The irony of this is that the group I game with now is almost exclusively men, and its more mixed racially than you would expect, but we warn people up front: You are going to hear some MASSIVELY offensive shit in here, and if you can't cope, that's your problem. We've got a Cuban dude ranting about throwing Jews down the well, a black guy going off on a dude from Kentucky about how he needs to stop fucking his sister and focus on the match, another dude making fun of the black guy about his absentee father, and all other manner of horribly offensive jokes. I constantly get shit about being the creepy old guy playing video games with young people. We have a guy who is no-bullshit on-and-off comitted to an asylum who occasionally manages to log on while tripping balls on LSD. It's utter insanity.
And you know what the result is? Everyone is having a fucking blast and laughing their asses off. You want the definition of a safe space? Thats it right there. Its place where nobody cares how offensive you are or what you are, its whether you've got skills and can bring the bantz.
America used to be like that. You can go back and look at comedy movies and acts from prior to about the mid-90's and see it. Seriously, go listen to Eddie Murphy Raw or watch Blazing Saddles and ask yourself what would happen if that came out today.
It did. I am an 'old dude' now too. It's sad to see what has happened. Made me go a bit nutty back in 2015 - 2017 living in DC. Left there after living for many many years to move to a semi-rural area with 90% white population and rest asian.
Too much risk out there as a conservative white dude these days.
We need a new pocket of culture where its sole defining characteristic would by being offensive if you want and you can NOT get repercussions for it. It would be wild.
Shouldn't just be a pocket. That's the society we should strive to have: to become a culture where free speech is absolute, to be the Land of Fuck You. You don't like what I'm saying? You don't like what I think? It hurts your precious feels? Fuck You. Blow Me.
Maybe en entire culture swingback rubberband effect will happen where people are shamed for trying to cancel people, or shame them for voicing their opinion.
I am old enough to remember. Got into a blue collar field east coast in '81. Everyone talked like Trump including little females like me. I am not easily offended and find him hilarious
The irony of this is that the group I game with now is almost exclusively men, and its more mixed racially than you would expect, but we warn people up front: You are going to hear some MASSIVELY offensive shit in here, and if you can't cope, that's your problem. We've got a Cuban dude ranting about throwing Jews down the well, a black guy going off on a dude from Kentucky about how he needs to stop fucking his sister and focus on the match, another dude making fun of the black guy about his absentee father, and all other manner of horribly offensive jokes. I constantly get shit about being the creepy old guy playing video games with young people. We have a guy who is no-bullshit on-and-off comitted to an asylum who occasionally manages to log on while tripping balls on LSD. It's utter insanity.
And you know what the result is? Everyone is having a fucking blast and laughing their asses off. You want the definition of a safe space? Thats it right there. Its place where nobody cares how offensive you are or what you are, its whether you've got skills and can bring the bantz.
America used to be like that. You can go back and look at comedy movies and acts from prior to about the mid-90's and see it. Seriously, go listen to Eddie Murphy Raw or watch Blazing Saddles and ask yourself what would happen if that came out today.
It did. I am an 'old dude' now too. It's sad to see what has happened. Made me go a bit nutty back in 2015 - 2017 living in DC. Left there after living for many many years to move to a semi-rural area with 90% white population and rest asian.
Too much risk out there as a conservative white dude these days.
What a great post.
We need a new pocket of culture where its sole defining characteristic would by being offensive if you want and you can NOT get repercussions for it. It would be wild.
Shouldn't just be a pocket. That's the society we should strive to have: to become a culture where free speech is absolute, to be the Land of Fuck You. You don't like what I'm saying? You don't like what I think? It hurts your precious feels? Fuck You. Blow Me.
Yes, true.
Maybe en entire culture swingback rubberband effect will happen where people are shamed for trying to cancel people, or shame them for voicing their opinion.
Shame the shamer, not the speaker.
I am old enough to remember. Got into a blue collar field east coast in '81. Everyone talked like Trump including little females like me. I am not easily offended and find him hilarious