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> Expert Sexchange Hahaha! Bigotry is funny! Hahaha!
by nsmnsf 13y ago
> Expert Sexchange
Hahaha! Bigotry is funny! Hahaha!
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoHow is this bigotry? It's one of the oldest puns on the web.
- slight 13y agoJinx :p
- MBlume 13y agoThe question is, what's going on if you do a stack-trace on why people find the joke funny. I think there's a certain amount of "haha, it says sex now" (same as with the [no sex cover](https://github.com/cmheisel/nose-xcover/ https://github.com/cmheisel/nose-xcover/) but I suspect there's at least some element of "sex change, that's gross and strange and weird, haha" which is pretty problematic.
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoI think it's a combination of the fact that our society has historically had a very perverse relationship with sex, in the sense that it is simultaneously icky, taboo and not to be talked about, yet also crucially important for brownie points and social cred. However, the main reason is simply the fact that it's such a captivating example of unintentional humor, and what happens when you don't pay attention to your image. In many ways, it's the linguistic equivalent of the famous rabbit-duck optical illusion. It's curious and elicits a response when one realizes the double entendre. It's hardly problematic, unless your definition of problematic is for everyone not to be dull as cardboard to every little example of unintentional humor in their lives.
- DanBC 13y agoI think it's not "sex change Urgh weird and gross" but "sex change haha wow unpexpected". A bit like PenIsland - or PenisLand. They get a lot of traffic from it. I agree it is problematic if people are uncomfortable with the idea of gender reassignment and using that for humour. But then maybe that's a way those people use to get over those feelings of awkwardness and move to a place of acceptance?
- skybrian 13y agoIt's arguably making fun of people who have gotten a sex change.
- slight 13y agoHow is that bigotry?
- adamman 13y agoLaughing at the word sexchange is a little insensitive to people who have had a sexchange. Transgender people have it tough. Give them a break.
- saucetenuto 13y agoAgainst people who actually need sex changes. I don't agree that it's bigotry though.
- oofabz 13y agoI think you're being overly sensitive. It's funny because it says sex, not because it's making fun of transgenderedness. People are easily amused by cis hetero sex too. Sex is funny no matter who is doing it.
- memla 13y agoThat's sort of like reading this bash quote: http://bash.org/?574642 http://bash.org/?574642 and saying "What's so funny about people being shot?!"