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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoA wise man once said “There are two things in the world I can’t stand: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures… and the Dutch.” In both his case and mine, the cultural insensitivity was part of the joke.
minus-square1ostA5tro6ynelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agofrom one comedian to another, maybe workshop that one. it comes across like you’re a closet racist telling schrodinger’s joke. as a rule of thumb, if you have to tell your audience “don’t get offended it’s just a joke” you went wrong somewhere.
A wise man once said “There are two things in the world I can’t stand: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures… and the Dutch.”
In both his case and mine, the cultural insensitivity was part of the joke.
from one comedian to another, maybe workshop that one. it comes across like you’re a closet racist telling schrodinger’s joke. as a rule of thumb, if you have to tell your audience “don’t get offended it’s just a joke” you went wrong somewhere.