Comments on: Gender-based Cultural Humor http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2008/08/12/gender-based-cultural-humor/ Contagious Thoughts, Mutating as Needed Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: delmer http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2008/08/12/gender-based-cultural-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-77048 delmer Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:54:49 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/?p=2038#comment-77048 You can just tell the make-up sex was incredible that night. delmers last blog post..<a href="http://www.delmer.com/archives/2008/08/rethinking_cook.php" rel="nofollow">Rethinking Cookies</a> You can just tell the make-up sex was incredible that night.

delmers last blog post..Rethinking Cookies

]]> By: VirusHead http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2008/08/12/gender-based-cultural-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-77046 VirusHead Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:56:35 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/?p=2038#comment-77046 I don't disagree with that, and this is mildly funny - yes. I'm interested in the way the memes propagate, though. My personal wake-up call on this happened a couple of years ago. A glass had gotten broken and I opened my mouth and some version of my mom and Mary Tyler Moore broke out with "well, I guess we just can't HAVE nice things." You should have seen John's face. It's not the kind of thing I would ever say, and it's so culturally locatable. And still, it came out my mouth, as they say. We laughed about it, but I've always been a little disturbed at being infected by this kind of thing, being subsumed under... well, whatever you want to call it. I think men are sometimes damaged by it, too. Sure, every stupid flunky Dad on television is amusing, but there sure are a lot of them... and why are we reinforcing it? Peter Pan - love the "childlike," not so fond of the "childish." My posts last night were kind of mindless anyway. I was tired and descriptive prose was hiding from me. Any more music to send me? I don’t disagree with that, and this is mildly funny - yes. I’m interested in the way the memes propagate, though.

My personal wake-up call on this happened a couple of years ago. A glass had gotten broken and I opened my mouth and some version of my mom and Mary Tyler Moore broke out with “well, I guess we just can’t HAVE nice things.” You should have seen John’s face. It’s not the kind of thing I would ever say, and it’s so culturally locatable. And still, it came out my mouth, as they say.

We laughed about it, but I’ve always been a little disturbed at being infected by this kind of thing, being subsumed under… well, whatever you want to call it. I think men are sometimes damaged by it, too. Sure, every stupid flunky Dad on television is amusing, but there sure are a lot of them… and why are we reinforcing it? Peter Pan - love the “childlike,” not so fond of the “childish.”

My posts last night were kind of mindless anyway. I was tired and descriptive prose was hiding from me.

Any more music to send me?

]]> By: Ian http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2008/08/12/gender-based-cultural-humor/comment-page-1/#comment-77045 Ian Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:17:21 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/?p=2038#comment-77045 I might have thought this was a little harsh last week , but I found myself using variations of “IT’S A GUY THING” and “OH, DON’T FUSS, I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT’S NO BIG DEAL.” after a few beers and playing around on a jumping castle last weekend. So ok maybe there is a little truth in here, and maybe bit of Peter Pan in all of us? I might have thought this was a little harsh last week , but I found myself using variations of “IT’S A GUY THING” and “OH, DON’T FUSS, I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT’S NO BIG DEAL.” after a few beers and playing around on a jumping castle last weekend. So ok maybe there is a little truth in here, and maybe bit of Peter Pan in all of us?

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