fresnelly

Dirty or gross is usually fine. Misogynistic or Rasicst is mostly not.

I guess my line is really about the cruelty in the telling. If the teller has that knowing twinkle in his eye (or voice) I can usually appreciate the craft. Are you poking at convention and decorum or are you just being a dick?

Just think about how The Aristocrats joke can weave back and forth across the line.

And take those awful sex position jokes (donkey punch, angry dragon etc...) I think they're borderline and at least creative on some level when told in jest, but offensive when told maliciously.

Tell me a new one and I might gasp out a guffaw. Tell me twenty and I won't be able to look at you the same again.

I don't know if that makes sense but humour is bound to context.

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