This is something I’ve been meaning to talk about, and I may do a full blog post at some point, but here’s a capsule version:
The Benign Violation Theory of humor, which is probably the best one out there, suggests that something is perceived as funny when it is simultaneously perceived as violating how the world “should” work and as benign. Something like the “gun” meme, for example, is funny because it violates our sense of how a joke should progress, and at the same time it’s harmless.
Racist/sexist/etc shock humor violates our sense of how the world work–in either a “that’s not true!” or “you’re not allowed to say that!” way–and therefore whether you find it funny is based on whether you find it benign, which is to say either you think it’s harmless or you don’t care about the people it harms. (This is the root of the punch up/kick down distinction–jokes that punch up are funnier than jokes that kick down because the people they target are less vulnerable and therefore less likely to experience harm.)
So yes, science agrees that if you think racist jokes are funny, the reason is that you don’t care about the feelings of the people the joke is about. There’s a word for that.
Taken from: Philosophy Memes For Fantastic Philistines (FB)
This is a very serious fight that I am honoured to see trivialised in meme form
… Someone needs to translate a programming language so that people who speak that language can, without learning any other spoken languages, learn to write programs which recurse. I want to see what happens.
I was realizing recently that my need to be the best at everything I do is really just a desire to find some position where I can’t be judged.
This is also why I procrastinate.
I love both you girls for the same reason, is what I’m saying.
you gotta strongarm urself into feeling secure Failing Correctly, like: having thoughtfully tried without panicking, putting in a rational amount of effort without blindly causing more problems than you solve, asking for help, and recognizing and recategorizing tasks neurotypicals give you that actually ARE impossible and which they just want to see you put some mild effort in at, and won’t judge you poorly for not finishing/will judge you more highly for having nobly and loyally picked away at NO MATTER YOUR RESULT because they told you to.
A lot of RSD task problems just need a different perspective; most people suck and can’t get anything done. They display respect for superiors and win points by doing THEIR best, even if it isn’t useful let alone perfect, because what they’re demonstrating is compliance–they can be trusted to do what they’re told. They might have been mostly (horribly, painfully) imperfect or useless on this or that task, but they prove by “"trying”“ that, in the future, when conditions are right, they’ll get something done THEN without squandering luck or resources. It inspires others to provide for them better next time because they’ve actually won, in turning in failure or imperfection, by showing that they exerted reasonable and sustained effort and didn’t give up. It isn’t about just the ONE task, which usually isn’t RSD-style life or death or shameful-exile important.
You can fuck up every task you’re given for a long ass time and you’ll keep getting chances if you keep “trying” reasonably and sub-catastrophically, because your shortcomings will be attributed to an unfortunate lack of support from others (not trained right, lack of access to correct tools/materials/software) so long as you bring YOUR part, a patiently iterating “effort.” Displaying THAT is unassailable and judgement-proof, especially if you ask for help/clarification when convenient for others a lot!
spongebob and patrick emotinally abuse squidward on a daily basis and nobody???talks about this????
Mr. Krabs is basically a slave owner since he admits to almost never paying his employees.
Patrick killed like 20 people at the frycook olympics.
Plankton was so lonely that he built a computer to marry, but also programmed it to belittle him and go behind his back.
Sandy cheeks represents the oppressed minority because she is the only mammal in bikini bottom and lives alone in the middle of nowhere despite being smarter than all of them combined and yet no one here is talking about representation????
Mrs. Puff suffers from Spongebob continuously failing his driving test to the point where he one time crashed so hard, she lost her inflation (since she’s a pufferfish) and was reduced to shriveled wreck.
Don’t forget about how Spongebob constantly harassed and followed Mrs. puff afterwards despite how she clearly didn’t want anything to do with him after the accident.
Bubble Buddy killed a man.
Bubble Buddy poisoned the water supply, burned the crops, and delivered a plague onto the houses of the Bikini Bottom residents.
he did??
No… but are we just going to wait around until he does?!
just moving along like everyone else 