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Well I’m saying that this joke shouldn’t, in my books, count as sexist. I’m just saying it’s not that funny, or overly tasteful.

Like documenting a “shrink” function with “men won’t use it for fear of having their willies shrunk”.

If you’re making a joke about something, make it more funny than offensive. A very unfunny joke has a low tolerance on offence :)



Probably depends on the person.

I personally love offensive jokes. Book of Mormon is one of my favourite shows, and I can't really think of a group/sect/principle they don't offend.


OK well there you go, it's more funny than offensive (at least to you). That's "fine" I think.

If the person you offend laughs as opposed to being angry, it can't be that bad.




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