jbeck5
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Have you missed all our walking wounded? It's definitely appropriate.
If it's not funny, that's just your opinion as that would be subjective.
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Have you missed all our walking wounded? It's definitely appropriate.
If it's not funny, that's just your opinion as that would be subjective.
jbeck5
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Huh?
That's like getting offended at BonHoonLayneCornell for using the word "trainwreck" to describe senators and pointing to some tragic train accident that killed people.
Can we stop being so soft? This is why we have to describe what we're wearing and who were attracted to before meetings in the government.. because people got offended.
We all know people with physical mobilities issues...I would hope they have a better sense of humour than most of the posters on here.
The person I know best that has a wheelchair would love jokes about physical handicaps...he's the first one to make them and make them often.
People need to lighten up and learn to laugh at things.
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From the remaining I see that we still have control over our fate . Their is critical games that have to be won four and am not talking about the bottom standing teams.
With 2 games vs Detroit, 1 vs Rangers, 3 vs Colombus, 1 Vs Boston, 2 vs Phi. Win all these games and we are in great position still even with the ongoing 5 games losing streak. It's all about character of this team going foward. Pesky sens had probably worst roster even with these injuries but fought for each game with hard work teamplay and heroic individual play not from the star only (Karlsson at that time ) but a lot of depth player like pageau ect.
We had good strech of games before the losing streak not because our top 6 was scoring , it was the depth and goaltending provising we need that right now.
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Hopefully inactive.
Jokes are a great way to get by sad moments.
Anyone who gets offended by the subject matter of jokes clearly doesn't understand the history of comedy and how it's deeply routed in dark times.
It helps people get through tough times by making jokes about hard times or situations.
Pete Davidson lost his dad, firefighter, to 911 world trade center collapse...he always makes jokes about 911. It helps him cope.
I've lost many people to cancer....so we shouldn't make jokes about cancer?
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If anyone gets offended by someone's joke, take a long pause and think, maybe they're doing this to help cope with their own grief, or perhaps ,trying to make someone else who is grieving crack a smile.
Don't jump down on someone for making a joke you find offensive without understanding that comedy helps people cope with truly terrible and awful things.
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Lol which makes me even more flabbergasted that people got offended by a joke about injured hockey players.
Theres so much more shit going on that isn't good that you should direct your "offended" energy towards...injured hockey player jokes doesn't seem like it should be high on anyone's list of getting offended about considering the shit going on in the real world that isn't comedy. Leave (Britney) comedy alone, Karens!
If you don't like a joke, simply scroll past it. Let the joke alone for those that it helps heal. Some people enjoy the jokes and the last thing they want is someone complaining or trying to remove something that gives them joy.
I feel like this has been said for decades. Don't like it? Move on. You're clearly not the target for the joke. And just because you don't like a joke doesn't mean others won't...and just because you don't like a joke doesn't mean the joke should be removed. Others should get the opportunity to hear the jokes and laugh for a second, and get relief from their otherwise hard day or life.
(This wasn't directed at you, but I used you as a way to keep my rant going hahahaha)
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I will take a peaceful death over a traumatic life. When I think of what some Humans on this planet have endured, it is heartbreaking and almost incomprehensible.
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I just don't think it's appropriate, and said as much.
Who's in here ranting about it again?
The whole of human history is filled with both suffering, and the most incredible of achievements. We are at our worst when we lack in empathy and compassion for others. We are at our best when we care for each other and think beyond ourselves.
I tend to believe that most of humanities issues stem from our inability to look beyond our lifespans. One of my absolute favourite quotes neatly sums this up: "The one who plants trees, knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life." If there's any meaning to life, I think it's to be a good steward, and to leave things better than you found them. But not everyone agrees with me. Alas.
Anyways, as this all pertains to the Senators, Dorion planted the most Charlie Brown Christmas tree ever, and even Linus' blanket can't hold up that spindly little tree trunk.
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Yeah, and I think you're wrong. I showed the links of all the cancer jokes. Clearly people suffering from cancer or who have loved ones suffering from cancer think it's ok to crack jokes about cancer. Do you agree or not? If not, would be interesting to see you debate with them that they shouldn't use comedy to cope with their condition.
And if you do agree, would be interesting to hear you argue that making jokes about cancer is ok to help you cope with cancer, but it's inappropriate to make jokes about physical injuries to help you cope with physical injuries or make jokes about a bad hockey team to help you cope with a bad hockey team.
Cancer jokes? Yeah those are cool, but don't you dare joke about someone being in a wheelchair.
I don't see the disconnect of being ok with one for a coping aid, but not the other. How does that make sense??
I'm ranting. I never said you were ranting. Strawman argument much.. I literally admitted I'm ranting and then you ask me who's ranting..make your comments make sense.
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I don't think they are out of it just yet, it really depends on the seriousness of the injuries to key players. If some of these guys can return to finish the season they could go on another run. But if we have lost two or three key players on this team that makes it much more difficult to over come.
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We're on a losing streak that coincides with being without Pinto, Norris and Tkachuk. Our future depends on getting healthy,
We are 2 pts back of Clb and 4 of Det, but play Clb four times, and Det twice to close the season, we still control our fate,
We are 2 pts back of Clb and 4 of Det, but play Clb four times, and Det twice to close the season, we still control our fate,
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You sure are on a roller coaster
In our last 20 games, we're 10-8-2.
In our last 25 games, we're 11-12-2.
This team has been mediocre for two months now, and you can't just blame injuries. Remember the 4-0 loss to the Sabres? Getting embarrassed 5-0 by the Rangers? 4-0 against the Blues? The mess of a Florida roadtrip before the break? The complete no-show on Monday against the Habs?
Whenever these games have happened, people say "one game is not the end!". That's true, but these games have added up.
It'll take quite a turnaround to get 30-32 points out of the last 25 games.
Tkachuk, Norris and Pinto returning will help. But we weren't exactly lighting things up with them in the lineup.
We've seen this team go on ~10 game stretches of good play. We've never seen them be consistently good for 25. And that's what it'll take to make the playoffs. You can't afford any more hiccups.
15 wins and 10 losses is likely what you need, but that might not even be enough.
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You sure are on a roller coaster
This is hilarious lol good catch.
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As someone who watched their grandmother starve to death from stomach cancer, and their grandfather die from multiple tumors his drunk of a doctor didn't bother looking for when he complained about pain for months, I don't find cancer in an of itself particularly funny topic, no. But I understand that people use humour as a coping mechanism, I have used that coping mechanism in the past and will in the future, and I won't sit here and say that when Grandma was hallucinating about ham and pineapple sandwiches floating around her hospital room, my family didn't find some humour in that to help us manage what an awful time it was for everyone as she spent her last days in a morphine haze. But I wouldn't think it's appropriate to make jokes about someone else having cancer. Do you understand the difference there?
Comedy is, at its most basic, a subjective thing. What one person finds funny, another may find offensive or inappropriate. And that's fine. It's OK man. Not everyone agrees with you. Comedians understand that is the line they walk every time they tell a joke that may be offensive.
Anyways, you've completely derailed this thread trying to justify a joke you didn't make that some people found inappropriate. If you have an opinion on whether our season is absolutely finished or not, that's great! Lets chat about it. But I won't spend my day going back and forth with you about what is and isn't funny. You've said your piece, I've heard you out, and we can leave it at that because this isn't the Comedy Forum Boards.
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It honestly depends on the joke and delivery. I forget the lines, but I've heard jokes about Putin and Trump getting cancer, and I found them decently funny, even though I've had cancer losses in my family too. Young ones too. We buried my 40 year old cousin with 3 young kids this fall...doesn't mean when I heard a clever joke about Trump getting cancer (and it was clever and tied right back into something he said earlier) I didn't laugh out loud.
It was something along the lines of trump cutting funding to cancer research(this is true)...then trump gets cancer...then trump increases funding to cancer research and announces it like it's his big great idea because he's such a great leader or something when it's clearly done for selfish reasons...anyways, I thought I was funny, and it was technically about a person without cancer getting cancer...so it depends on the joke and delivery.
Do I see the difference? Yes and no. If you're idea of a cancer joke is just "haha you have cancer" then I would agree that's offensive. But if it's done right, then it very well could be all good and appropriate.
Your second paragraph is basically all I was trying to say. Comedy IS subjective. And that's why I don't think anyone should be criticizing or asking for jokes to be deleted or taken back. Just because one subject didn't like it doesn't mean another won't...and for that reason, calls for it to be deleted are not good. Cancel culture is a pet peeve of mine, specifically for comedy.
You don't like what you see on tv? Change the channel, don't call for the show to be cancelled.
You don't like the joke you see on social media or message form? Keep scrolling, dont call for the joke to be deleted.
That's all. Onto the subject:
Our season isn't dead or alive ...xtreme beach volleyball. Just rolled off the tongue.
It's a crucial point. Anyone who says we can't make the playoffs or that playoffs are guaranteed are probably exaggerating.
It's as close to a 50-50 as we can get right now I would say.
We need our players back asap though. If Norris and Tkachuk and pinto are missing more games, that 50% goes down quick.
I would add that on the relevant topic of trade deadline, that as a 50-50 team, we should not be buyers or sellers. Just hope our guys get back healthy and we go on a run. If a great deal comes along in a hockey trade then go for it, but that isn't necessarily a deadline deal.
Otherwise I would maybe just scan the waiver wire. Plenty of decent names go on waivers around the deadline. Might be able to improve on our bottom line or pair that way. Free asset.
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Not sure I needed the novel. The picture didn't bother me I was more poking fun at some of the infractions I get which are much more benign than that picture.Hopefully inactive.
Jokes are a great way to get by sad moments.
Anyone who gets offended by the subject matter of jokes clearly doesn't understand the history of comedy and how it's deeply routed in dark times.
It helps people get through tough times by making jokes about hard times or situations.
Pete Davidson lost his dad, firefighter, to 911 world trade center collapse...he always makes jokes about 911. It helps him cope.
I've lost many people to cancer....so we shouldn't make jokes about cancer?
tumor humor | ComedyCures
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I’m a little under a month away from my next scan. It’s a big scan because if it is clear, I will be celebrating being 2 years cancer-free on May 1st, 2020. As soon as February began to fly by, I started to notice a shift. The nagging “scanxiety” is back. I feel a sudden tigh
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If anyone gets offended by someone's joke, take a long pause and think, maybe they're doing this to help cope with their own grief, or perhaps ,trying to make someone else who is grieving crack a smile.
Don't jump down on someone for making a joke you find offensive without understanding that comedy helps people cope with truly terrible and awful things.
jbeck5
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I can agree with you there so much that if you were here, I would give you a beer.
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To many Sens fans want to be French soldiers and surrender at the first sign of trouble. Shame on them
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This thread has devolved into a very strange debate on existentialism.
Adrianopoulis' next thread: "I don't know who I am anymore" and after that "Preference, cremation or coffin burial?"
Adrianopoulis' next thread: "I don't know who I am anymore" and after that "Preference, cremation or coffin burial?"
jbeck5
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Yeah. Getting offended at jokes would be an example of a French soldier.
A non French soldier wouldn't care about a joke.
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Ok, so we can't blame injuries, but the injuries piled up for 5 of the loses in those stretches.
So, when you isolate those same stretches before the injuries to Norris and Pinto happened,
10-3-2, a 120 pts pace
11-7-2, a 98 pts pace.
Pretty mediocre results, right?
So yeah. I think you can look at injures as the main culprit, I mean, that seemed pretty obvious before bothering to write out those numbers, but here we are.
