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In reply to the discussion: Are you offended by Crocs? [View all]

OldBaldy1701E

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15. Yes, joking has all but disappeared from our collective society.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:43 AM
Yesterday

I know that I will be trying to stop doing so.

I am tired of getting my face eaten off solely because the joke was not 'good'. (As well as the other reason, which is mentioned below.)

NO one said they had to be good. They just have to be jokes.

Which they were.

However, humor is not something in great supply these days, so...

Then, there is the fact that some just exist to be retaliatory and argumentative. They exist solely to whine, complain, and pick fights. They attack anything and everything because that validates their existence and earns them income from the others who are like them. (Such 'echo boxes are very popular on Youtube.)Their popularity has ruined comical discourse on that platform. Hell, there is one channel that starts every single post with "so and so is OUT!" or "Such and such has failed!".

Negativity seems to serve us better than humor these days.

Which is sad. I know why I am so negative. It is a shame that others are in that same boat.

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