[ExI] need a term

[William Flynn Wallace]

Just go back a couple of hundred years with your time machine, and take
polls about what the common people believe.  You think we are stupid
today?  Hah!  and furthermore  HAHAHAHAHA.  Find a time where some things,
often clothing, are just too silly to contemplate.  Codpieces, anyone?  I
am willing to predict that that one is not going to come back in some form,
but the odds are not that low, and who knows what Spike will do with that
idea.

Today we have English depts. affected by Modernism and Post- Moderism and
you can't find much that is sillier than those.

Observation:  the right wing is stupider than the left, but the left is
sillier.   bill w

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:17 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 02/05/2023 02:42, spike wrote:
> >
> > Since about 20 years ago, we have entered a far more somber time.  It
> reminds me of what a historian wrote about the Victorian Era of English
> history: It was a relatively humorless age, with gaity and jocularity
> generally disdained, considered beneath the dignity of the more noble
> classes…
> >
> > Compared to 25 years ago, we appear to have entered a neo-Victorian era,
> but without an actual queen to mark the end of it with her demise.
>
> There's nothing "neo" here, just plain old stupidity. All cultures go
> through phases of extreme stupidity, but often they recover after a
> couple of decades. Also, this is happening only in "the West." Let's
> hope our Western culture recovers from this soon. If not, the world is
> big and other cultures are rising.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Spike, I think you're right. Everything seems to be classed as 'hate
> speech' now, even the most innocent things. Actually, rather than
> 'neo-Victorian', I think a better term might be 'neo-McCarthyism'.
> >
> > Let me tell you a joke (Warning. Potentially offensive material ahead.
> Snowflakes, please skip. Or if you can't do that, report me to the nearest
> thought-police station for investigation).
> >
> > An Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman went into a bar.... Oh, hang on,
> can't tell that one, it's hate speech.
> >
> > A Rabbi, a Catholic Priest and a Buddist monk went skydiving... Damn,
> no, can't tell that one, either, it's bound to upset somebody.
> >
> > An Imam and a ... Nope.
> >
> > My mother in law is so...  Oh, shit. No.
> >
> > What's the time? Chinese Dentis... Aaargh, racist!
> >
> > How many mice does it take to screw in a lightbulb? ... Hmm, potentially
> age inappropriate. Are you all over 21? Can you prove it?
> >
> > When is a door not a door? When it's ajar.  Phew! Finally!
> >
> > So, infantile jokes only, ok? If it makes you roll your eyes, it's
> probably (maybe) ok. If it makes you laugh out loud, it's a no-no.
> >
> > Probably safest to just outlaw humour altogether.
> >
> > Now, about that Facebook post you made 15 years ago...
> >
> > Ben
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