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housecat

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14. It's about stereotypes. Low intellect is only one of many disabilities some people have.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #13)

Mon May 15, 2023, 02:37 PM

May 2023

Comedians often use stereotypes, hyperbolas, and surprise, like in the joke, and they mean no harm. Many in DU laughed because they saw the unexpected stereotype and hyperbola. Once a joke is analyzed, it loses its humor. Only Trump mocks people with disabilities, but he's neither funny nor even human.

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OMGAWD...... 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 a kennedy May 2023 #1

LOL LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #2

Should we tip a robot? Silent Type May 2023 #3

I needed that. ancianita May 2023 #4

That'd be pretty funny if it weren't true. calimary May 2023 #5

Not funny csusan May 2023 #6

Of course you are right. However the joke isn't about disabilities, or it wouldn't be funny. housecat May 2023 #7

. WhiskeyGrinder May 2023 #9

course not. Their disability is having low intellect. housecat May 2023 #12

So is the joke about disability or not? WhiskeyGrinder May 2023 #13

It's about stereotypes. Low intellect is only one of many disabilities some people have. housecat May 2023 #14

If a low intellect is a disability, as you say, how is this not a joke about people with WhiskeyGrinder May 2023 #15

Low intellect is or isn't depending on how low and in what context. The bartender wanted to housecat May 2023 #16

The concept of IQ is rooted in racism, classism and ableism, as is the idea that an IQ determines WhiskeyGrinder May 2023 #8

It's light humor not an historical philosophical sociological critique. Strictly political. Sorry if housecat May 2023 #10

Recommended. H2O Man May 2023 #11