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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Can somebody explain what bathroom humour is?
I generally aren't offended by any humour, as long as the intent was to tell a joke. You can generally notice when the intent was to hurt or to humour.
But sometimes people just want to be offended (or so it seems). Whatever you say, they will think it is about them and you are making fun of them...
For example:
One day, in spring, my brother and mother were working in the garden. They were living next to each other and wanted to make a nice garden together. The sun was shining and it was hot, without shade. My sister-in-law, who was highly pregnant, was sitting and watching it.
My mother made the remark, something wasn't right, as my sister-in-law was sitting while they were working, she had even given my sister-in-law a slave bracelet! My sister-in-law laughed and took a sip of her drink 
Is this offensive? I think most people would say no.
And what if I add the missing fact that my sister-in-law is black? |
Bathroom Humor (and it's kind of disgusting to even
write about it), is off-color humor that often deals with bodily functions.
I like bathroom humor, personally, but not while I'm eating.
On your question about the joke: I don't think it would be off-color, as long as there is this
deep love and affection between both parties, and that the two individuals know that it's only a joke.
The two must really know each other and trust each other, and to me this translates into a love and appreciation for that other person. It might be perceived as highly offensive, however, if the two people are less than what I described at the beginning of this paragraph. Telling a joke like this can be "dangerous" if the person is not well known.
(Parenthetically, I think the reason two or three people here have verbally castrated me is not because they dislike me personally, but that they don't know me. My humor makes them feel uncomfortable, possibly due to some trauma early - or later - in their lives. It's impossible to tell, though. And I've been mostly silent, posting stupid silly comments where that's most expected. But I wanted to change that, to open people's eyes and veins, and get them to think outside their comfortable reality. However, it's also simply the working of my mind and what I find humorous. I've lost some "friends" over my convictions, over my idea of what I think is funny. Also, an individual's perception of humor is such a nebulous thing [I feel], and people are very, very sensitive about what they think to be funny.)
Don