[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Speaking for myself. . .

A sense of humor is a study in itself. I think it is on some kind of spectrum. There is definitely a range.

Those of us who have a sense of humor know that it is very much a part of who we are as individuals.

I have known people who take everything literally because they just can’t see it any other way — no sense of humor, at all, I guess. The rest of us run the gamut from the quick and dry to slapstick and beyond, with everything in between.

And, of course, humor can be a valuable coping mechanism.

I will say though that I draw the line where others might have a need to cross it. . .

I have never laughed at a Helen Keller joke.
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I have never mocked a disabled person.

I think Ricky Gervais goes too far in his stand-up routine. I watched his stand-up one time. Never again. (cringe, shudder)

And, now, I cannot find any laughter anywhere in what we are seeing happening in Ukraine.

I have not even watched Colbert for the past few nights. I have always loved it when he skewers those who need a good skewering. But man’s inhumanity to man, orchestrated by a megalomaniac, is in a different category. (I don’t know how or if Colbert is satirizing this one. I am choosing not to find out.)

“A woman’s got to know her limitations.”

And I just can’t laugh about any part of this one.

Boomer

PS: Today, I did look up my favorite vodka Grey Goose, just to make sure — made in France.
PPS: And, btw, please do not feel the need to lecture me about what I can and cannot control. I am not naive. I limit my news time and then go on with normal things — but damn, this is HUGE, the biggest thing I have seen in my entire boomer life — so far. . .

How about blonde jokes?