Where's the humor?

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  1. scratcho

    scratcho Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    I joined the forums back in 99 or 2000 and I recall enjoying many, many of the threads due to the great humor shown by posters. Some were known for being creatively hilarious in almost every post and there was an anticipation signing on, knowing that fun was to be had. My machine broke down , so I decided to take a break for a time. I'm glad to have come back, but it seems to be all seriousness now. Or mostly. I missed all the election crap and I'm wondering if the current state of the country has caused the dearth of humor now. Maybe I'm wrong and just not going to the right threads or perhaps I don't get the type of humor that prevails. Anyone notice what I mean???
     
  2. SpacemanSpiff

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    yes...it must be the election

    because trump ruined the world


    /sarcasm/
     
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  3. Aerianne

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    Yes.

    Maybe people are taking themselves too seriously now.

    Lighten up. Have some fun!

    Your opinions aren't going to change the world but your laughter could spark an infectious wave of relief for others.
     
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  4. scratcho

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    Aside from the sarcasm---do you think there's any merit to my observation?
     
  5. guerillabedlam

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    There is merit to your observation, perhaps The rise of identity politics, litigious nature of our society and unfavorable president, as well as the escalation of terrorism and mass shootings in recent years, might be weighing on the collective funny bone.

    Although some of the lack of humor you perceive on this site might just be from not as many people on here now.
     
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  6. Aerianne

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  8. Meliai

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    There's only like 10 people that post here on the regular now

    I think its just a case of less people so less jokes to go around
     
  9. Rots in hell

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  11. Aerianne

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    Thank you for your service!
     
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  12. SpacemanSpiff

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    i love the term "unfavorable president"

    its the same thing every 4 years...where a little under half the voters bitch about the person being unfavorable
     
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    I think people felt better about the world in 2000 than they do now. If there were a nuclear holocaust tomorrow, the people left on here wouldn't be cracking jokes all the time. Peoples' perception of the world has an effect, that's what zeitgeist is all about.
     
  14. Noserider

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    Alright, what hell? Where am I when people are being serious?
     
  15. Rots in hell

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    I wasn’t sure why the doctor prescribed LSD for my constipation…. ….until I saw a dragon and shit myself.
     
  16. YouFreeMe

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    I feel like when I joined here everything was a joke. Perhaps the pendulum has not swung in the other direction. A lot of that irreverently funny crowd no longer post here, for various reasons.
     
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  17. Rots in hell

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    “I need to go and see a psychiatrist” I said

    “Why, what’s wrong with you?”

    “I think I’m going mad, and losing my sanity.”

    “I wouldn’t worry about it” replied my dog.
     
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    An English doctor is being shown around a Scottish hospital. At the end of his visit, he is shown into a ward with a number of patients who show no obvious signs of injury.

    He goes to examine the first patient he sees, and the man proclaims: "Fair fa" yer honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o" the puddin" race!"

    The English doctor, somewhat taken aback, goes to the next patient, and immediately the patient launches into: "Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it."

    This continues with the next patient: "Wee sleekit cow"rin tim"rous beastie, O what a panic"s in thy breastie!"

    "Well," the English doctor mutters to his Scottish colleague, "I see you saved the psychiatric ward for the last."

    "Oh no," the Scottish doctor corrected him, "this is the serious Burns unit."
     
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    A government survey has shown that 91% of illegal immigrants come to Britain so that they can see their own doctor.
     
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    My grandad tried to warn them about the Titanic.

    He shouted about the iceberg and how the ship was going to sink, but all they did was throw him out of the cinema.
     
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