Preaching to the choir, brother.It's what used to be called humour - having a laugh and taking the content as a joke. Nowadays, you have to have a committee to decide what is allowed to be funny - your own likes and dislikes were allowed.
I know. That's racist.Why did he leave out blacks?
I agree. Mattress commercials are notorious for being cringey for some reason.Cringey, but not racist.
No offence Rob, but in my whole life, the only people I've ever heard offer that explanation are the ones that tended to make the jokes that they count as humour. And in England, it has always been White Englishmen. Or Northern Irishmen. I'd almost bet my life you'd feel a whole way different if you spent an evening in Kingston or Detroit or even Stockwell being the butt of a continuous stream of "condescending towards Whites" humour aimed in your direction. And I'm not talking about the mild stuff. I doubt many of us would stomach a half-hour of a stand-up comedian cracking jokes about our Mothers' menstrual cycles or wives/girlfriend's/partner's lopsided vulvas or dry vaginas and applying a racial or cultural tag to it.It's what used to be called humour - having a laugh and taking the content as a joke
It's not so much that there needs to be a committee on what is and what isn't funny. It's more that, after decades of having shitty comments and crap flung in one's direction, under the guise of "humour", those on the receiving end rather had enough and stood up and said, "Hey, you know what ? I don't like this. I never did, but now I'm going to tell you I don't and you can go suck on a horse's...um, mane if you don't like me saying so."Nowadays, you have to have a committee to decide what is allowed to be funny - your own likes and dislikes were allowed
It's the power of humour !I never expected this ridiculous ad to lead to any serious discussion
Come to think of it, I did that today. Twice.There's an old saying that "many a true word is said in jest" which basically means that many times, when something funny or a joke is being told, it's actually covering up something that's serious to the person making the statement.
Never met him. But I did have an interaction with him once.I used to love to watch Don Rickles. Some people would complain that he picked on certain people. That wasn't true, he picked on EVERYBODY and ANYBODY. It didn't matter who or what you were, he had a joke to insult you! He didn't care if you were a movie star, someone he was friends with, a fat guy in the front row, a waiter serving dinner, or a fancy lady leaving to go the bathroom. Black, White, guy or gal, Chinese, Mexican, Catholic, Jewish, fat, skinny, tall or short. He would have a crack about you in some way.
...and they say he was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet offstage.
It is kinda funnyBut hey, it’s kind of funny. I got flipped off by Don Rickles.