What Happened To Our Sense Of Humor?

[Traveler2586]

I agree red earth

It's also my 7 year Olds tee ball league not keeping score because they are afraid of hurting the self esteem of the kids that would lose the game

 

X2,  rather that teach the kids a sport, all they do is teach them how to hit a ball.

[slonezp]

"Equality is unfair. What's the point of a man working hard all his life trying to get someplace if all he's going to do is wind up equal?"-Archie Bunker

[FlipnLimits]

Not sure when all of this started but I remember when the last place team or person started to receive a trophy for "attending" the contest.  I knew something was wrong with this mindset and here are we are a couple decades later and we can't even make jokes. 

 

Nowadays, kids are wimps and cry to mommy or their teachers because they aren't competitive enough to fight back for themselves.  And as soon as a kid has ambition, desire, or is anxious to do something, he gets fed some meds to calm him down.  We are heading towards being a country of mindless zombie-like goons.

 

FL 

[crankcaster100]

And when we were kids we didn't wear helmets when we rode our bikes

[Raul]

And when we were kids we didn't wear helmets when we rode our bikes

man I drank water right out from the faucet.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

This whole everyone wins concept. Is taking the education out of sports. Isn't being gracious in victory and defeat, one of the main educational points to youth sports and games? We create a system of cry babies and spoiled brats by praising and celebrating mediocrity. This in no way does these kids any favors in life. Overcoming adversity and learning to not only live with it, but how to use it to strengthen oneself. Is one of the greatest benefits from competition. By never experiencing failure or victory this upcoming generation will have more and more problems as they enter into the workforce. Let alone the problems they will have in highschool and college. Mediocrity is not something to celebrate. It is merely a hurdle which must be overcome in the pursuit of being exceptional. Every person has short falls, and every person is exceptional at something. It is a fact of life. Depriving these kids of competition, be it athletic, academic, musical, artistic or what ever else. Is depriving them the chance to develop into people they will/should rightfully become. Making yourself feel better about your own shortcomings cheats these kids of the lives they deserve.

[Glenn]

It all depends on the company you're with at the time of the joking around.  Adjust as necessary (don't make jokes at work, have fun around your friends, and offend your family as often as possible.   ).

 

Easy.

[slonezp]

This whole everyone wins concept. Is taking the education out of sports. Isn't being gracious in victory and defeat, one of the main educational points to youth sports and games? We create a system of cry babies and spoiled brats by praising and celebrating mediocrity. This in no way does these kids any favors in life. Overcoming adversity and learning to not only live with it, but how to use it to strengthen oneself. Is one of the greatest benefits from competition. By never experiencing failure or victory this upcoming generation will have more and more problems as they enter into the workforce. Let alone the problems they will have in highschool and college. Mediocrity is not something to celebrate. It is merely a hurdle which must be overcome in the pursuit of being exceptional. Every person has short falls, and every person is exceptional at something. It is a fact of life. Depriving these kids of competition, be it athletic, academic, musical, artistic or what ever else. Is depriving them the chance to develop into people they will/should rightfully become. Making yourself feel better about your own shortcomings cheats these kids of the lives they deserve.

I wonder if the attraction people have to video games has something to do with the desire to win. I never got into the video games, although I was pretty good at Centipede and Galaga when I was a kid, and it could be a generational thing. Could it be the desire for that pat on the back? A desire to dominate? A desire to win? A desire to be more than equal? With no scores being kept on the ball field, maybe the video games are the only way for kids to feel like winners.

[slonezp]

It all depends on the company you're with at the time of the joking around.  Adjust as necessary (don't make jokes at work, have fun around your friends, and offend your family as often as possible.   ).

 

Easy.

We are family here. Dare I say "Offend at will"?

[Glenn]

Uh...no.  I meant blood relatives.

[SirSnookalot]

If I didn't have a sense of humor I wouldn't be on this site in the first place.  Bass Resource is my comic relief, some of the posts I read are just hilarious, even the ones that have nothing to do with fishing.  Sure ya gotta laugh at yourself, defending rods, reels, lines, hooks as being the best in order to catch 5# fish that can be landed in about 15 seconds, how can one not laugh at that.

Real life is a different story, I try and treat everyone with respect and I don't care to laugh at some one else's expense.  I wouldn't call a 350# porker a fat slob, even though they are and got that way from chowing down at the all you can eat buffet 4 times a week.  One of the few things I have in common is I like to fish, it pretty much stops right there.  Unlike many people here I am not white, not Christian, don't have pickup with a gun rack, not conservative in any way shape or form.  You bet I'm politically correct.

[Raul]

Speaking of which, Raider I just have to tell you, that doll in your avatar is the ugliest and creepiest thing I've seen in a very long time. Eeeewwwwww !

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

 What has happened to us as a society, that we are no longer able to laugh at ourselves, or poke fun at

one another without someone, if not everyone being offended. Ethnic humor for example. That's strictly off

limits today. What happened to change all that. I personally enjoyed it, and at one time it seems everyone

else did too. Remember Archie Bunker, or how about George Jefferson, and then there was ol' Fred Sanford.

Let's start with George. He didn't like anyone that wasn't black. Archie hated anybody that wasn't a white flag

waving American. And Fred, well, he hated everyone but Fred. We loved those shows and we LAUGHED!

Now we have to be so careful of what we say, for fear of offending someone, and buying ourselves a whole

peck of trouble. Getting offended seems to be a favorite pastime thes days.

  I will continue to enjoy these shows, and Archie, George, and Fred. And apparently someone else does too

 because they keep popping up on cable TV regularly. I'm straight out of the coal mining, moon shine running

part of the country. What if me and "my people" suddenly decided we were offended by "The Beverly Hillbillies".

Just plain silly. Oh. and "politically correct", well, I wont worry about that because I ain't no danged politician

anyhow. If I think it's funny I will laugh. If my rant offends anyone, sorry, didn't mean to. And if my post is

unacceptable, I'm sure it will be removed, straight up. So for anyone who gets a chance to read this,... thanks for

listening.

 

Hootie

 

The thing is George & Fred can still speak their ways but Archie isnt allowed to.

[Fishing Rhino]

Did you mean putrefaction?

 

I find it spelled both ways in search results.  Putrification fit perfectly into the pu**ification where putrefaction doesn't.  Putrefaction does seem to be the more common spelling, however.  Notice the 1913 date of the dictionary where it was found.

 

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Putrification \Pu`tri*fi*ca"tion\, n.

   Putrefaction.

   [1913 Webster]

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I wonder if the attraction people have to video games has something to do with the desire to win. I never got into the video games, although I was pretty good at Centipede and Galaga when I was a kid, and it could be a generational thing. Could it be the desire for that pat on the back? A desire to dominate? A desire to win? A desire to be more than equal? With no scores being kept on the ball field, maybe the video games are the only way for kids to feel like winners.

Yes I do. Lack of competition goes against human nature in its most primitive form. The desire to win and dominate is definitely being expressed by children playing video games.

Least that's my opinion in it.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Speaking of which, Raider I just have to tell you, that doll in your avatar is the ugliest and creepiest thing I've seen in a very long time. Eeeewwwwww !

But she is so friendly. Just look at the big smile on her face.

[DogBone_384]

Why have we lost our senses du humor?  I can't speak of the rest of the US, but the cost of living in Massachusetts has more than doubled in the last 20 years.  I've always had good jobs and made pretty decent money, but nowadays my wife and I both work 2 jobs and that's how we're able to own a nice home and save money to, hopefully, help our daughter get a good start in life.  A state college up here costs about $25K a year w/o room & board, a decent house costs $350 - 400K, and it'll cost $40K to replace my pickup truck if I want to buy new....

 

I agree with many posts that we've (collectively as a society) have gotten so smitten with ourselves that priorities have shifted from national pride to 'how do I feel' & 'you need to pay attention to ME'

 

Don't get me started on social media -   

 

Aw, screw it - I'm all revved up again - I'm goin' fishing before work!

[roadwarrior]

Bass Resource is my comic relief, some of the posts I read are just hilarious, even the ones that have nothing to do with fishing.  Sure ya gotta laugh at yourself, defending rods, reels, lines, hooks as being the best in order to catch 5# fish that can be landed in about 15 seconds, how can one not laugh at that.

 

Oh, don't be an ole stick-in-the-mud. As I have suggested before, go buy yourself a G. Loomis NRX and Shimano

Stella 2500FE. Your new toys will be just soooo much fun to fish! I am not saying that you will necessarily catch more

bass, but the "fishing" part will improve dramatically, at least 100%.

[Fishing Rhino]

Speaking of which, Raider I just have to tell you, that doll in your avatar is the ugliest and creepiest thing I've seen in a very long time. Eeeewwwwww !

 

Cruel and uncalled for.  Don't you know that's a selfie that Raider took?

[Brian Needham]

two cowboys and a Jew walk into a bar.......

 

neveremind, yall probably already heard that one.

[Fishing Rhino]

Anybody wanna play Cowboys and Indians?

[Fishing Rhino]

How 'bout this one.

 

Eenie, meenie, miny, moe, ....................................................

[slonezp]

How 'bout this one.

 

Eenie, meenie, miny, moe, ....................................................

Smear the.....

[slonezp]

Anybody wanna play Cowboys and Indians?

This becomes a bigger issue since pointing your finger like a gun may violate the zero tolerance rules of some school districts.

[Jd_Phillips_Fishin]

This becomes a bigger issue since pointing your finger like a gun may violate the zero tolerance rules of some school districts.

My favorite response to people that dont like there kids to point fingers in a shape like a gun is, "If thats supposed to be a gun then pointing your finger up is a knife. So that means Obama was threatening all the Rebublican's lives when he spoke about them."