Have you ever considered people make the joke because of Seinfeld and no inherent knowledge of the actual situation that took place in Australia?
I came to the comments expecting Seinfeld references and am only just now learning it was a real thing.
As do most people. Deceptichum is just unable to grasp a concept like time. Or that not everyone who lived in that era even knows it’s a real thing.
And a lot of us who were around in the 90s also used “gay” as a casual pejorative without really understanding it. It wasn’t right then and it’s not right now and most of us grew up and realized that.
The key is thinking, “dang, that’s messed up actually” and changing. Not “it’s just a joke, geez people are so sensitive.”
Have you ever considered, even without contemporary context, you’re still making a joke about a real life baby being killed?
I never understand this argument. How does humor come before empathy to some people? How could having a giggle ever overrule a tragedy? There’s coping with pain through humor, but if it’s not your pain, it just seems juvenile and insensitive.
Woah, sorry Mr. Sensitive pants. How do people know it’s a real life baby?
Care to write out a list of all the things society can’t joke about?
Needing a list of things to treat with care and not joke about is a new level of lack of social awareness.