Blind and Visually Impaired Community
↑
3
↓
Do you like blind jokes, or hate them? (self.Blind)
submitted by CleverestPony70
You know, like a picture of Toph from Avatar or Snowdrop from MLP smiling, the caption saying "I can't see what you did there!". The joke being that normally it'd say "i see what you did there", but they're blind, so... yeah.
Or a "What I see, what she sees" meme, with a point of view shot that just shows a black screen.
Do you like them in a "Ha! That's genuinely funny!" way, a "I'm going to hell for laughing at this" way, or not at all?
Or a "What I see, what she sees" meme, with a point of view shot that just shows a black screen.
Do you like them in a "Ha! That's genuinely funny!" way, a "I'm going to hell for laughing at this" way, or not at all?
UnflinchingCube 13 points 6y ago
My oldest son is blind and he, being a teenager, can be a little rotten ass about it. But he's funny. Whenever I say "have you seen (something like the remote)" kids 2 and 3 will say no they haven't seen it. Oldest kid will get a big shit-eating grin and pipe in "I didn't see it, either." Me: "thank you, dear. I know you didn't see it"
And it's not just him. If you ask other kids at his school if they've seen x or y teacher you're guaranteed to get at least one of them saying "no I can't see anything, sorry" with this huge smirk.
And it's not just him. If you ask other kids at his school if they've seen x or y teacher you're guaranteed to get at least one of them saying "no I can't see anything, sorry" with this huge smirk.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 3 points 6y ago
Lol, nice.
Nighthawk321 9 points 6y ago
I only like them if a blind person makes them. Sounds weird, I know, but having a sighted person, especially on Reddit, make the same joke over and over gets old. It doesn't make it easier when the jokes are encouraged by upvotes from other people who have never heard a blind joke in their entire life.
EnclaveHunter 5 points 6y ago
My blind friend can't see a problem with them.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 2 points 6y ago
Eyyyy
fastfinge 3 points 6y ago
I've heard every blind joke in the world at least a hundred times. If you could find one I hadn't heard over and over, sure, I might laugh. As it is, I just give a tired sigh and move on.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
Wait, so you don't like blind jokes?
fastfinge 5 points 6y ago
I don't like any joke I've heard a hundred times.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 1 points 6y ago
That must suck.
KarmaUK 2 points 6y ago
Not blind, but I think it nearly always hangs on intent.
You can be mean about blind people, and it can still work, if the joke makes you out to be an idiot for being like that.
I still remember Jasper Carrott opening his TV show with a hand over his mouth, and says "This week we'll be making fun of the deaf". It did get complaints, but I think it's not so bad.
Just realised that shown today, it wouldn't work because of subtitles.
You can be mean about blind people, and it can still work, if the joke makes you out to be an idiot for being like that.
I still remember Jasper Carrott opening his TV show with a hand over his mouth, and says "This week we'll be making fun of the deaf". It did get complaints, but I think it's not so bad.
Just realised that shown today, it wouldn't work because of subtitles.
UnflinchingCube 1 points 6y ago
It absolutely depends on intent. Like I got into a really heated argument bc someone I know posted this prank video of a guy pretending to be blind so that he could grope an unsuspecting girl. I thought it was tacky and insulting. Canes are not a joke. They're an extension of my son's body and he needs them.
That being said it's ALL intent. Like my other kids have picked up my son's cane and made light saber noises with it. If it were a random stranger on the street touching it, I'd freak out. Random people on the street have made shitty asshole comments about his eyes before. But if someone I know makes a gentle harmless joke I'm definitely not going to get upset.
That being said it's ALL intent. Like my other kids have picked up my son's cane and made light saber noises with it. If it were a random stranger on the street touching it, I'd freak out. Random people on the street have made shitty asshole comments about his eyes before. But if someone I know makes a gentle harmless joke I'm definitely not going to get upset.
KarmaUK 1 points 6y ago
Indeed, some of the kids probably don't even know what the cane signifies, they're just using a stick as a lightsabre, not mocking a blind person :)
[deleted] -2 points 6y ago
[removed]
UnflinchingCube 1 points 6y ago
Not super sure what that has to do with what I said, unless you're trying to insult me by calling me a feminist?
arthurpaliden 1 points 6y ago
Venetian or bamboo?
[deleted] 0 points 6y ago
[removed]
impablomations 3 points 6y ago
We get comments/posts like that multiple times per day. It's stopped being funny or original a long time ago.
[deleted] 0 points 6y ago
[removed]
[deleted] 0 points 6y ago
[removed]
impablomations 2 points 6y ago
No trolling or racist jokes. Only warning.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 3 points 6y ago
That joke wasn't really racist, the character it depicted was. Arguably. Depending on his intent with the comment, I guess.
impablomations 4 points 6y ago
> That joke wasn't really racist,
A photo of Stevie Wonder with the caption "Well at least I'm not black" most certainly is racist.
A photo of Stevie Wonder with the caption "Well at least I'm not black" most certainly is racist.
CleverestPony70 [OP] 0 points 6y ago
The joke was that he thought he wasn't black. That's racial humor, not racist humor.
"I'm not racist! Racism is a crime, and crime is a thing for black people!" is a racist joke.
"I'm not racist! Racism is a crime, and crime is a thing for black people!" is a racist joke.
KudosInc 0 points 6y ago
fully understood, thanks
This nonprofit website is run by volunteers.
Please contribute if you can. Thank you!
Our mission is to provide everyone with access to large-
scale community websites for the good of humanity.
Without ads, without tracking, without greed.
scale community websites for the good of humanity.
Without ads, without tracking, without greed.
©2023 HumbleCat Inc • HumbleCat is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Michigan, USA.