Posted by kcsundevil on 6/2/2020 1:46:00 PM (view original):
Gonna take a moment to point out the WardoYT account was created to make fun of a differently-abled dude.
Not sure why y'all are insisting on keeping that going, but do you I guess.
i think i get your point. i always tried to be patient and reasonably kind with wardo - at least after our first couple confusing interactions. but at this point i feel like we are making fun of the wardoyt account, not wardo... and the wardoyt dude is a dick and deserves all he gets. i guess that's my take. i do see how that's a fine / somewhat dubious line i'm drawing there... and some stuff like the coach k daughter thing is classic wardo, but that is really in there more as a tribute (i get that probably doesn't come across from the text). but these forums also have a significant wardo-sympathetic bend while having a very anti wardoYT view. so i think a lot of folks are operating under a similar framework as me, could be wrong though...
i also am of the personal opinion that we all need to be made fun of, i'm a big fan of relatively benign cultural / genetic background / religious / racial based humor. there's plenty of material no matter your background, back in my college days my group of friends would rip on each other to no end - the more brutal and objectively unfit for polite society, the better. i think its important we all get made fun of less we forget how imperfect and unimportant we are in the grand scheme, which should remind us to have more patience and compassion for others who are imperfect and unimportant.
that said, i think this treatment is best reserved for those of sound mind (not just intellectually but other stuff like depression), and your point re: wardo himself is well taken. there's probably also a couple groups who have been just so systematically discriminated against, at least here in the US where i am (native americans and blacks come to mind), that it falls into a bit of a special class where the pain that could reasonably be triggered outstrips the inherent humility-preserving/creating value that come with good natured ribbing (that said, all other aspects for those folks would still be fair game, in my view of things). i tend to look at moderate discomfort from this stuff as a positive, assuming you are the target - i think that is where a lot of the character building value comes from, learning not to take yourself too seriously.
you've made a couple posts along these lines that reflect a sincerely held set of values, a set that appears worthy of respect. i'm genuinely curious. do you take what i just said and think, its a total crock, a distinction without a difference? an excuse even? or is there some merit? i'm also curious what you think about the we all need to be made fun of bit - i get the sense all humor directed at who we are and things like disabilities, is stuff you find at least a little offensive (not to you persay, but to somebody) - but i'm working on limited data here - im curious how you draw that line? is it at the extreme end, none at all, and if so, do you at all lament the loss of so many categories of humor? i guess i put humor on a pedestal - so that's part of my personal bias - i think when you start to see this world for what it really is - you sort of have two options - to laugh or to cry (or to blow things up, i suppose). i generally find the laughing part the least worst option. its obviously not that simple, but hopefully you get what i mean?