Interesting Links for 05-02-2022

[andrewducker]

Russia and China line up against U.S. in "no limits" partnership

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Is there anything Boris Johnson will tell the truth about (fake fur edition)

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Hilariously Renamed Dungeons & Dragons Monsters

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Why Jimmy Carr's joke about genocide and travellers is unacceptable

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Comments

Re: Jimmy Carr

[andrewducker]

Thank you for the video.

The Jehovah's Witness bit is rather good.

But he never walks back the "good news" bit about Travelers, and he doesn't get people to examine why they find it funny. So it doesn't stop it coming across as the kind of joke that someone who really did want to wipe them out would tell.

Re: Jimmy Carr

[calimac]

No, it isn't the kind of joke someone who really did want to wipe them out would tell, because if they said it, it wouldn't be as a joke. But you're right that Carr fails to examine why people find it funny (which at least a significant fraction of his audience did, judging from the laughter). He was just trying to defend the social purpose of telling it, but it's interesting that nobody responding to it that I've seen has taken that tack, or even replied to that part of Carr's statement, which they probably never heard, just the joke itself.

Re: Jimmy Carr

[andrewducker]

I'd heard the bit about making sure people remember third-hand, but yeah most of the outrage is definitely going to come from people who haven't heard any context.