Does anybody else take a strange kind of joy in saying morbi : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:47 pm

I find what you said to be disturbingly lame. Besides the fact that I personally don't think your sort of "morbid" commentary is funny, I don't think it's a bad sign.

However, genuine mental obsession with soul crushing, frequent visualization of yourself as a "soul crusher", under-developed self censorship skills, or an over-reliance on these sorts of statements when interacting with others, are all bad signs. I'm not saying that you're exhibiting any of them, but you might want to check. That might be what your counselor was really reacting to.

I don't have any problems with keeping my mouth shut. I'm fairly quiet most of the time, and I don't really say that kind of stuff to entertain anybody but myself, so how enjoyable others find it isn't really relevant. I'm not concerned with keeping people around me.

In Norwegian, graqe minus the g means burp.

That's kinda [censored] up.

Today I learned...

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:13 pm

Yeah,

Why did the kid drop his ice cream?
He got ht by a truck

How do you make a janitor cry?
Kill his family.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:18 pm

In Norwegian, graqe minus the g means burp.

That's kinda [censored] up.

"Hello gorgeous, I have a strong urge to burp right now. Would you like to follow me into this alley with me?" :spotted owl:

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:16 pm

Im a huge fan of the hatred for mankind, love for satan and death worship sort of humor. Now, its all about context, most people I know are simply too dim and/or uptight to understand it. And those people are the best ones to use it on.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:27 pm

I sort of can relate actually. Sometimes I feel like saying stuff like "I killed 10 people" for no reason.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:16 am

Psychologists like to compare everything to the "normal", and obviously your red eyed owl was not "normal". They have to take things at face value though since they don't have mind readers, so all he saw was a red eyed owl and the words "I will devour your soul" without any of the internal context as to why you made that. So now he has to try to extrapolate that context. Part of psychology is to figure out what makes us do and think the things we do and think.

And the really good psychologists will remember that "normal" is both extremely relative and not really all that worthwhile of a concept when performing psychoanolysis.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:30 pm

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» Sun May 13, 2012 8:25 am

You will cringe when you are older and realize how pretentious purposefully outre behavior was. But... rite of passage and all that.

I don't think I've ever looked back on anything I've done and cringed, maybe one "relationship" but that's enough for anyone to cringe, since I'm happy in the fact I've been bold enough to say what others can't or won't.

I have a tendancy to laugh at most things good, bad or just terrible if a "funny" joke is made about it, my group tends to have different levels of acceptance with these jokes, Friend1 laughs at baby jokes, Friend2 laughs at racist jokes, and Friend3 laughs at anything providing there isn't any girls around. I find most baby jokes just sick though. As for the OP's question about taking joy in saying thesethings, only if it brings others joy and/or amuses me.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:46 pm

When I was a kid, yes.

Then I grew up and started realizing that some of the morbid things involved actual ppl and those ppl have families and friends.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:34 pm

I make these sort of jokes, but not because I want to be cool and edgy or because I hate humanity, as are the usual replies on internet forums.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:05 am

I make these sort of jokes because they are my sort of humour. I like black, dry comedy. The awkwardness that ensues just makes it all the more funny.

Note: I'm not talking about baby jokes (you know the ones I'm talking about) or toilet humour or racist funnies. Those are completely different things to black, dry and/or awkward humour.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:52 pm

I make these sort of jokes because they are my sort of humour. I like black, dry comedy. The awkwardness that ensues just makes it all the more funny.

Note: I'm not talking about baby jokes (you know the ones I'm talking about) or toilet humour or racist funnies. Those are completely different things to black, dry and/or awkward humour.

Racist jokes can be awkward, especially when the one telling them is Indian

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:54 am

Racist jokes can be awkward, especially when the one telling them is Indian :tongue:

I (try to) never make "group" (e.g. racial, gender, religious) jokes. I feel weird about adding to extant stereotypes, prejudices, etc. I find (some of) the jokes funny when they're about other groups, but not (often) when they're about a group of which I'm a part. It just makes me uncomfortable to be lumped into a box because of X or Y. I don't want to be a hypocrite, so I avoid making those kinds of jokes. No judgment -- I think it's totally legit to participate in that kind of humour, regardless of how this or that other person feels about it, provided the animus behind it isn't of a nasty nature -- but it's just not for me.

In principle, it's a bit more acceptable for me if I am of that group and another person of that group is making that joke, but even then I think there's a line.

I tip my hat to comedians like Lewis CK who can throw out any line and not make it sound really offensive.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:49 am

Yeah,

Why did the kid drop his ice cream?
He got ht by a truck

How do you make a janitor cry?
Kill his family.

I LOLed.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:00 pm

Its unfortunate that angsty teens have cornered the market on the 'I loathe humanity' angle.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:58 pm

I personally have a tendency to find others' problems to be a little amusing from time to time. I also didn't really care about the bombing/shooting that occurred here in Norway last summer. I didn't get shot, why the hell should I care?

I find your lack of empathy slightly disturbing.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:54 am

I dont care when people I dont know, die. I especially dont care extra amounts when its some pampered celebrity.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:02 pm

I (try to) never make "group" (e.g. racial, gender, religious) jokes. I feel weird about adding to extant stereotypes, prejudices, etc. I find (some of) the jokes funny when they're about other groups, but not (often) when they're about a group of which I'm a part. It just makes me uncomfortable to be lumped into a box because of X or Y. I don't want to be a hypocrite, so I avoid making those kinds of jokes. No judgment -- I think it's totally legit to participate in that kind of humour, regardless of how this or that other person feels about it, provided the animus behind it isn't of a nasty nature -- but it's just not for me.
In principle, it's a bit more acceptable for me if I am of that group and another person of that group is making that joke, but even then I think there's a line.
I tip my hat to comedians like Lewis CK who can throw out any line and not make it sound really offensive.

That's completely fair, and it just depends on your humour and how serious you take yourself. I tend to get jokes told about this place but it doesn't bother me because whats being said isn't ever a serious point of view and some of the time it holds some truth. Like sterotypes of Scotland, people play on these and depict us as ginger kilt wearing haggis eating and big whisky drinkers - I love these sterotypes and would gladly be them all, apart from ginger. Actually I'm all of them on occasion lol

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:37 am

I (try to) never make "group" (e.g. racial, gender, religious) jokes. I feel weird about adding to extant stereotypes, prejudices, etc. I find (some of) the jokes funny when they're about other groups, but not (often) when they're about a group of which I'm a part. It just makes me uncomfortable to be lumped into a box because of X or Y. I don't want to be a hypocrite, so I avoid making those kinds of jokes. No judgment -- I think it's totally legit to participate in that kind of humour, regardless of how this or that other person feels about it, provided the animus behind it isn't of a nasty nature -- but it's just not for me.

In principle, it's a bit more acceptable for me if I am of that group and another person of that group is making that joke, but even then I think there's a line.

I tip my hat to comedians like Lewis CK who can throw out any line and not make it sound really offensive.

Louis CK is great, he used to have that bit about the n-word, which was hilarious, but removed it, and the word, from his act altogether when people started using it to justify using it themselves - now that's a stand up stand up.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:14 pm

Yeah at work me and a co-worker make up some morbid songs sung to Christmas tunes that we laugh at. I don't know about him 100%, but I know I'd never like what we sing about to happen in real life to people..and when it does I feel sympathy towards those people.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:42 pm

When I was asked what my favorite sport was I answered "Murder" once, and my favorite sports team was "The Mafia."

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:03 pm

Yes. Don't any of you read any of my posts?

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:00 am

Check my diseased D.I.D. char in About Me?

Somehow I knew you wouldn't be too far away from a thread like this. The cat speaks for itself. :banana:

Yes. Don't any of you read any of my posts?

TL;DR

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:55 pm

I'm not into morbid...gross and disgusting...perhaps...
Oh wait not perhaps...leaning more towards absolutely.

Mostly road kill jokes at fancy dinners and stuff. But it's been a while since I've done that.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:56 pm

I don't have any problems with keeping my mouth shut. I'm fairly quiet most of the time, and I don't really say that kind of stuff to entertain anybody but myself, so how enjoyable others find it isn't really relevant. I'm not concerned with keeping people around me.

That's probably what she's responding to. Rightly or wrongly, psychiatrists subscribe to the theory that being unconcerned about the way your words effect others is a bad sign.