tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post113970423892780571..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Bumper Sticker Watch 4.0Sandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1139943878029971802006-02-14T14:04:00.000-05:002006-02-14T14:04:00.000-05:00Humor, as I say, is context dependent. That means ...Humor, as I say, is context dependent. That means that if your audience doesn't find it funny, then in its context (which is the only context that matters at the moment of the joke) it isn't funny. Perhaps it could be funny in another context, but it isn't funny in the context in which it would have to be explained.<BR/><BR/>It also isn't funny once you analyze it, break it down, and try to Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1139943055925706002006-02-14T13:50:00.000-05:002006-02-14T13:50:00.000-05:00Tom...I would say that your comments were a bit of...Tom...<BR/>I would say that your comments were a bit of a stretch. But I am curious how the term 'girlie men' is considered homophobic... Does this mean that you think, all or any, gay men are 'girlie'? You would have to connect the two as a whole to say that is homophobic, otherwise the statement could be made about any man.<BR/><BR/>When I read that, I did not think of gay men. I thought of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1139924905538323732006-02-14T08:48:00.000-05:002006-02-14T08:48:00.000-05:00I think that this might illustrate my distinction ...I think that this might illustrate my distinction (made when discussing the Muhammad cartoons at Habakkuk's Watchpost) between making fun of something from the inside and making fun of something from the outside.<BR/><BR/>It is quite funny when my wife and I discuss some of the humorous elements of our marriage. And some of those humorous elements involve some stereotypical differences between Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1139856651366792732006-02-13T13:50:00.000-05:002006-02-13T13:50:00.000-05:00On the one hand, the remark is both sexist and hom...On the one hand, the remark <I>is</I> both sexist and homophobic.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, we bleeding hearts aren't exactly known for our sense of humor! <BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm playing into the stereotype, but I didn't think (intended as joke or not) that the bumper sticker was all that funny. Perhaps more funny unintentionally than intentionally.<BR/><BR/>That said, I appreciate Brian Beech's Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1139855027295621222006-02-13T13:23:00.000-05:002006-02-13T13:23:00.000-05:00Surely you both know that this a joke about what t...Surely you both know that this a joke about what the "Goven-nator" said last year. I think it is a funny bumper sticker and not intended for true insult, rather a good laugh at a public speech that was made. See below.<BR/><BR/>“If they don’t have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, ‘I don’t want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the trial Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com