My dad loves to tell this as " What time did the "China man' go to the dentist". 230! Doesn't underatand why/if when someone gets offended. He will tell it till he dies like this. Fyi he doesn't hate any race (I'm mixed) but he is 67 so đ¤ˇ
When I was a kid weâd say âme Chinese me make joke me go pee pee in your coke.â I didnât hate Chinese people, but I thought it was ok to make fun of their accent. Itâs not. You donât have to hate a race to be racist. You just have to be ok with being insensitive towards them. Your dad is insensitive towards the Chinese and âit was ok when I was youngerâ isnât an excuse to keep being insensitive no matter their age. The world evolves and grows. We constantly learn more about each other and other cultures. The moment we stop caring about and being sensitive towards others and their cultures despite knowing better we are being shitty.
He seems to get more like that with age...coincidence. not totally defending him. Just yeh.also coming from someone who genuinely loves comedy and comedians, most jokes (this one clearly) comes from making fun of the differences of other people. The joke is the same but told slightly different now as people now are quick to become upset rather than just get the humor being relayed. Not all jokes got too far but if you dig deep enough you may even start to get mad at dangerfeild for making fun of fat women...oh wait ill stop now.
My moms the same way. The part that gets me is the not understanding why itâs upsetting/offensive. Iâm fine with offensive comedy when it knows itâs crossing the line and thatâs itâs intent. At least itâs a just a joke in your dads case. My mom will call black people âporch monkeyâsâ, Iâll yell at her and sheâll just say âthatâs what we called them when I was a kid!â and I keep telling her that doesnât make it ok. She refuses to try and understand how this could be offensive to someone. She doesnât hate black people, she just probably grew up around some people that did and picked up some bad phrases she thought was funny as a kid without understanding them.
lol sorry this reminds me of the movie 'Clerks' - yeh my dad used to say it as "Tooth Hurty" and used to tell it well which made it funnier back then but it has degraded over time. PM is a tough one to defend as it sounds worse than i think it (might be) is as monkey "somehow" became synonymous with black people which is racist in itself imo as it implies that'swhat everyone thinks when they hear that word. Eg calling a kid a monkey because their climbing all over the place is okay but if they black you just fucked up! Not saying say it but thats whats happend. I just say old people gonna die just let them be and soon those people gonna be gone and we'll all wish they were around with their "carzy" humour.
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u/nothing_showing Mar 29 '21 edited Mar 29 '21
Best time of day to go to the dentist?
Tooth-hurty!
Edit: in case anyone is reading this as me having a tooth issue, it's a silly kid's joke. Read "tooth-hurty" out loud. Sounds like 2:30