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[serene]

Wherein Serene proves what y'all have known all along -- she has no sense of humor.

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[kneidlach.livejournal.com]

oh geez. :::headdesk:::

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

Can I smooch you and bite them?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

You betcha!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Make sure it's in that order. You wouldn't want to catch something.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 'cause I've certainly never laughed my ass off at something you said.

Much.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

yes. but that's why we all love you. due to the grumposity and dourness.

(can i just mention here that while i am still likely to see _snakes on a plane_, because, dude! snakes! on a plane!, i am now much crabbier about it and less excited since there's a fat joke in the trailer? arrrrgh.)

[saoba.livejournal.com]

I'll join you on the no sense of humor bench, because it can't be that the damn slogan is just not funny, right? Right?

And I clicked on the link to the mugs, saw the first one and had one of my talk to the computer screen moments.

Motto: "Two lovers are better than one."

Me: " That would suggest qunatity beats quality. And dude, not so much."

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

The thing that still makes me happiest about that whole phenomenon is that the next time I logged onto LJ after hearing about it, someone on my flist had written "Snakes on a plane, am I tired. Today..."

[firecat]

"Two bonobos are better than one"

*laffTHUMP*

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

AhahahahahahaBONOBOShahahahaa *gaaaaaaasp*

Briliant, and it's hard to type when I'm laffin this hard

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

*nod* We're the deadly serious poly people. We never laugh :-I

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed. No sense of humor at all. It's a crying shame, really. You'll just have to keep practicing where people don't have beverages in their mouths.

[sogwife.livejournal.com]

Honestly, folks, I'm leaning more toward the mug maker's pov on the whole funny/not funny/who cares thing.

Because I've never seen any of you wear/say/write something that amused you but some might find offensive, ya know.

"George - the only bush I wouldn't go down on."

Never. ;)

Love y'all. :)

[sogwife.livejournal.com]

oh, and what the hell is a bonobo?

[kiya]

A type of ape known for its highly expressive and promiscuous sexuality, about as closely related as the chimp to humans, leading various polysupremacist types to adopt it as their totem and go on and on about how much better the world would be if we all emulated them.

Me, I'm in xiphias's camp, I quote: "Fine. So chimpanzees organize their society around violence, and bonobos organize around sex. If you don't shut up about the damned bonobos, you'll see how chimpanzee I can get on your ass."

[sogwife.livejournal.com]

I see, so "monkey see, monkey do" began as "monkey see monkey, monkey do monkey." : )

[schillerium.livejournal.com]

*laugh* I think "no sense of humour" is just about the last phrase I would ever come up with to describe the Serene I know...

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I did the stupid thing and engaged with the stupid people.

*sigh*

I have a headache.

*snogs*

[mhw.livejournal.com]

Oh my, is it October again already?

But, you know, seeing you and Kathy described as "humourless" made me fall off my chair laughing. Funniest thing I've seen all day!

*snuggles*

[mhw.livejournal.com]

You have more patience (and a better sense of humour) than I have.

*snuggles*

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

This is my new favourite phrase: "Seriously, dude, don't tap the glass."

Coming late to the party

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

For someone who is so good at making I-statements as you are, I was surprised by the universalist language you used in your initial reply. I wonder how the discussion would have proceeded if you'd begun by saying "I find them offensive."

Re: Coming late to the party

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

It's called mirroring. Someone says, "Cmon, it's cute," I say "C'mon, it's obnoxious." Someone says, "I think it's kinda cute," I say "I think it's kinda obnoxious." Someone says "It's *just* cute," implying no one could ever think otherwise, I don't feel any real responsibility to be super-careful in my response.

But then I'm a lot meaner than you are.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*snork*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*smooch*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Ooh, kathysnogs. I feel better now!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*snrch* That's good.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I don't see the similarity, to tell you the truth. Who is my t-shirt meant to offend? George Bush, the leader of the free (and rapidly becoming less free) world? Do you think that's really on par with making people feel bad for not being poly?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Eh. I needed a shower anyhow.

Re: Coming late to the party

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

I don't feel any real responsibility to be super-careful in my response.

Glad to know you weren't interested in communicating carefully with her, then.

Re: Coming late to the party

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I suppose that "Fuck you, RJ" isn't my most productive possible response here, huh?

Re: Coming late to the party

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

It has the virtue of being honest and direct, I'll give it that.

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

*mwah*!!!!

Thank you :).

[ailbhe]

I adore xiphias even more than I used to for that quote. Oh my goodness oh my goodness. I am *wiggling* with glee at that quote.

[sogwife.livejournal.com]

I don't think the shirt is *meant* to offend anyone. It is meant to express an opinion. There are always people who disagree with any particular opinion, and many of them will be offended, rightfully or not, by the statement of that opinion. While I am not offended by the shirt, I can conceive that some people might be. They might be* Republican, monogamous, non-swinging poly, or simply sexually repressed. Worn by a woman, the shirt might offend a homophobe. Worn in a public place with children around, the shirt might offend a parent. Does that mean you shouldn't wear it? No. Does it mean it's funny. Sure. As long as you're not the one who happens to be offended by it.

I think it's exactly like the mugs.


*I in no way intend to imply that all people fitting these descriptions would be offended by the shirt in question, nor that anyone who is offended by the shirt necessarily fits any of these descriptions.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with doing something that might, by its existence, offend someone. For instance, just my being queer might offend someone, but I don't think my being queer is an act of insulting them, nor do I think they are justified in being insulted if my mere existence offends their sensibilities. I have a problem with insulting people in public just because they're not like me (not, to clarify, insulting things people do that I think are wrong/bad -- that's not the same, to me). I see a big big difference.

[sogwife.livejournal.com]

I think this is a case of agreeing to disagree, my love. :)

Yum! Tomahto sandwiches! ;)