WTF is happening here

[wmw999 2,587]

I realize I don't have to read all the threads poking fun at various nationalities, but I'm still sick of them. This isn't an American site, and just because there's a shitload of US skydivers doesn't mean we get to rule it.

It's not like a bush, where the dogs marking it with their pee so that no one else comes by is a good thing. Here, it's a bad thing.

I'm tempted to start an Aggie jokes thread or something. It's harder with rednecks, because most people don't really consider themselves to be the kind of redneck that people make jokes about. But some of us are sure acting like it.

It's just stupid. Let's go skydive, and talk about skydiving, and think about good things that come from somewhere we're not familiar with.

Except tripe. Tripe sucks.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[AggieDave 6]

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I'm tempted to start an Aggie jokes thread or something

Please do! I love Aggie Jokes.


(Just as long as they don't involve Bonfire, since that is something that is very very dear to my heart).

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[skydiver51 0]

Hey now don't go pokeing fun at us Okies just because we wear overhauls and a piece of wheat straw in our mouth with grass grown up to our a$$ around our trailer house, Hel I think them boys who walk around with their baggy jeans half way down their butt are funnier. We call them slack asses.

Just some Okie humor.

[misskriss 0]

I totally agree with you.....it's ridiculus...everyone pokes fun or has an opinion about everything..and then the very individuals who say something negative towards someone else's whatever are the same ones who get their panties in a wad when anyone says anything negative about them.. Jesus, Joseph and Mary..

[slim 0]

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[celljumper 0]

Hey-I hear that "Okie" land is where the houses have wheels and move around but the cars don't.

Is this really true?????j/k......maybe someone should start a thread where we dispell stereotypes instead of propagating them.

[Sebazz1 2]

People refuse to tolerate other types of thinking, other views, different methods of handling situations. A few people on this site continually make generalizations and stereotypes about different people and react way defensively at any mention of something that hits close to them or their home.

[hooked 0]

***Applause***Applause***Applause***

Actually, I don't even bother to read those threads.


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[celljumper 0]

And my dear Seb, you are better than that....and I hear you.

[kiltboy 0]

Ok,

Just nobody mention the 6 nations.

David

[skydiver51 0]

yep the cars don't have wheels until we are thru with them moving the trailer.

[happythoughts 0]

My dad said not to trace our ancestry back too far. It's mostly horse thieves probably.

[Zeemax 0]

*hands beer to wendy*



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[hookitt 1]

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Except tripe. Tripe sucks.

You actually tried the Tripe?

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[Gawain 0]

What's tripe?

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[r2hubert 0]

I could not say it better...

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[Squeak 17]

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What's tripe?

It's a stomach from a sheep, it's white and spongy and runbbery and tastes bloody awfull
My mum foced us to eat it as kids

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[CrazyIvan 0]

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My dad said not to trace our ancestry back too far. It's mostly horse thieves probably.

True, I did that once and realized that I had an Uncle Ug and Aunt Uhk-Uhk and they were very hairy

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[skymama 37]

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(Just as long as they don't involve Bonfire, since that is something that is very very dear to my heart).

Thank-you, Dave, that proves a good point. There's always going to be someone who is going to be offended by these jokes that target a group of people, so they're all better off not said. Why is it funny to bring another group or person down just because they don't have the same belief system as you do? (That's "you" in general, Dave, I'm not directing this at you.) To me, it really shows a lack of consideration for your fellow human being.

I really don't like coming to Talk Back and feeling all this negative energy about the French, or whomever the target is for the day. And, if you're unhappy about the political situation in your own country, try writing a letter to your representatives.

Let's lighten up and have some fun!

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because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[bobsled92 0]

2 things should be added in THE RULES:
NO: Politics
NO: Religion
( it would then be a DZ site)

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[scottbre 0]

Here, Here!

In fact the caliber of this website would increase simply by getting rid of the Talkback forum, it's useless anyway.

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[skybytch 273]

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it's useless anyway.

Talkback is very useful. It's a great noise filter. Blowing off steam, discussing non-skydiving related stuff - including religion and politics, being silly/stupid/funny... that's what Talkback is for.

Those who only want to read/post about skydiving related stuff can avoid it. But, imho, they're missing out on a big part of this community. Talkback is where we get to know each other outside of skydiving, in our "real lives" - thus it's where friendships really begin.

[cgross 1]

that is insane!!!!! I have seen the Brits poke fun at BUSH... therefore I will poke fun at JAQUESSESES the weak french man!!!!!

Chris

[AggieDave 6]

Skymama, but the fact still stands I love Aggie jokes, I love Redneck jokes and I get a big kick out of Texas jokes. The point that could be taken by this is that jokes about groups can be funny, when not taken to an extreme that is obviously going to be hurtful, such as jokes about things like Bonfire (where 12 Aggies died, such as my buddy Scott).

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[flyingferret 0]

Lisa, well said. Just like people that do not like their children watching violent programs...change the channel! This a cyber DZ. And if anyone thinks that politics or religion does not get talked about at a DZ, that is naive! Would people prefer a "Rants" forum? People will always rant, about driving, about human relationships, about the need to lose weight, whatever. Many of us have never complained about threads we thought were stupid, and now everyone is taking heat for French jokes. This forum emulates life, and you are seeing a crosssection of life. Do you guys all really whine this much at the watercooler at work? Because where I work people would say something about the first amendment, laugh, and walk off.

We are never going to collectively like everyone. Pretending that we would is part of what got us in the global political situation we are now in. Furthermore, we all know that skydiving transcends boundaries. Use a little intelligence and realize that when someone makes a joke about a nationality, it may not apply to 'jumpers' of that nationality. After all, we are a special breed.

If you want to eliminate all the national jokes, what is next? Eliminate Aggie, Quade, Justin and I popping opposing gun control jokes? How about all the definitely sexist jokes that get made? How about all the jokes about George W? How about all the jokes cracked at RW vs. Belly? How about all the jokes cracked at Texans? Jokes about the dropzone record being in Cali or Texas? It is an open forum...that means (to my knowledge) that unless the mods deam it as a personal attack or totally objectionable it will stand.

Dont like the title? Dont read it. Think it is a troll? Dont answer it. Disagree? Use the forums and debate it. But please dont whine....

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