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Offensive greetings card

178 replies

BluebelllsRosesDaffodills · 18/10/2021 15:41

If you received this card, would you find it funny, or think it was rude?
Would you feel it was very poor taste?
Not meaning to offend anyone btw, more curious as to who would buy this kind of thing.

Offensive greetings card
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MaskingForIt · 18/10/2021 16:12

I’m more offended by the incorrect use of a question mark at the end of a statement.

But then my freak was such a whopper he couldn’t get out anyway, so my ladygarden wasn’t sore anyway.

Cocomarine · 18/10/2021 16:12

@userchange987

It's very "try hard" latching onto a trend but not meeting the mark.
Ah - is it part of a trend? Can you explain? That might make sense. Because I’m with the majority of posters - I’m not offended by it, I just can’t imagine why anyone would find it funny! I don’t think it’s offensive per se - just, not funny. But if there’s a whole slew of “freak” jokes that I’m too uncool to be aware of, it might make sense!
MaskingForIt · 18/10/2021 16:13

Instant Muphry’s Law with two anyways!

Cheeseplantboots · 18/10/2021 16:16

Wouldn’t be offended but wouldn’t find it funny either. I’ve kept all my birth cards but that would go in the bin .

EdenFlower · 18/10/2021 16:16

It's not offensive- but it's not very funny either.

FourTeaFallOut · 18/10/2021 16:17

Jesus, what a fucking awful card delivered to a woman at her most vulnerable. Bloody awful.

IntermittentParps · 18/10/2021 16:17

I think the 'freak' is offensive and the 'sore' is crass and a bit revolting.
I like dark humour (Modern Toss etc) but this is just insulting and quite cruel.

FreshFancyFrogglette · 18/10/2021 16:18

I'm not offended by it, but it gives me the creeps. How odd. I don't get it? Where's the joke? I feel like I'm missing something because it doesn't really make sense to me. Are "freaks" particularly heavy??

userchange987 · 18/10/2021 16:18

@Cocomarine yeah companies like this https://www.lovelayladesigns.co.uk/friend?utmcampaign=GAASearchCards&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtrSLBhCLARIsACh6RmjJveU-moQEEJDobTzbWL0SSwofSAFCu9jnzndHbwMHdqKxaNYyrt4aAkE3EALwwwcB

That do non traditional, off the wall cards. Some are very funny to be fair (in my opinion, to the right person) but as I say I think the one this thread is about is trying to latch onto said trend unsuccessfully!

muddyford · 18/10/2021 16:19

Not offensive but not funny either. I've seen much more offensive material posing as greetings cards in high street shops.

EdgeOfTheSky · 18/10/2021 16:19

It’s horrible.
And stupid.
Ugly
And not funny.

And anyone who sent a card that referred to my baby as a freak or thought it ok to speculate about my vagina would be getting short shrift.

GreyhoundG1rl · 18/10/2021 16:19

I think it's bloody awful. Ditto about the "sorry about your ruined vagina" one upthread Hmm
I'll probably be told I'm a fun sponge, but Jesus; is there any need?

whitehorsesdonotlie · 18/10/2021 16:20

That's horrible. Not funny or clever.

Tigerblue · 18/10/2021 16:20

I don't think anyone would like to be called a freak, so I think new parents could potentially be upset by the fact someone wants to joke about how their new born looks.

tickertock · 18/10/2021 16:21

I don't like the word freak otherwise it's just another comical unfunny card

WhereYouLeftIt · 18/10/2021 16:21

Not funny, not in any way. If anyone had sent that to me I'd have totally reassessed how I viewed them.

Underbox · 18/10/2021 16:21

I wouldn't buy it as it's in very poor taste.
If I just had a baby and someone sent it to me, I'd be really offended and upset.

Curiosity101 · 18/10/2021 16:22

I wouldn't be offended by it, but equally don't think it's funny and definitely wouldn't buy it myself.

TrueGrit54 · 18/10/2021 16:22

I wouldn’t like it. Straight into the recycling bin.

Thatsplentyjack · 18/10/2021 16:23

It's the use if the word freak, that makes it so bad. It would be a shit card anyway but that's too much.

drpet49 · 18/10/2021 16:24

Grim. If someone bought me that I would bin it.

prettyteapotsplease · 18/10/2021 16:26

I've got quite a robust sense of humour but that's not actually very funny.

BiscuitLover09876 · 18/10/2021 16:26

I genuinely don't get who would find it funny if they've just given birth?!

olidora63 · 18/10/2021 16:26

I certainly am not precious about cards or anything else ,but this card is not funny or nice !

BeyondMyWits · 18/10/2021 16:27

My work colleague would send something like that ... she "keeps it real, like, straight up, like, tells it like it is, like, no messin around" sometimes feels like I'm on a soap opera set...

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