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I have been told by many that I have a dark sense of humor at times :-)
I have rarely been voted down; but, I have been voted down in a humorous discussion which is both sad and amusing in a dark way "-)
I enjoyed the satire of Jonathan Swift and National Lampoon while I was growing up. In the military in the 1970's and 1980's dark humor was common in the Combat Engineer and Infantry units I served with. I realize not everybody likes dark humor.
The Humor topic seems to be focused on light humor. I think that dark humor is appropriate to politics, current events, ancient calamity, etc. Dark humor should not be a place to insult RallyPoint members or political figures.
Do you think the Humor - Dark topic group should be established?
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I have rarely been voted down; but, I have been voted down in a humorous discussion which is both sad and amusing in a dark way "-)
I enjoyed the satire of Jonathan Swift and National Lampoon while I was growing up. In the military in the 1970's and 1980's dark humor was common in the Combat Engineer and Infantry units I served with. I realize not everybody likes dark humor.
The Humor topic seems to be focused on light humor. I think that dark humor is appropriate to politics, current events, ancient calamity, etc. Dark humor should not be a place to insult RallyPoint members or political figures.
Do you think the Humor - Dark topic group should be established?
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSgt Robert Marx PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Charles H. Hawes SGT (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan
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As one who went into Emergency Services after I got out, I can attest to the positive aspects of Dark Humor. If it was not for dark humor and our ability to laugh at situations we found ourselves in after a severely traumatic situation at a fire or EMS call to be able to relieve stress, there would have been a lot of people who would have been chewing on a .45 ACP or beating on their significant others.
There is a time and a place for Dark Humor... and this is it!
There is a time and a place for Dark Humor... and this is it!
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LTC Stephen F. I agree. I think that some of us turn to humor during dark times, and that scares some other people. Having a place to put that would be great.
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CPT Jack Durish
Pogo is definitely a masterpiece among comic strips and it's author, Walt Kelly, one of the bravest men every to put pen to paper. He was one of the few to poke fun at McCarthy during the dark days of the Communist witch hunts.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Al Capp was no slouch. His cartoons named "Lil Abner" was continuously an attack on liberalism. Remember the Schmoos?
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Capt Seid Waddell
MCPO Roger Collins, that I do. They laid eggs and bottles of milk and loved to jump into frying pans to feed anyone that looked at them hungrily. They reproduced rapidly so anyone with a pair of them was self-sufficient. As I recall, that desirable quality was their downfall as well.
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Yes,it's a coping mechanism. We had it when I was in, after I got out we had.it in construction.
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LTC Stephen F.
Thank you my fellow dark humor advocate friend PVT Louis Anderson for sharing your thoughts.
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LTC Stephen F.
Could be - think of men in black and the flash which leads to complete and blissful amnesia :-)
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How could you even ask such a question on RP, MCPO Roger Collins ? ! Last time I checked, color equality is all about putting whites down in lieu of building others up, therefore pursuing form of segregation and inequality.
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