Is there too much soy in this game's community

[Kolaina]

And here we arrive at the crux of the matter. If someone has to fear telling a joke in the forums because they would be reported, why do they believe it's ok to do so in-game, where a much broader spectrum of players may encounter their attempts at humor. If the only "jokes" one can tell are decidedly offensive, why the whining about not being able to tell them in-game?

Here's a joke for you: Why did the chicken cross the road? Because the pedestrian bridge was closed.

Joke wasn’t funny. Figure someone who’s been telling them for years would be skillful. It also doesn’t make any sense. Crossing a bridge vs a road suggests different directions. You’d walk across a bridge suggesting it would run a similar path / direction as a road. Crossing a road suggests perpendicular.

You’re bad at jokes

[MaxCarnage]

Offensive statement? It is a conjectural statement which you perceive as ageist. So yeah, those people who complain about jokes in-game have a point, right?

You've only just become aware of the point I was making without actually understanding it, it seems. By the way, that joke you said to Kolaina wasn't funny. Jokes by definition are supposed to make people laugh, not just be a boring statement with no nuance or satire. I would have thought someone who has supposedly been telling jokes for decades would be better at it.

[Necrotica]

What makes a giant difference imo is wether as comedian you are trying to punch up or kick down.

Always punch down. Short people need to learn their place.

And being lesser does not protect you from ridicule. A poor minority idiot is just as dumb as a rich majority idiot.

[DPZ2]

You've only just become aware of the point I was making without actually understanding it, it seems. By the way, that joke you said to Kolaina wasn't funny. Jokes by definition are supposed to make people laugh, not just be a boring statement with no nuance or satire. I would have thought someone who has supposedly been telling jokes for decades would be better at it.

My children laughed [edit: 20 years ago]. Which is all that matters in the end. The fact you find it "not funny" speaks to your own preferences for jokes. Preferences that may, or may not, be shared by the strangers you tell them to in-game, for which a complaint may be raised. I prefer not to tell those sorts of jokes on the forum, nor in-game. That is another point I'm making here. And you graciously agreed with that assessment.

[DPZ2]

You’re bad at jokes

Or your sense of what is humorous differs greatly from that of my [then] young children. Still, it's fair to say that I can write that joke in this forum without fear of anything beyond a 'bad at jokes' comment. The truly humorous jokes I may tell in company where I know the audience, might not be suitable for these forums or in-game. So I don't tell them.

If the jokes you tell in-game in the presence of strangers are jokes you would not write in the forums because of fear of being reported, perhaps they are jokes you should save for your In Real Life Friends outside of the game, outside of the forums.

[Saraide]

Always punch down. Short people need to learn their place.

And being lesser does not protect you from ridicule. A poor minority idiot is just as dumb as a rich majority idiot.

On an individual level maybe but once you're making jokes about entire groups and you're essentially just retreading existing prejudice then you're a lame comedian and should get better material. The best comedy comes from great understanding, not rehashed old jokes.

[Renalt]

All these ladies fighting makes with wish we had a mud pit in here.

[Kansene]

Jokes are funny if I go "haha".
If I go "not haha" jokes are not funny.

[Kolaina]

Or your sense of what is humorous differs greatly from that of my [then] young children. Still, it's fair to say that I can write that joke in this forum without fear of anything beyond a 'bad at jokes' comment. The truly humorous jokes I may tell in company where I know the audience, might not be suitable for these forums or in-game. So I don't tell them.

If the jokes you tell in-game in the presence of strangers are jokes you would not write in the forums because of fear of being reported, perhaps they are jokes you should save for your In Real Life Friends outside of the game, outside of the forums.

Or idk, don’t take offence where none is given. That could be a solution. Or even better, people could butt out of things they don’t enjoy / appreciate. Turn the other cheek even. So many things people can do besides being offended or overly sensitive to everything. I seem to recall a string of words sent something like “Mind your own business”. That was always good practice too.

Easier to get bent out of shape over words. Sticks and stones got thrown out the door with this latest cultural shift

[Saraide]

Or your sense of what is humorous differs greatly from that of my [then] young children. Still, it's fair to say that I can write that joke in this forum without fear of anything beyond a 'bad at jokes' comment. The truly humorous jokes I may tell in company where I know the audience, might not be suitable for these forums or in-game. So I don't tell them.

If the jokes you tell in-game in the presence of strangers are jokes you would not write in the forums because of fear of being reported, perhaps they are jokes you should save for your In Real Life Friends outside of the game, outside of the forums.

Knowing your audience really is important. If you wanna be funny to other people you should consider what they'll find funny. Alternatively if you dont care about coming across as rude and people tell you you're rude instead of laughing about your joke then you kinda only have yourself to blame. I hear so much about telling people to get a thicker skin but rarely do I see it be applied to the people telling that kind of joke. Anyone with a thick skin would just be able to shrug it of if one of their jokes didnt land instead of whining about how you cant make jokes anymore.