What the absolute?

[OrangeSunsets]

Just saw this advert on my FB feed. What the absolute? I know it’s aimed at adults but even then is it trying to say the person wearing it is thick? Is it only me that that thinks it send out the wrong message? I’m happy to be told I am missing the point or I am too old to understand

It's not even remotely funny. Wtf indeed.

@OrangeSunsets

Perfectly healthy sense of humour- unlike you. And so do my three DC

OrangeSunsets
I find your repeated comments about posters children a hell lot more offensive than this jokey tshirt. You cannot condemn a joke when you are using vile statements to make your point!

I even more like the fact that they will be ignored, or told to fuck off.

Careful, there may be a change.org petition set up to get you banned from mumsnet with those types of comments.

What about DC on the spectrum.
My DD would be confused by this message, she is not thick but has no sense of what is for humour as she is HFA.

It's offensive because it's trivilising my experience and my very real pain. And sadly child exploitation isn't a rare event

It doesn’t trivialise my experience. I still find it funny. It isn’t a rare event, no, but that doesn’t mean we feel the same way about these things.

Oh Amorea you are exactly right. Which is also so very wrong. My older sister married a paedophile when I was a child. I can’t understand what you have been through but I can empathise. Those that find it funny are not on the same page. If that makes us more sensitive or “snowflakes” then so be it. I’m far from a snowflake in every other respect.

@OrangeSunsets

Why do you expect people to be on the same page? It’s be a very boring world if we all thought the same

Tasteless crap

It's kinda useful though because it helps me to weed out the kind of folk who proudly wear this shit from my life

GenerationSnowflake what vile statements have I used?

I also never mentioned anyone on any spectrum just people that take things literally. You don’t have to be on any spectrum to take things literally.

I once saw a baby vest for sale in a slogan shop. It had 'My parent's shake me' on it. It still bothers me over 15 years later. horrible and unacceptable.

Sorry, that's my misplaced apostrophe (that would have been even more upsetting).

@MrsAriadne
But let’s hope we are all on the same page when it comes to protecting children! My daughter need never suffer what I have. No child needs to listen to adults laugh about child abduction. Funny? Not so much. Garfield? Funny? Doesn’t matter. Dry humour? Doesn’t matter. Laugh at what you want. It’s a free world.
You can’t educate stupid.

It's kinda useful though because it helps me to weed out the kind of folk who proudly wear this shit from my life

I agree, Ive started applying it to wider circles and including people who think Amy Shumer, Jo brand and any comedy I don't like is funny. I feel that it broadens my mind somewhat

I feel that it broadens my mind somewhat

Justanotherlurker

I understand black humour is necessary for the people who work in the emergency services. I am also a victim of child rape and I find that t shirt extremely offensive, if that makes me a snowflake so be it.

I thought it was pretty vile when you said I sincerely hope your sick sense of humour doesn’t bite you in the ass

You can’t educate stupid.

I 100% guarantee that some comedy/comedian you find funny will have offended someone in their history, widening that, I guarantee that something you like or believe will have someone coming back with that type of answer, and I also guarantee that you will will try and brush off any critisim under the guise of "well i didn't find that bit funny, i know that is problematic, but..."

@OrangeSunsets

I assume that educating stupid was directed at me. Along with the other vile stuff a PP pointed out. Whatever. I have a dark sense of humour. You’re not the moral arbiter anywhere, thank god.

I feel that it broadens my mind somewhat

Humour likes to push boundaries.
That doesn't mean to say that all boundaries should be pushed.

It's not 'hilarious' - it's a cheap shit attempt at humour at best.

The subject matter is obvious, and that's certainly not a laughing matter.

As for it being an adult t-shirt - children can read adult t-shirts and what sort of adult still wears a t-shirt with such a joke on it anyway?

Hopefully the rear of the shirt says 'You'll be glad to see the back of me'.

@MrsAriadneOliver

What point have I missed...I have always told my dc not to go with strangers and have told them some of the classic lines do you want to see my puppy’s or would you like some sweets

I believe this slogan makes light of that and I don’t like it and that is my point

Don’t joke about this shit. I actually had this t-shirt and then my PFB was abducted.
It’s no joking matter

Any comediansaying it is not wearing it day to day. To find a comedian’s humour funny is very different to buying and choosing to wear a silly slogan surely? A comedy show aimed at adults is very very different to a T-shirt. A T-shirt that every single person capable of reading can read. Be them 5 or 50? Chuckling at a meme aimed at adults is different to a T-shirt worn by an adult. Surely? Why would you wear a T-shirt like that?
Those that have defended it. Would you wear it? Proudly?

I don’t find it funny, not particularly offensive but I could see where you were coming from until you said let’s hope none of your children get abducted as a result of being shown the sweets first. That is just bloody ridiculous.