[ExI] need a term

[Darin Sunley]

Obligatory codpiece humor: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cod

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:16 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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