Off Topic | Just for Laughs

[The Computer Audiophile]

I always try to keep in mind that all humor stems from pain. It isn’t all funny, but if it’s funny, the joke is on someone. 

[audiobomber]

16 hours ago, sandyk said:

  Yes, even the old cheeky Beachside postcards are long gone, and not too many TV stations would be game to air old episodes of Benny Hill with his Hill's Angels. YET, many people commonly use the word FUCK (even many women), in their speech , which is really far worse than simple sexy innuendo.

Has anyone ever been killed because of Benny Hill, or postcards, or because someone says fuck? 

 

How many have been abused or killed because they were dehumanized for their race, creed, or country of origin? Millions!

 

You don't seem able to grasp the difference between bigotry and political correctness. Please, just stop posting on this topic.

[elcorso]

8 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I always try to keep in mind that all humor stems from pain. It isn’t all funny, but if it’s funny, the joke is on someone. 

 

What is obvious to me is that in these days of the Covid-19 it is dangerous to even make jokes, where the majority that the mass media, so efficient nowadays, worsen our fears.

 

I use jokes these days to try to reduce stress in my family and friends, but I can't compete effectively with the media...

 

 

 

 

Best regards,

 

Roch

[audiobomber]

2 hours ago, elcorso said:

 

What is obvious to me is that in these days of the Covid-19 it is dangerous to even make jokes, where the majority that the mass media, so efficient nowadays, worsen our fears.

 

I use jokes these days to try to reduce stress in my family and friends, but I can't compete effectively with the media...

The media was not responsible for the genocide inflicted on Native Americans, nor slavery, nor disenfranchising black Americans until 1965, which continues to this day. 

 

The media is reporting Covid stats, while the federal government tries to ignore them. Unfortunately for Trump, you  can't bullshit your way out a pandemic. 134,000 deaths and counting worst record of any country in the world.

[elcorso]

32 minutes ago, audiobomber said:

The media was not responsible for the genocide inflicted on Native Americans, nor slavery, nor disenfranchising black Americans until 1965, which continues to this day. 

 

The media is reporting Covid stats, while the federal government tries to ignore them. Unfortunately for Trump, you  can't bullshit your way out a pandemic. 134,000 deaths and counting worst record of any country in the world.

 

The continuous information from the press causes stress and stress lowers our immune system. I'm talking about Covid

 

In my small country our aborigines are protected. Many died during the conquest at the hands of the Spanish, or from the diseases they transmitted to them.

 

We have no problems with other ethnic groups. Even the president of our legislative assembly (your congress?) is a black gentlemen, although colored people are a minority.

 

If you have had historical errors I think it is better to subscribe to that time, without accusing anyone and correcting them.

 

Best,

 

Roch

[PYP]

If you talk with Millennial Native Americans, you will find many are passionate about these naming conventions (sports teams, etc.) and the images that are attached to them.  Isn't it worth the conversation before assuming what is correct, political or otherwise?  If you look at the conditions in Indian Country, you may change your view of "sensitivities."  This isn't just about the past, but the present.  

[audiobomber]

To get back on track, a few Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey

 

“I bet when cheetahs race and one of them cheats, the other one says, ‘Man you’re such a cheetah’ and they laugh and eat a zebra or whatever.”

 

"To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad."

 

“Do you know what happens when you slice a golf ball in half? Someone gets mad at you. I found this out the hard way.” 

 

"When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil."

 

"If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now."

 

“Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door.”

 

“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.”

 

"If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you’ll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy."

 

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other."

 

"One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that, deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting late."

 

"Most of the time it was probably real bad being stuck down in a dungeon. But some days, when there was a bad storm outside, you'd look out your little window and think, 'Boy, I'm glad I'm not out in that.'"

 

"One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, don't run with a wooden stake."

"Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared."

 

"For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, here's a tip: why not add a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness?"

 

"As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way."

 

"Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you’re coming home his face might burn up."

 

"I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver. And since he's so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real quick and hand it to him."

[sandyk]

Hopefully, there is nothing too offensive in this lot. 

[sphinxsix]

 

 

 

 

 

[elcorso]

Not a joke, but my hope...!!!

The best for all of you,

 

Roch

 

 

[DuckToller]

Sarcasm par excellence ...
Shapps feels the pain in Spain on holiday from hell
Minister becomes immediate victim of government’s new quarantine policy

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/27/shapps-feels-the-pain-in-spain-on-holiday-from-hell

[sphinxsix]

Youtube has just proposed me another Ozzy Man Review.

I admit I sometimes use them instead of a morning coffee.. 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

I watched this on TV when it happened. 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I watched this on TV when it happened. 

This is what sometimes happens when superpowers forget they are not alone in this world..

 

[christopher3393]

https://www.theonion.com/employee-leaves-performance-review-with-clear-identifi-1844149457

[sandyk]

Puns 4 Fun Video

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ceg4ek5mf1zjipf/Puns 4 Fun.mp4?dl=0

 

[Allan F]

 

[sphinxsix]

Some complain that everything is expensive nowadays. I don't agree, let's go back in time for a minute (remember about the inflation..).

 

 

 

Panasonic Rx 5500 Stereo: $576.19 [$2,046 Today]

 

 

 

I like this gear.

 

 

 

 

Cool, never had something like that.

 

 

Jvc Hr-7300 Vidstar Vhs: $1,280.00

 

 

 

The first all-in-one concept.? (I'm surprised it doesn't include a phone and a coffee machine though).

Motorola Stereo Hi-Fi Coffee Table: $169.95

 

 

 

                                                AND IT IS NOT IS IT... 

 

[sphinxsix]

Some pandemic humor.. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[athegn]

Ah TRS-80 16K ram. My first "pc"; what an improvement when I upgraded to 64K and 160K floppy disks. Still have 15 minutes cassettes; be interesting to find a machine to see what's on them.

[DuckToller]

Who said Germans lack a certain sense of humor??? Especially Berlin is kinda different ...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/german-nudist-chases-wild-boar-that-stole-laptop-berlin-teufelssee

[Superdad]

On 8/5/2020 at 3:33 PM, sphinxsix said:

Jvc Hr-7300 Vidstar Vhs: $1,280.00

 

Look closely. Does anyone else find it odd that the couple on the couch are watching a video of THEMSELVES making out?!

Can't really refer to that as voyeurism.

Are they getting "in the mood," too lazy to face each other again, or simply judging their past performance?  

[PYP]

4 hours ago, Superdad said:

 

Look closely. Does anyone else find it odd that the couple on the couch are watching a video of THEMSELVES making out?!

Can't really refer to that as voyeurism.

Are they getting "in the mood," too lazy to face each other again, or simply judging their past performance?  

 

I can't see whether she is pressing slow motion or fast forward....

[sphinxsix]

Rowan Atkinson interviewing Elton John.

 

 

[Audiophile Neuroscience]

Lost Puppy