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Original poster

To think this card is inappropriate?

311 replies

Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 20:54

Saw this in a supermarket the other day. I find it very distasteful and almost upsetting. Surely if we're condemning sexual violence, we're condemning all sexual violence? Rape jokes are not acceptable, so why is a card joking about serious sexual assault OK?

To think this card is inappropriate?
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BIossomtoes · 27/10/2023 22:38

fluffypotatoes · 27/10/2023 22:35

Then it is assault

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And? You do know it’s a cartoon, right?

adriftinadenofvipers · 27/10/2023 22:39

VeridicalVagabond · 27/10/2023 22:23

Nothing I could say on here without breaking talk guidelines 🤷‍♀️

This is just unfunny boomer humour.

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So what pray tell makes it "boomer"???

Flatbellyfella · 27/10/2023 22:39

It’s a very old joke from years ago.

porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 22:40

I think it more likely the angry woman shoves it up his A than the seemingly self-assured man commits random A hara-kiri.

Deadringer · 27/10/2023 22:40

Damnloginpopup · 27/10/2023 22:34

My mate Henry got a vacuum cleaner stuck up his arse yesterday.

I called the hospital to see how he was today and the doctor said he was picking up nicely.

😂

Member869894 · 27/10/2023 22:41

Oh don't be silly op

Tryingmybestadhd · 27/10/2023 22:41

Just out of curiosity how old are you ?

adriftinadenofvipers · 27/10/2023 22:41

Stop the fucking world, because I want to get off.

PC has gone absolutely MAD.

I guess it's because I am (very marginally) an evil Boomer.... 🙄

Dunnoburt · 27/10/2023 22:42

Let's hope the 'Odd Squad' cards aren't still about if that offends you......

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Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 22:42

WandaWonder · 27/10/2023 22:36

I wonder if there is a check list handed around so people take turns in being offended?

Your drip feeding dramaticness has a fake quality about it

What do you mean by "dripfeeding dramaticness"?

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fluffypotatoes · 27/10/2023 22:44

adriftinadenofvipers · 27/10/2023 22:41

Stop the fucking world, because I want to get off.

PC has gone absolutely MAD.

I guess it's because I am (very marginally) an evil Boomer.... 🙄

Right. So some people finding a card unfunny/offensive/inappropriate has caused you to want to get off the world?

And I assume you mean political correctness has gone mad. It's not political. Its actual offense.

SleepingStandingUp · 27/10/2023 22:44

Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 21:04

No but it references something that does happen IRL. By your logic, a card making fun of a woman being raped is fine too?

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What is the actual incidence rate for women shoving vacuum cleaners up the bum of men?

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Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 22:44

Tryingmybestadhd · 27/10/2023 22:41

Just out of curiosity how old are you ?

Me? Have a guess😂

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MermaidMummy06 · 27/10/2023 22:46

I think it's horrible and would think poorly of anyone's character who bought this. I'm not personally offended, but if you flipped the man/woman & object I would be, so I must say it's potentially offensive.

Having said that, I also think cards making crude, horrible jokes about people's age are disgusting and offensive. Even when I was young I refused to buy them.

BIossomtoes · 27/10/2023 22:47

SleepingStandingUp · 27/10/2023 22:44

What is the actual incidence rate for women shoving vacuum cleaners up the bum of men?

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None. Apparently there have been a handful of A&E attendances of penises stuck in vacuum cleaners but they tend to be self inflicted injuries.

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 22:47

You do know it’s a cartoon, right?

So a cartoon about rape of a woman would be fine then?

Binkie98 · 27/10/2023 22:47

Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 21:34

I understand that! But just because this particular card is a made up scenario doesn't mean that sexual assault as a whole doesn't happen.

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Of course not. But this isn't about 'sexual assault.' It's about a greetings card!!

Tryingmybestadhd · 27/10/2023 22:48

In your 20 a or early 30s?

Bs0u416d · 27/10/2023 22:48

Give me strength OP. You were not offended by this. You saw an opportunity for virtue signalling. Either that or you had a total and utter sense of humour failure.

BIossomtoes · 27/10/2023 22:48

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 22:47

You do know it’s a cartoon, right?

So a cartoon about rape of a woman would be fine then?

You may wish to improve your deductive skills because that doesn’t begin to compute.

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 22:49

What do you mean by "dripfeeding dramaticness"?

I doubt the poster knows, given the utter unintelligible nature of the post. 'Dramaticness'? 🤦🏻‍♀️

kittenchaos2 · 27/10/2023 22:49

I thought it was funny. Wouldn't bother me at all to receive that card.

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Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 22:50

Bs0u416d · 27/10/2023 22:48

Give me strength OP. You were not offended by this. You saw an opportunity for virtue signalling. Either that or you had a total and utter sense of humour failure.

I saw the top half of the card and was curious what the joke was. I picked it up and saw a "joke" that in my interpretation was about sexual assault. Yes, I was offended. Not doing any virtue signalling, happy to give a list of all kinds of less than perfect things I've done this week, including several that MN would have conniptions over.

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Hexandthecity · 27/10/2023 22:51

Tryingmybestadhd · 27/10/2023 22:48

In your 20 a or early 30s?

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Moveoverdarlin · 27/10/2023 22:51

Oh come on, have a day off.