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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Serenity on July 25, 2009, 05:51:36 AM
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Found this on the internet:
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a local pub. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk.
The man stumbled around the car park for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five vehicles, the man managed to find his car which he fell into. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine dry night) flicked the indicators on, then off, tooted the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained stationery for a few more minutes as some more vehicles left.
At last he pulled out of the car park and started to drive slowly down the road. The police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up the patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it", said the man, "tonight I'm the designated decoy."
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Hah, I remember that from a few years ago.
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Ha, drunk driving is funnay.
:aok
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Ha, drunk driving is funnay.
:aok
Yes, and so is killing thousands of people from drunk driving accidents. Hilarious. :rolleyes:
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Yes, and so is killing thousands of people from drunk driving accidents. Hilarious. :rolleyes:
I think he's referring to "designated decoy driving."
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The joke while funny..... in real life the results are not. I have a cousin that was almost completely decapitated by a drunk driver crossing into his lane. He died almost instantly. The other 5 in his car will never be the same either. The drunk was in a van alone and survived,
We buried him on the day that was supposed to be his wedding day.
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The joke while funny..... in real life the results are not. I have a cousin that was almost completely decapitated by a drunk driver crossing into his lane. He died almost instantly. The other 5 in his car will never be the same either. The drunk was in a van alone and survived,
We buried him on the day that was supposed to be his wedding day.
I too lost a cousin to a drunk driver (http://www.odmp.org/officer/17904-police-officer-matthew-john-redding). Not funny.
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I've seen the results of a drunk driver too many times, and I've lost a very close friend to drunk driving.
Yes, and so is killing thousands of people from drunk driving accidents. Hilarious. :rolleyes:
In case it wasn't too obvious : I was being sarcastic.
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I'm interested in the fact that I'm sure everyone here would laugh themselves silly if a stand-up comedian told this, as Billy Connolly has built his career on such things. However, once one person says something about how wrong and vile it is, everybody hops on.
I'd give 9/10 odds that it never actually happened and was something somebody dreamed up to be funny.
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I'm interested in the fact that I'm sure everyone here would laugh themselves silly if a stand-up comedian told this, as Billy Connolly has built his career on such things. However, once one person says something about how wrong and vile it is, everybody hops on.
I'd give 9/10 odds that it never actually happened and was something somebody dreamed up to be funny.
Ya know, I was thinking a similar thing... A post I made about the gratuitous use of words like rape... to which I was told to SITFU. But christ, make a joke that illudes to drunk driving and the hypocrites pour out of the walls. Yes, you're all hypocrites. Trust me, we ALL know someone hurt by drunk driving. I've been hit by a drunk driver myself. But that's not what this is about. It's about making yourself seem like a good person by getting your knickers in a twist over this in public while you secretly laugh in your computer chair.
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Ya know, I was thinking a similar thing... A post I made about the gratuitous use of words like rape... to which I was told to SITFU. But christ, make a joke that illudes to drunk driving and the hypocrites pour out of the walls. Yes, you're all hypocrites. Trust me, we ALL know someone hurt by drunk driving. I've been hit by a drunk driver myself. But that's not what this is about. It's about making yourself seem like a good person by getting your knickers in a twist over this in public while you secretly laugh in your computer chair.
Nah, it's about recognizing what's funny and whats not.
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Ya know, I was thinking a similar thing... A post I made about the gratuitous use of words like rape... to which I was told to SITFU. But christ, make a joke that illudes to drunk driving and the hypocrites pour out of the walls. Yes, you're all hypocrites. Trust me, we ALL know someone hurt by drunk driving. I've been hit by a drunk driver myself. But that's not what this is about. It's about making yourself seem like a good person by getting your knickers in a twist over this in public while you secretly laugh in your computer chair.
Like Guppy said, it's a stupid joke and I'm pretty sure I didn't laugh...
Lemmie check again to make sure... Nope not laughing.
Hypocrite?
Bite me.
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Yea, that joke would have been more funny 20 or more years ago when drunk driving was just something people did and nobody held them accountable for the results. Now it's mostly just funny to retards with no sense of responsibility for their actions.
I read the punchline as "I'm just the guy who enabled all those drunks go kill people tonight", and I don't even know anyone who was killed by a drunk driver.
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Like Guppy said, it's a stupid joke and I'm pretty sure I didn't laugh...
Lemmie check again to make sure... Nope not laughing.
Hypocrite?
Bite me.
I'm inclined to agree with serenity. I would bet money that you at least chuckled. Everyone likes to feel like they have done the right thing at least some of the time and everyone likes to feel superior to someone else all the time.
Oh and spell check says hipocrite is spelled correctly if that is what you mean.
And why the hostility? or if you were literal then I pray for you that serenity has no teeth.
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Yea, that joke would have been more funny 20 or more years ago when drunk driving was just something people did and nobody held them accountable for the results. Now it's mostly just funny to retards with no sense of responsibility for their actions.
I read the punchline as "I'm just the guy who enabled all those drunks go kill people tonight", and I don't even know anyone who was killed by a drunk driver.
+1
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I'm inclined to agree with serenity. I would bet money that you at least chuckled. Everyone likes to feel like they have done the right thing at least some of the time and everyone likes to feel superior to someone else all the time.
Oh and spell check says hipocrite is spelled correctly if that is what you mean.
And why the hostility? or if you were literal then I pray for you that serenity has no teeth.
Lets see you chuckle at a drunk driver joke after you've seen toddlers crushed in a van after being t-boned by a drunk driver that ran a red light.
GFY.
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65% of all auto fatalities are caused by sober drivers, anybody think that is funny? sober drivers killing people, go ahead laugh.
you have all been brainwashed by 30 years of MADD propaganda.
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you have all been brainwashed by 30 years of MADD propaganda.
Nope, sounds to me like we can cut highway fatalities by 30% just by getting the drunks off the road.
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Lets see you chuckle at a drunk driver joke after you've seen toddlers crushed in a van after being t-boned by a drunk driver that ran a red light.
GFY.
The funny part isn't that he let drunks drive, but that he pulled one over on the cop. I laughed at that but not the idea of a bunch of drunks cloging the roads and hitting people.
Again, I still feel that a lot of people who posted about the story are people who like to feel superior to others. And that they may have been playing high and mighty.
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The funny part isn't that he let drunks drive, but that he pulled one over on the cop. I laughed at that but not the idea of a bunch of drunks cloging the roads and hitting people.
Again, I still feel that a lot of people who posted about the story are people who like to feel superior to others. And that they may have been playing high and mighty.
Nothing 'high and mighty' about not laughing at a stupid joke about a guy 'pulling one over on the cop' and letting drunk drivers try to get home.
Again, GFY.
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Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a local pub. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man standing on a corner with a trenchcoat pulled tightly around him.
The man stared intently at women walking past, with the officer quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity and hesitantly approaching women then backing off at the last second, the man finally grabbed one woman and quickly pulled her into an alley. .
The police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now rushed to the alleyway to break up what he was sure was an assault or rape about to occur. To his amazement, he found the man and woman engaged in a polite conversation about the weather!
Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. You certainly look like you were going to assault or rape someone tonight, and you forced that woman into the alleyway."
"I doubt it", said the man, "tonight I'm the designated decoy." This is my wife, and my brother is a block or two over looking for some kids to rape.
Boy, he sure pulled one over on that cop! Teh funnay!
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Nothing 'high and mighty' about not laughing at a stupid joke about a guy 'pulling one over on the cop' and letting drunk drivers try to get home.
Again, GFY.
DJ, $5 says you don't have the brains to understand what "high and mighty" is. Plain and simple. One guy says "ZOMFG Drunk Drivers can NEVER be t3h funnay!" and all of you jump on the band wagon not wanting to seem like a heartless person for laughing at a joke. I love the reference to 9/11 in another thread that goes completely un-flamed, after all, you cannot incorporate ANYTHING distasteful into ANY joke EVER... And I'm done with this thread. This only goes to show the nose dive our country takes as people begin to care more about public appearance than their own thoughts.
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There is nothing in life that's too serious to joke about. If you don't find the joke funny feel free to not laugh, but please keep the moralizing BS to yourself.
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Someone pinch me, I agree with DH - Everything can be mocked, or nothing. I've seen enough blood boiling injustice and gut wrenching tragedy to know how to both recognize the comical aspect of something as well as how cold and utterly ruthless it is. I don't think I'm anything special, so it follows that the above insight is true for everyone and everything.
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Yea, that joke would have been more funny 20 or more years ago when drunk driving was just something people did and nobody held them accountable for the results. Now it's mostly just funny to retards with no sense of responsibility for their actions.
I read the punchline as "I'm just the guy who enabled all those drunks go kill people tonight", and I don't even know anyone who was killed by a drunk driver.
Yawn. Where in the joke did it say the drunk drivers he was the decoy for went out and killed people? Hell you never know maybe they were pulled over a block down the road or even, now here is the good part, made it home safely.
It was a joke. Some people really need to get the sand out of their vagina. Now if it was a news clipping I could see people getting mad but it isn't. Again 'J-O-K-E'. :rolleyes:
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DJ, $5 says you don't have the brains to understand what "high and mighty" is. Plain and simple. One guy says "ZOMFG Drunk Drivers can NEVER be t3h funnay!" and all of you jump on the band wagon not wanting to seem like a heartless person for laughing at a joke. I love the reference to 9/11 in another thread that goes completely un-flamed, after all, you cannot incorporate ANYTHING distasteful into ANY joke EVER... And I'm done with this thread. This only goes to show the nose dive our country takes as people begin to care more about public appearance than their own thoughts.
$10 says you've never seen the results of a drunk driver in person, or had to explain to someone why their son/daughter/etc. isn't coming home.
Hell boy, you could barely decide why you wanted to join the military.
Plain and simple.
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<checks watch> is it time to put a bullet in this thread yet?
-Sik
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Several years ago I had a small party at my house. Nothing too crazy, but some people did get pretty intoxicated. I was walking around the house, checking to see that everything was in order, when one of my guests asked me, "Hey, what's this really heavy tin?" I replied, "Well, that's my brother's urn."
His face immediately went white with wide, scared eyes. I figured he just thought he put his foot in his mouth, so I smiled and told him it was no big deal.
The next day I got an email from him. He was very apologetic, but basically said that he had accidentally broken a little statue that was next to the urn. Being drunk, he panicked, and tried to find a place to put it. So he opened up what he thought was a tin, and put it in there.
I had to do something about this immediately, as I had to figure out a way to glue the statue back together before the rents arrived. This meant opening up the urn and taking it out. It wasn't pleasant by any means.
The next time I saw the guy, he again started apologizing profusely. I just smirked and said, "Don't worry about it. At least I got to see my brother again."
(I enjoy sardonic humor. It's not for everyone).
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A WWII Royal Air force General who was in charge of planning the bombing campaign was speeding thru an english town late at night, when a police officer stopped him and, seeing it was a General he'd stopped, asks him to please slow down "before he kills somebody".
To which the General replied, "Young man, I kill thousands of people every night!"
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Some of you need to come off your puritanical high horse. I've seen you all laugh at jokes about mass murderers, priestly child molesters, and adulterous spouses... The hand wringing in this thread is just as bad as the complaints about beer drinking in the latest Harry Potter film.
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I'm interested in the fact that I'm sure everyone here would laugh themselves silly if a stand-up comedian told this, as Billy Connolly has built his career on such things. However, once one person says something about how wrong and vile it is, everybody hops on.
I'd give 9/10 odds that it never actually happened and was something somebody dreamed up to be funny.
Never heard of this billy connolly.
If yall want to get technical about it.... of the percentage of accidents that mention a drunk driver... quite a few were not caused by the drunk. The drunk was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Record keeping and the use of those records is questionable at times. It doesn't make driving while intoxicated any less dangerous though.
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The drunk was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
wasnt aware there was a right place or right time to be drink drivin
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wasnt aware there was a right place or right time to be drink drivin
Wrong place meaning getting hit. Never good to D&D.
Many Groups use records that say involved alcohol.... not that says caused by alcohol.
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drove 8 miles down the motorway today saw at least half a dozen examples of dangerous driving,its scary how bad some people are,never mind when alcohol is involved.
stuff i'd like to see here in the uk
get rid of the 'you can have a couple and still drive legally' bs. You drink and are caught,you lose your license and your car is crushed
mandatory retest in the event of an accident
heavy fines for mobile phone usage too.
oh and this time the joke wasn't funny
:rolleyes:
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See Rules #4, #6
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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See Rule #4
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Deminished capacity. Be it by drugs, alcohol, tiredness or age is a bad thing when behind the wheel. Why is it that if you have three beers and drive home at two o'clock in the morning, you'll go to jail, but if you're ninety with alzhiemer's and drive up to the post office (through the school zone, during school) you're a person who deserves their freedom of mobility?
I have often wondered if the founders of MADD realize that their cause has been twisted by the powers that be into a cash cow for law enforcement and the judicial system...
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See Rule #4
That the guy tricked the cop into letting all the drunk drivers drive home?
Sure.
It's a real knee-slapper.
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Deminished capacity. Be it by drugs, alcohol, tiredness or age is a bad thing when behind the wheel. Why is it that if you have three beers and drive home at two o'clock in the morning, you'll go to jail, but if you're ninety with alzhiemer's and drive up to the post office (through the school zone, during school) you're a person who deserves their freedom of mobility?
For the record: if any ninety year old Alzheimer's sufferers wish to run me over in the parking lot of the New Britain, CT post office, they may freely do so :aok
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That joke was funny when it first made it's rounds and I still get a chuckle out of it from the point of pulling one over on the system. Before some of the PC Nazi's scream bloody murder, I do not think it is funny that people get killed by drunk drivers, and Yes, I have seen the results of people killed by drunken drivers.
I guess the bottom line is this:
Drunk Driving enforcement is far more about making revenue than it is about saving lives. If the system wasn't so damned hypocritical about the enforcement issue of a DUI, I might actually have more sympathy towards said system. Instead, they support flagrant 4th Amendment violations through DUI check points, fund programs on anticipated DUI arrests, and tailor the law to ensure these funds continue to come in. The truly sad thing about is that you stand a higher chance of fines and incarceration for DUI's than you do for molesting a child. That's what is wrong.
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a new study just out shows that DWT (driving wile texting) kills more people than DWI.
so when you are driving and see someone texting, text the police their tag number.
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a new study just out shows that DWT (driving wile texting) kills more people than DWI.
so when you are driving and see someone texting, text the police their tag number.
I bet all the holier than thou's in here never talk on the phone or text while driving.... I wonder how many eat and drink non alcoholic beverages while driving? That's a high source of deaths as well.... how bout those that drive while exhausted and fall asleep...?
The list goes on and on and on...
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a new study just out shows that DWT (driving wile texting) kills more people than DWI.
so when you are driving and see someone texting, text the police their tag number.
lol. I get the joke. :rofl
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(http://media.fukung.net/images/16655/052da93656efac91aaaefa7aed4a1941.jpg)
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:rofl
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This is sick and not even remotely funny..
Not when you've lost people or friends to the stupidity of a drunk driver..
I recall some years ago about an AH player who got hit by a drunk driver and clung to life for a few days before succumbing to his injuries..
He left a pregnant wife and their son.. I'd bet they'd get a kick out of this, heh?
We all make stupid posts from time to time without thinking who it's going to effect , but they are hardly kick in the gut like this is..
Not saying you should always be mindful of who you will offend.. But this is a sensitive issue with lots of people and the originator
of the post should've taken that into consideration..
I'm not much of a softy, but this really hits home and it is obvious you've never faced a tragedy like losing someone to an impaired driver..
At the very least, anyone playing "decoy" should face complicity charges as well as aiding and abetting a criminal..
It's one thing if you get in your car and drive off drunk.. It's another thing when you have someone play "decoy" so
you have the opportunity to injure, maim, or kill someone..
:furious
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This is sick and not even remotely funny..
Not when you've lost people or friends to the stupidity of a drunk driver..
I recall some years ago about an AH player who got hit by a drunk driver and clung to life for a few days before succumbing to his injuries..
He left a pregnant wife and their son.. I'd bet they'd get a kick out of this, heh?
We all make stupid posts from time to time without thinking who it's going to effect , but they are hardly kick in the gut like this is..
Not saying you should always be mindful of who you will offend.. But this is a sensitive issue with lots of people and the originator
of the post should've taken that into consideration..
I'm not much of a softy, but this really hits home and it is obvious you've never faced a tragedy like losing someone to an impaired driver..
At the very least, anyone playing "decoy" should face complicity charges as well as aiding and abetting a criminal..
It's one thing if you get in your car and drive off drunk.. It's another thing when you have someone play "decoy" so
you have the opportunity to injure, maim, or kill someone..
:furious
:salute
Careful though, they might think you're a brainless PC Nazi for not laughing at the joke...
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People so sensitive that they can't take a joke shouldn't read jokes. Perhaps they should go to a therapist instead.
It's funny, in a sad way, that we all play a game based on a war that killed millions of people with horrible weapons, even nuclear... yet some are vocally offended by a fooled-the-cops joke.
"200: serenity posted a most tasteless joke in the oclub today... hang on, I have to strafe this town church brb"
People are weird.
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How about if the joke went something along the lines of.....
A couple Afghani kids with a soccer ball approach a patrol while making their way back to their base.. The patrol starts playing soccer with the kids while a bunch of Taliban with weapons begin to approach the base and attack.. All the while, the kids playing soccer were the "decoy".. Real funny, huh??
Those of you hard partying individuals who pride yourselves on making it to your destination while you're three sheets to the wind are quite proud of your "achievements" and I'm sure this
is amusing to you..
Just as it would probably be fun for those Afghani kids to delay those soldiers getting back to their base so they could defend it..
Again, real funny, huh?
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Some of you need to lighten up, how many jokes were there about turning middle eastern countries into glass parking lots and no one was offended? You laugh about killing an entire nation but one joke that doesn't actually mention killing anyone and you are all up in arms?
Another thing, you play a GAME that is based off a WAR that millions died in. So yes all those who are complaining are hyprocrites.
it's a joke, the diagram above is what you need to read and get over it.
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Anodizer,
Do you really think reacting the way you are, especially bringing back up that old sad story, makes you that much better than the guy who told the joke?
Every post you make trying to convince Serenity that he's a jerk, or others that Serenity's a jerk, just makes this thread linger longer... Maybe long enough for someone else to be offended?
Perhaps that family didn't even think of it when they saw this joke, but now they do?
I've just never understood why people say, "I am so offended and hurt by that. I must now make as big a scene as possible so that everyone else gets a chance to be offended and hurt by it too." Why don't you call CNN while you're at it?
Just call him a jerk, say you don't find it funny, and cross him off your Christmas list...
While we're at it... People that make this claim drive me crazy:
This is sick and not even remotely funny..
Not when you've lost people or friends to the stupidity of a drunk driver..
People react differently. I can guarantee you there are people who have lost loved one's to a drunk driver that found this joke funny. There is no doubt in my mind.
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Anodizer,
Do you really think reacting the way you are, especially bringing back up that old sad story, makes you that much better than the guy who told the joke?
Every post you make trying to convince Serenity that he's a jerk, or others that Serenity's a jerk, just makes this thread linger longer... Maybe long enough for someone else to be offended?
Perhaps that family didn't even think of it when they saw this joke, but now they do?
I've just never understood why people say, "I am so offended and hurt by that. I must now make as big a scene as possible so that everyone else gets a chance to be offended and hurt by it too." Why don't you call CNN while you're at it?
Just call him a jerk, say you don't find it funny, and cross him off your Christmas list...
While we're at it... People that make this claim drive me crazy:
People react differently. I can guarantee you there are people who have lost loved one's to a drunk driver that found this joke funny. There is no doubt in my mind.
Vudak, I had to gather myself for a few minutes so I wouldn't say/type anything that would get my post censored or removed..
In the fall of 1993, my little sister as well as 2 of my cousins (Chris and Carmen) were killed by a 32 year old gentlemen that had 1 previous DUI on his record....
I don't share this with everyone as it's not anyone's business.. I just had to make it clear that I have personal reasons for posting here and none of them is
to get anyone's attention.. Since then, I do not drink and drive(actually, I don't even drink) and I immediately call the cops on ANYONE
who I suspect is impaired.. Not out of the safety of the community.. I do it because I'm still furious even 16 years later.. My little sister was 15..
Her name was Isabel.. I do it out of spite.. I do it because I had to recognize 3 bodies that day.. I do it because I had to explain this to my mother as well as my aunt and uncle.
If you think I'm doing this to get a reaction, you are sadly mistaken.. I do it because I would like everyone of you that
drives drunk to be buried up to your necks in magma.. I don't give two horse's arses that this was a joke.. I absolutely abhor drunk driving and anything that glorifies it..
You are obliviously deluded to think anyone in their right mind who has lost someone in a drunk driving incident(to call it an accident is travesty) would find this funny..
As far as Serenity being a jerk: Well, in this instance, I can think of words that would be more fitting.... All of his other posts, I find myself pee-ing my pants they are so funny..
As far as you're concerned, stop trying to make this into a bleeding heart "Oh I'm so hurt I need to call CNN" conversation.. This is a slap in the face to anyone who's lost anyone
in a drunk driving incident.. Just as you people get your chance to tell stupid jokes like this, I get my chance to tell how frackin' stupid it is....
Do I want to make a scene? Hell yes.... As big as possible..
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How about if the joke went something along the lines of.....
A couple Afghani kids with a soccer ball approach a patrol while making their way back to their base.. The patrol starts playing soccer with the kids while a bunch of Taliban with weapons begin to approach the base and attack.. All the while, the kids playing soccer were the "decoy".. Real funny, huh??
You didn't tell it very well. No build up or punchline. No joke will offend me. People who get offended by jokes should not read joke threads on the internet. It's a no-brainer, really.
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You are obliviously deluded to think anyone in their right mind who has lost someone in a drunk driving incident(to call it an accident is travesty) would find this funny..
Not deluded whatsoever. I'm just much more experienced in this than you. That's not a slap, it's just a fact. About 1/3 think it's horrible, 1/3 think it's funny, and another 1/3 think nothing of it. Trust me.
As far as you're concerned, stop trying to make this into a bleeding heart "Oh I'm so hurt I need to call CNN" conversation.. This is a slap in the face to anyone who's lost anyone
in a drunk driving incident.. Just as you people get your chance to tell stupid jokes like this, I get my chance to tell how frackin' stupid it is....
No, it is not. It is a slap to some people. Not "any" person, not by any means. That joke I posted above about my brother was a true story.
Do I want to make a scene? Hell yes.... As big as possible..
You're free to. But your protest is a double edged sword, and there's a significant chance that you are hurting more than you are helping. YMMV.
No hard feelings here...
:salute
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I don't share this with everyone as it's not anyone's business..
Then why did you?
I'm sorry for your loss, but your personal problems are your personal problems. You have no right to lay this guilt-trip on Serenity. He did noting wrong; just posted a joke, and a good one at that.
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Then why did you?
I'm sorry for your loss, but your personal problems are your personal problems. You have no right to lay this guilt-trip on Serenity. He did noting wrong; just posted a joke, and a good one at that.
You guys are obviously more inclined to make yourselves feel better about this by belittling someone else's relevant position on the matter....
So be it.. Just hope it never happens to you..
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You guys are obviously more inclined to make yourselves feel better about this by belittling someone else's relevant position on the matter....
So be it.. Just hope it never happens to you..
I'm not trying to belittle your relevant position. You have every right to be ticked off. You have every right to not find it funny. But you're coming across as someone who says, "Only what I think is funny is ok," even though I highly doubt that was your intention.
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Get some perspective please. He told a joke. If a joke hurts you this much see a psychiatrist.
Get well soon.
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Not deluded whatsoever. I'm just much more experienced in this than you. That's not a slap, it's just a fact. About 1/3 think it's horrible, 1/3 think it's funny, and another 1/3 think nothing of it. Trust me.
No, it is not. It is a slap to some people. Not "any" person, not by any means. That joke I posted above about my brother was a true story.
You're free to. But your protest is a double edged sword, and there's a significant chance that you are hurting more than you are helping. YMMV.
No hard feelings here...
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Trust you?? And where are you pulling this numbers from? From deep within? You are much more experienced than me in this matter? You talk to other people who've lost people to DUI's on a
regular basis? What a crock.. Take your little "been here since 2004" attitude and give to your Proctologist.. :rolleyes:
"Much more experienced than you"....... :lol Based on what?? Who/What do you think I am?? You don't even know me..
Again, belittling someone to advance your stature on the boards... WTG :aok
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Get some perspective please. He told a joke. If a joke hurts you this much see a psychiatrist.
Get well soon.
Again, I truly hope this never ever happens to you..
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You don't even know me..
Despite you doing your damnedest to make sure we know every tragic, personal hard luck story of your, and your family's life.
Get some perspective please. It's a joke.
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Trust you?? And where are you pulling this numbers from? From deep within? You are much more experienced than me in this matter? You talk to other people who've lost people to DUI's on a
regular basis? What a crock.. Take your little "been here since 2004" attitude and give to your Proctologist.. :rolleyes:
"Much more experienced than you"....... :lol Based on what?? Who/What do you think I am?? You don't even know me..
Again, belittling someone to advance your stature on the boards... WTG :aok
I like to maintain my anonymity, if you'll indulge me... But suffice to say once upon a time I was a very insensitive idiot and made a very big mistake by telling a poor joke in a venue I shouldn't have. Several thousand emails later and a few hundred face to face meetings with people who were affected by it, and I'd say I'm pretty well experienced at seeing how people handle poor jokes. The numbers roughly worked out to that.
It's not a "been here since 2004" attitude, and if that would be your first thought I'm not sure you are thinking very clearly right now, though I can't necessarily blame you.
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Again, I truly hope this never ever happens to you..
So do I.
I also hope the Germans don't gas me to death. However I still laugh at holocaust jokes.
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Despite you doing your damnedest to make sure we know every tragic, personal hard luck story of your, and your family's life.
Get some perspective please. It's a joke.
Well, you're obviously just a jerk(I would call you worse, but that doesn't fly here) more concerned with making a mockery of things than anything else....
Last time I will acknowledge you.. And, again.. Seriously hope this never happens to you....
But, if it does, remember to get some perspective.... :aok
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If you mean harassing and trying to make a kid feel guilty for telling a joke, and divulging personal tragedies to complete strangers... Yeah, I won't do that. No matter how many friends and family gets killed by DUI drivers, I won't make an innocent kid feel guilty for it. What kind of a-hole would do that.
Thank you for ruining a good joke thread.
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I like to maintain my anonymity, if you'll indulge me... But suffice to say once upon a time I was a very insensitive idiot and made a very big mistake by telling a poor joke in a venue I shouldn't have. Several thousand emails later and a few hundred face to face meetings with people who were affected by it, and I'd say I'm pretty well experienced at seeing how people handle poor jokes. The numbers roughly worked out to that.
It's not a "been here since 2004" attitude, and if that would be your first thought I'm not sure you are thinking very clearly right now, though I can't necessarily blame you.
So, you don't have any real-life experience dealing with families and friends that have had to deal with particular sort of thing.. You just told a couple jokes and pissed some people off, they told you it pissed them off, you heard them out, and now you have an
enlightened perspective on what these families/people think and how they will react.. :huh
Wow...... OK man, if you say so....
You know what? I'm done with this thread.. This is ludicrous how some of you people think.. Absolutely..
I'm not saying with the respect to the joke.. I'm saying with how inconsiderate some of you are in a scenario such as this..
The reality of it is that joke or not, this is a infuriating thing to read for some people.. And then for others to say they are
seeking attention because of it is another slap to the face.. Wtg! You're such big, strong, burly men! :aok
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If you mean harassing and trying to make a kid feel guilty for telling a joke, and divulging personal tragedies to complete strangers... Yeah, I won't do that. No matter how many friends and family gets killed by DUI drivers, I won't make an innocent kid feel guilty for it. What kind of a-hole would do that.
Thank you for ruining a good joke thread.
You're very welcome... Anywhere that I can bring reality into account is a pleasure...
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Yes, because reality and jokes are mutually inclusive. Get some perspective please.
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So, you don't have any real-life experience dealing with families and friends that have had to deal with particular sort of thing.. You just told a couple jokes and pissed some people off, they told you it pissed them off, you heard them out, and now you have an
enlightened perspective on what these families/people think and how they will react.. :huh
Wow...... OK man, if you say so....
Yep. When you tell a joke that ticks people off, and several thousand emails flood in telling you exactly how they feel about it, you do get an enlightened perspective on how people think and how they will react to another joke that ticks them off (I'm not sure why that concept is so confusing). You get a few different kinds of emails (for brevity, let's just deal with people who personally went through the "DD kills a person":
1. "OMG YOU ARE THE WORST PERSON EVER!!!!11!!! DIE DIE DIE! I HATE YOU HOW COULD YOU DO THIS" (they didn't find it funny)
2. "This happened to me, but I still think it was funny!" (believe it or not, these people do exist, in much greater quantity than you might suppose)
3. "This happened to me and I don't find it funny but I think all the people going nuts over this are crazy."
You also get a few subgroups, like 1a)
1a. That happened to me. I didn't find it funny. It really hurt me. Please try and be more sensitive in the future."
You know, calm, collected, sincere. I felt very bad for 1a's. The 1's? Not so much.
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The reality of it is that joke or not, this is a infuriating thing to read for some people.. And then for others to say they are
seeking attention because of it is another slap to the face.. Wtg! You're such big, strong, burly men! :aok
BTW... Some people 100% do seek attention for it. One notable person had absolutely no problem whatsoever with the joke (and told me so with a laugh) until the news cameras showed up. After that, she was the face of the protest.
Further... I didn't call any news cameras? The people who called them were people like you. People out to make a scene, and who couldn't care how many more they had to hurt to do it. Just so long as they were "right." It didn't make sense to me then, and it doesn't make sense to me now.
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Anodizer, since you want to get on the "party attitude", take this into perspective: I do NOT like alcohol. I refuse to ride with my father if he has been drinking. I refuse to ride with friends if they have been drinking, and try to talk them into jumping in my car and letting me drive instead. I'm not a party guy proud of my accomplishments. But this joke was funny, at least to some. Stop trying to make me feel guilty, I have been told I don't have the conscience for that. No, I haven't lost any family to a drunk driver. I have personally been hit by one, one who was underaged to boot, but fortunately it just left yet another dent in my POS car. I HAVE lost several Family to the Germans. Some of my greatest relatives saw their end over Germany in the '40s. Some made it to the ground to fight their way out and were killed by the soldiers who found them first. My grandfather lost EVERY SINGLE FRIEND he had in flight school on D-Day when they flew gliders in and were all killed in the assault. And yet, I still love a good World War II joke! It's a matter of understanding the difference between a joke and a personal attack. If you cannot differentiate between the two, you honestly aren't worth my time. However, the one time I asked nicely that we try to cut back on saying something because I have a personal connection to it, I get 11 pages of people flaming me. Do I try to blame you all for saying a word? No. I bite my tongue, and just ignore it. I've said my piece, I've asked nicely, I'm done. You however decide to try to convert everyone around you to try to make them feel as personally offended as you are.
So, to sum it up, you're being ridiculous. You've made your point, now walk away. If people respect your point, then they will agree, and walk away. If not, hanging around won't help you. But in the end you are obviously too easily offended and take things far too personally for you to be worth my time explaining any more. There are two types of people here: People who are entertained by my posts, and those who simply want to flame me because they have no lives. I am here to serve the former. The latter can shove it.
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Get some perspective please. He told a joke. If a joke hurts you this much see a psychiatrist.
Get well soon.
Agreed,
There are many jokes told that in the real world are not funny. But in the realm of humor are.
For example. How many times have we seen in a movie or film clip someone skiing and crashing and we break up histerically laughing at it.?
Yet a good many people have been injured, crippled and even killed from such skiing incidents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyqaKBOidEQ
Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUU9UmT134M
and
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/richardsons-accident-reignites-ski-helmet-debate/
Ever seen and enjoyed watching Smokey and the Bandit? Some funny car chase scenes there. Pretty funny when the cop cars run off the raod andf flip over or off the end of a bridge.
Yet IRL how many people die each year or cause other peoples deaths because of that kind of reckless driving.
Or lets bring it a little closer. On this board itself someone posts a link to a video of someone who should win the Darwin award for their stupidity.
do we say "OMG he should be more careful because he could get hurt"?
No. typicaly we all chuckle and shake our heads at their stupidity.
Yet there is someone somewhere who probably did the exact same thing and didnt survive to tell or show the tale
I could go on and on and on with example after example.
In any one of those examples or in the joke in the OP you can find someone who may have been effected by any one of those types of incidents.
Are people not supposed to joke about anything on the off chance that someone somewhere might have been affected negatively by whichever subject matter is being joked about?
Course not. That would be ridiculous. Point is regardless of real events potential RL consequences the subject matter of such humor We should regardless of our RL experiences should Keep it in perspective and maintain some common sense and be able to recognize a joke or humorous comment for being just that. A joke.
You dont have to laugh at it. And you dont even have to find it funny. Just see it for its intended purpose
Die Hard is exactly correct in his statement. Nobody was condoning driving drunk or saying it was ok
For the record. my father and my very best friend in separate incidents were hit and killed by cars. Smokey and the Bandit does not offend me. Nor does any other humorous film segment of someone being hit by a car offend me.
I simply keep them both in perspective. One is real life.
The other is a humorous parody
If I didnt. And it bothered me that much I also agree with Die Hard.
I'd be in need of a psychiatrist.
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Sooooo... I guessing some "Dead Baby" jokes would be tooooootally inappropriate right about now?
:devil,
Wab
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Sooooo... I guessing some "Dead Baby" jokes would be tooooootally inappropriate right about now?
:devil,
Wab
exactly my point.
Or Helen Keller jokes.Or "mommy mommy" jokes Or "Yo Mamma so" jokes etc.
Anything which subject matter might have had a negative RL experience for someone.
Kinda narrows the list down considerably.
If your offended by a "joke" Its not necessarily because the joke itself was offensive. But rather and more likely that the "offended" (yawn) party chooses to be offended by it.
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This is sick and not even remotely funny..
Not when you've lost people or friends to the stupidity of a drunk driver..
I recall some years ago about an AH player who got hit by a drunk driver and clung to life for a few days before succumbing to his injuries..
He left a pregnant wife and their son.. I'd bet they'd get a kick out of this, heh?
We all make stupid posts from time to time without thinking who it's going to effect , but they are hardly kick in the gut like this is..
Not saying you should always be mindful of who you will offend.. But this is a sensitive issue with lots of people and the originator
of the post should've taken that into consideration..
I'm not much of a softy, but this really hits home and it is obvious you've never faced a tragedy like losing someone to an impaired driver..
At the very least, anyone playing "decoy" should face complicity charges as well as aiding and abetting a criminal..
It's one thing if you get in your car and drive off drunk.. It's another thing when you have someone play "decoy" so
you have the opportunity to injure, maim, or kill someone..
:furious
I think the bigger issue here is this: How did this man's son become pregnant?
-Sik
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I think the bigger issue here is this: How did this man's son become pregnant?
-Sik
:rofl
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sober drivers kill more people than DUI drivers. But it hard to be outraged about that fact.
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I think the bigger issue here is this: How did this man's son become pregnant?
-Sik
He and his wife had a little boy(don't remember his age...toddler maybe) and they were also expecting.. Make sense?
You knew exactly what I was saying, yet you still mock and joke.... Class act..... :aok
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Holy crap, this thread came far :rofl. I dropped out once serenity said, "I'm enidng this thread"-or words to that effect. But most people ignore stuff like that.
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Class act..... :aok
That's me! :eek:
-Sik