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fandomsecrets2013-05-11 03:33 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-05-11 03:33 pm
[ SECRET POST #2321 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2321 ⌋
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Re: So it's a funny, clever show with loveable characters
A friend's step-father was super into Family Guy + The Simpsons and spent a lot of time treating his stepkids like shit, even in front of me. (Calling them fat, telling them they were worthless, making fun of the dumbest shit they couldn't do right, never saying anything nice about them. Then he expected ME to laugh about it. NOT FUNNY. YOU'RE JUST AN ASS.) And there are others who are worse. Of course, I distance myself from these types of people, but I find the trend startling. Like people can't tell the difference between a TV show's shitty sense of humor and real life, where that type of humor can actually hurt people's feelings.
I can't watch those shows because I need realism in my characters--I need people to react realistically to a situation, and for people to say things that make sense. Shows like Family Guy are just a bunch of shitty jokes IMO, so I can't watch them. They just make me angry and I can't stand watching.
However, I've laughed at some Family Guy/Southpark/Simpsons jokes in the past, usually told to me by other people and properly referenced. Sometimes they say funny things. But for me, it doesn't balance out the horrible jokes.
I mean, my sister and I greet each other with, "Hey ho/skank/slut," but we know that's okay to use on each other, but not random strangers. Humor has its limits, and you have to be really careful who you use humor around.
I had a professor in high school have a stroke. Half his face didn't come back right away. It took months. He came back and taught like that. At the time, I never really thought about how much courage it took him to come and teach a bunch of asshole kids that didn't even like him. (He was always telling us how stupid we were.) But even then, I felt sorry for him. I never thought him having a stroke was funny. And shortly after high school, my former best friend ended up with Bells Palsy which, IIRC, had the same effect on her (short-term, but it was scary). She told me over the phone, "God, I wish I'd never made fun of Mr. Geometry Professor. I know what it's like now, and it's humiliating."
I can see why people think those shows are sometimes funny but they're just hurtful to me, and some people, I've noticed, like you have, take them to extremes and think it's natural or okay to act like that IRL to other people. These are the assholes who would make fun of a friend if that friend had a stroke--and that's horrifying to me. That someone would think that was, in any way, okay.