a population is viewed?

Yeah, PC culture makes life a little bit rougher on the privileged, but it's pushback against society's culture of repression of anything "different." As someone who is different from the norm in SOME way, that resonates with me.

 
The middle ground is making an effort. Listening to people who are, or MIGHT BE hurt, directly or indirectly, by something, and re-evaluating and changing behavior based on that.
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There's a difference between "trying to appeal to as many as possible" and "trying to avoid offending as few as possible", I think we're squarely in the realm of TFP "trying to appeal to as many as possible" which is EXACTLY what they SHOULD be doing.

TFP have done nothing wrong. Please move along.

 
The middle ground is making an effort. Listening to people who are, or MIGHT BE hurt, directly or indirectly, by something, and re-evaluating and changing behavior based on that. Does PC culture affect people in ways they wish it didn't? sure. But look at those jokes about sex, ethnicity, ailments...how many of them perpetrate negative or unhealthy views about those things? or contribute to the intolerance of other practices. How many people in healthy Polyamorous relationships are hurt by the sterotypes that jokes about "cheating significant others" perpetrate? How many sex jokes praise are built around the assumption that men who sleep with everyone they can are to be admired, but women who do the same are to be shunned? How many people are hurt by ethnic jokes reinforcing some ridiculous stereotype that doesn't CAUSE, but CONTRIBUTES to how a population is viewed?
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Dude I can't even take you seriously anymore, the "middle ground" to you is just to agree with you and do what you say. We have already heard your opinion out but you're now angry that we have failed to agree with you even when considering your perspective. We have basically unanimously concluded that it is ridiculous to take the pun seriously, and this social court has adjured. And you can't accept that. That's PC culture in a nutshell.

PC culture is a universal cancer, in taints everything it touches. And unsurprisingly people don't like that. Also apparently joking about thing perpetuates negative stereotypes about them? ...No? I'm a broken record now, NO ONE IS HARMING ANYONE WITH A DUMB PUN. NO ONE IS CONTRIBUTING TO ANYTHING WITH A DUMB PUN. THE ONLY PURPOSE OF THE PUN IS TO BE A JOKE. Okay?

Yeah, PC culture makes life a little bit rougher on the privileged, but it's pushback against society's culture of repression of anything "different." As someone who is different from the norm in SOME way, that resonates with me.
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What are you on my dude? I said "we live in a society" as a joke, I didn't think you sincerely thought that way lmao

 
Part of my enjoyment of a game like this is imagining a world where most people are gone and society along with it. I don’t waste much time thinking about what offends other people, especially when I don’t even like most people. They cause problems in oh so many ways.

 
Part of my enjoyment of a game like this is imagining a world where most people are gone and society along with it. I don’t waste much time thinking about what offends other people, especially when I don’t even like most people. They cause problems in oh so many ways.
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People suck. I can prove my theory, and I'll even show my work on a piece of scratch paper with a pencil if needed.

Comet/Runaway Meteor 2020 - The only candidates that will solve all the problems.

 
PC culture is a universal cancer, in taints everything it touches.
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Indeed.

Would you rather have a drink here?...

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or here...

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I used to work in a mill years ago and the gentlemen who worked in the machine shop used to "pick on" this one guy of limited IQ almost without mercy. From hiding his lunch to filling his jacket sleeves with shaving cream to screwing his belt to a picnic table (he was still wearing it).

I was pretty horrified at how they treated this guy. Really. After talking to him, and getting over my own misconceptions I realized something...this guy FAR preferred his status as the "village idiot" compared to what had happened at other places he worked. At the mill, he had a bunch of "older brothers" who picked on him....but he was still family. They didn't shun him...they talked to him...he WAS part of the crew.

This would never fly today of course. He'd be subjected to some sort of remedial BS or turned into some lawyer's cash-cow. In case there's any confusion, I'm not suggesting that we all go out and pick on the slow guy. I'm just saying that we all have a bad habit of insulating rather than integrating. For more information, please watch Gran Torino.

-Morloc

 
Me not being offended is just as valid as someone who IS offended, so why do people expect the offended parties to be catered to? Hell I'm double offended because I find THAT offensive... So do I win?

Equal rights for all, I say.

If you really want to protest, do it with your wallet.

...but to be fair, it's a funny name, but a dumb application. What's the connection other than rhyming? Junk words, junk scrap? I dunno...

 
I've Tourette's, too. I can't laugh about that joke, I don't think it's funny, but it really doesn't trigger me. There definitely are jokes you shouldn't do, and some will offend me (for example it's not funny to show off bad habits and then explain it with Tourette's that you don't have. Tourette's is not a free pass to do stupid things and get away with it).

But this is not one of them. So if some guys think it's funny, let them laugh. It doesn't make fun about tics, it's just a pun.

I really don't need to feel hurt because of every joke related to Tourette's. In the end, the most important ability when you live with Tourette's is to step back a bit and laugh about yourself. Life is really not easy sometimes. But if you can't laugh about yourself, you will have an even harder time.

 
Hey Morloc, the top one for me, unquestionably. Does the top bar photo cater to people with disabilities? I would like to be able to use my handicapped placard because I only have one foot and sometimes it can get painful to walk and all.

I am so glad I don't see any jokes about being an amputee, Captain "One-Leg" Willie they call me around here, don't even get me started on those guys.

Actually I have been fortunate and they are working on making me a new prosthesis complete a new plastic foot and with brand new liners, I have been using the same prosthesis for 10 years so I guess its time for a new one.

You know its funny when you think you have it soooo bad and then you see someone who has it worse than you and it can be humbling, I mean I could be paralyzed and unable to walk at all, so I am fortunate to be able to walk with my prosthesis.

 
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My cousin only has one leg. Her name is Eileen.

When she moved to South Korea last year she changed it to Irene.

 
My cousin only has one leg. Her name is Eileen.
When she moved to South Korea last year she changed it to Irene.
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That is a terrible joke, sir.

Now excuse me while I make others groan because of it. (Because internet doesn't really get intent across, I enjoyed the joke and chuckled at it)

 
My cousin only has one leg. Her name is Eileen.
When she moved to South Korea last year she changed it to Irene.
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Sorry, that one flew right by me, proving I might very well likely be a half-wit. Actually I have 1 and 3/4 legs only 25% is gone, basically the foot, so your cousin may be a below knee or above knee amputee, if above knee then she has 1 3/4 legs, not just one, but most people say that I lost my "leg" when technically I just lost my foot because the cut was in the middle between my knee and foot. I get things like, "are you pullin' my leg", "it costs and arm and a leg", "I wish you would stand on your own two feet". If I were missing a hand it would be "I got to hand it to to", "Give me a hand over here", "Well your not much of a handyman anymore are you" and so on.

I have found that it does not take very long to find something offensive on the internet. You could start by typing offensive in google and from there you will be among the finest offensive material the net has to offer. Dig too deep and you may find something really offensive. I will stick to cute cats myself so I do not stain my pure-as-the driven-snow innocence.

Seriously the internet does have really weird crap that if you see it, it may be burned in your head and once you see it you can never un-see it. My friend used too tell me about this site called rotten.com so one day I say "it could not be that bad", well I had an image of something really offensive burned in my head and it took a long time to get over it. I would never mention it here but believe me it would make most normal people sick.

 
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My cousin only has one leg. Her name is Eileen.
When she moved to South Korea last year she changed it to Irene.
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How about my friend with no arms and no legs who likes to swim. I really like Bob.

 
How about my friend with no arms and no legs who likes to swim. I really like Bob.
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Well technically you could set him in a dingy, so it not impossible for him to be in the water at least. For safety sake you might want to strap him in and have a safety line for him so he does not float away.

 
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