▲ 155 ▼ The IT Crowd - Piracy warning (www.youtube.com) submitted 2 years ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sorry to link to YouTube for this, but it's just such a great example of actual humor from the decades where it was allowed to joke about it.
[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) The episode came out over 15 years ago... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WallEx@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) So? My point was, that you could easily make this joke today, why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago Vaguely conservative people love to claim that "you can't joke about anything nowadays!!" but everytime I ask for an example it's either completely banal stuff like this sketch, or it's just straight up bigotry with the thinnest veneer of "a joke". Like, sorry that calling a trans woman a guy or saying weird shit about Muslims isn't funny in 2023, but good god get some fucking actual material. permalink fedilink source parent [–] XEAL@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My reply was regarding this: I honestly don’t even think this is that edgy of a sketch … permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Oh, so just additional information? Or I'm being dull :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WallEx@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) So? My point was, that you could easily make this joke today, why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago Vaguely conservative people love to claim that "you can't joke about anything nowadays!!" but everytime I ask for an example it's either completely banal stuff like this sketch, or it's just straight up bigotry with the thinnest veneer of "a joke". Like, sorry that calling a trans woman a guy or saying weird shit about Muslims isn't funny in 2023, but good god get some fucking actual material. permalink fedilink source parent [–] XEAL@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My reply was regarding this: I honestly don’t even think this is that edgy of a sketch … permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Oh, so just additional information? Or I'm being dull :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago Vaguely conservative people love to claim that "you can't joke about anything nowadays!!" but everytime I ask for an example it's either completely banal stuff like this sketch, or it's just straight up bigotry with the thinnest veneer of "a joke". Like, sorry that calling a trans woman a guy or saying weird shit about Muslims isn't funny in 2023, but good god get some fucking actual material. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My reply was regarding this: I honestly don’t even think this is that edgy of a sketch … permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Oh, so just additional information? Or I'm being dull :D permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WallEx@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Oh, so just additional information? Or I'm being dull :D permalink fedilink source parent