It's just the absurdity of the whole situation that makes it amusing. It's the fact that you KNOW they can't be serious that makes one realize that it's a ****ing joke. It's the ability to laugh at oneself that makes it amusing. It's the ability to laugh at absurdity. The ability to take a joke. The tendency to NOT be so ****ing serious and be offended at everything that makes it amusing.
In my scenario and armed with Jerry's info regarding the ease of use of the intercoms, I would have considered a retaliation. picking up the phone and saying something along the lines of "On behalf of all of the mouthy, slutty bitches here, come and make us." Or maybe, "Grouping up all of the sluts isn't going to increase your chances of getting laid."
Anywho... Every-****ing-person in this country KNOWS that 'blacks leave the store' could NOT have been an official message from Wal-Mart. We ALL KNOW this. Therefore, it was a prank. That would have been immediately evident anyone with a ****ing brain. Armed with that knowledge, it's quite easy to find humor in it.
Okay. Have you made your piece? You must be wound very tightly. You're going to give yourself a heart attack.
You think it wasn't funny. I get it. I and others thought it was funny. You're entitled to your opinion, and I am entitled to mine. You're not going to convince me that it was not funny.
Well, all I can say is it was a prank that obviously wasn't appreciated by some people, specifically blacks/African Americans like myself. As a man, I was surprised to read such racist foolishness, but as a Black man I'm offended; even moreso by the response by many here who honestly think something like this was funny.
What I'd like to know is how are those who took offense to this racist act the punch line? I mean, if the situation was reversed I think most white people would take offense as well. So, how is it that those who are now boycotting suddenly the people in the wrong here? Granted, as I understand the situation it wasn't Walmart's fault, but the incident happened in one of their stores so they have to take responsibility for it, right or wrong. Regardless, how are those who are boycotting that or any other Walmart store now in the wrong for showing their displeasure for standig up against a racist act?
Overkill? Maybe...but that still doesn't place the victims of racism in the wrong.
No, I wouldn't have. Why the **** would I? But then again, I don't run around looking for **** to get offended over.
Aps, you and I don't agree often, but on this we do. I have to admit that my first reaction to the Wal Mart story was that I laughed, knowing that it was a sort of twisted joke. At the same time I can't fault some here for getting a little serious about it - I would feel strange if in the store when this happened and I saw some little black kids with a shocked look on their faces. And there, there's Jallman's funny story and others on this thread - they show me that I don't have to feel guilty about getting a chuckle out of an ethnic or racial joke, especially when I feel that I tend to treat people fairly based on the person within and not the body. Hell, some of those jokes are funny!
No, I wouldn't have. Why the **** would I? But then again, I don't run around looking for **** to get offended over.
But what if they said all fat-assed white girls please leave the store?
Thats the thing...I dont see people that dont think it funny getting all outraged. In fact the ones that are getting defensive are the ones that think it IS funny.
But what if they said all fat-assed white girls please leave the store?
If they said, "All mothers with their children please leave the store," and I was there with my son, I wouldn't be offended. I would ask myself, "What the hell is this about?" and I would laugh.
I guess that would have been funny too. :shrug:
I did not find it funny at all. If it was an employee he should be fired. It wasn't the store's fault, however, and a boycott is an over reaction and probably will make the situation worse. But funny? Not at all.
Oh there is no guessing about it. That would have been a thousand times funnier. The massive exodus of fat white people would have been like a stampede. I actually fully support some one doing this.
Really? Because I was attacked by someone who thought it was NOT funny for thinking it was funny.
No. There was nothing funny about what Jallman did and the very fact he couldn't be man enough to turn around and apologize to that family says a lot about him as a person.
I stated clearly, if you could actually ****ing read, that I had no idea the family was sitting back there and was told afterward that they were glaring at me. Jesus Christ, do you ever bother to pay attention to reality?[/QUOTE]
Wait...Jesus is posting here???
I think it was one of the most racist things anyone could do...singling out one group of people just for the fun of it. Stupid really. It's certainly one way to bring undue attention to Walmart. Just imagine how things could have turned out had a few black patron became angry upon hearing that announcement? Those who wanted their race war....you'd have been on good footing to have it had people let their emotions get the better of them!
Such a stupid thing to have done...not funny at all.
Curious...of all those who have posted who thinks this was funny, I'd like to know how many of you are white? How would you feel if the announcement was for all white people to leave the store? I wonder what your reaction would have been then? Would you still see it as a joke or would you then become offended?
Easily offended? No. Who ever pulled the "joke" was just reaffirming my status I guess, really funny stuff I tell you.
I think they'd still find it funny if the announcement was "All people who put penises into their mouths must leave the store"
Some people apparently need a ****ing sense of humor.
I doubt very much you and the rest of the gay marriage advocates would have been laughing if someone on the PA said "All the homosexuals please leave the store"
You, my dear are probably an exception. But you never truly know how you'd react to a situation like this unless you believed yourself to be the victim.
The incident could have ended much worse, she said. "It could have led to violence," Arter said. "It could have triggered someone who was having a bad day. I don't want to be an innocent bystander to something because of someone's not-so-funny joke."
But...I was in the middle of buying groceries!
Still wouldn't give a ****.
Keep plugging away, I'm sure you'll hit on a winning strategy sooner or later.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?