Funniest thing I have ever read in my entire life

[insearchof]

Yeah the permission slip one is brilliant

And to whoever created that account just to say that it's not funny because it talks about animal abuse, well, if it's true and that woman is dumb enough to actually keep answering his emails and keep asking for help, I don't really sympathize.

nah, that's not why I joined. I have an issue about a dog I want to talk about, but was browsing the forum first, to see if I felt safe talking about it here.

I agree about the dumb woman (if it was real, though I am assuming it is not after reading some of the other things the guy writes) and admit I don't really get that kind of humor, so I guess I'm just a stick in the mud haha, but that had nothing to do with the guy talking about putting a cat in a box and shutting it in a shed. Animal abuse is not funny. Nor is child abuse (from one of his other "exchanges") I won't be following that guy I don't think his idea of 'humor' is funny, I think it's sick.

Still not sure about bringing up my issue here, though it worries me a lot and could use some feed back, I'll look around some more first, and see how people get along......

 

[smkie]

Made me chuckle...thanks for sharing!

 

[AGonzalez]

nah, that's not why I joined. I have an issue about a dog I want to talk about, but was browsing the forum first, to see if I felt safe talking about it here.

I agree about the dumb woman (if it was real, though I am assuming it is not after reading some of the other things the guy writes) and admit I don't really get that kind of humor, so I guess I'm just a stick in the mud haha, but that had nothing to do with the guy talking about putting a cat in a box and shutting it in a shed. Animal abuse is not funny. Nor is child abuse (from one of his other "exchanges") I won't be following that guy I don't think his idea of 'humor' is funny, I think it's sick.

Still not sure about bringing up my issue here, though it worries me a lot and could use some feed back, I'll look around some more first, and see how people get along......

Well that's your prerogative but I think it's rather condescending of you to come on as a new member and start in on this thread in particular; telling others how it's not funny because it talks about animal abuse. Seriously?

I think the whole point is that really, would you believe this joker REALLY put a cat in a box and left it in the shed for a week, then MAILED it back to it's owner? Come on, A. left in a box for a week without food or water, it would have died certainly, and then mailing it back to the owner and "not putting enough stamps on it" - come on, there's no way it went through the mail and that was meant to be completely satirical. Let's not be naive now.

While I don't find it very funny at all just because it doesn't suit my sense of humor, that does not mean I need to come on with the "I can't believe you guys are laughing about animal abuse on an animal forum" judgment. Go do some more reading, I seriously doubt anyone here really thinks animal abuse is funny...

So in the long run, post if you're going to or don't, the only person it's going to hurt if you don't is you.

 

[insearchof]

Well that's your prerogative but I think it's rather condescending of you to come on as a new member and start in on this thread in particular; telling others how it's not funny because it talks about animal abuse. Seriously?

I think the whole point is that really, would you believe this joker REALLY put a cat in a box and left it in the shed for a week, then MAILED it back to it's owner? Come on, A. left in a box for a week without food or water, it would have died certainly, and then mailing it back to the owner and "not putting enough stamps on it" - come on, there's no way it went through the mail and that was meant to be completely satirical. Let's not be naive now.

While I don't find it very funny at all just because it doesn't suit my sense of humor, that does not mean I need to come on with the "I can't believe you guys are laughing about animal abuse on an animal forum" judgment. Go do some more reading, I seriously doubt anyone here really thinks animal abuse is funny...

So in the long run, post if you're going to or don't, the only person it's going to hurt if you don't is you.

Of course I don't think it's true, that's my point. Animal abuse is not funny, it is not a joking matter.

What does it matter if I am a new member? Am I not allowed an opinion until I have a certain number of posts, or have been here a certain amount of time?

I don't think it's going to hurt me, if I don't post about my problem here. I'd like to talk it over with some friendly caring people, to get some perspective. I'm still browsing.

 

[AGonzalez]

Of course I don't think it's true, that's my point. Animal abuse is not funny, it is not a joking matter.

What does it matter if I am a new member? Am I not allowed an opinion until I have a certain number of posts, or have been here a certain amount of time?

I don't think it's going to hurt me, if I don't post about my problem here. I'd like to talk it over with some friendly caring people, to get some perspective. I'm still browsing.

Nope and I never said that nor implied it. Ever hear the saying "your first impression should be your best impression"? You're not making a particularly wonderful first impression coming on here, nobody knows you, and you're judging people on what they find amusing.

When I said hurt you I meant the only person that it is going to matter to is you and your dog, so why get so defensive? If you'd like I could pull up several threads that are more offensive for you to go snark over, if that'll make you happy?

 

[insearchof]

Nope and I never said that nor implied it.

Sure you did:

Well that's your prerogative but I think it's rather condescending of you to come on as a new member and start in on this thread in particular; telling others how it's not funny because it talks about animal abuse. Seriously?

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That's your opinion, but sounds just as judgmental as my comments, see? You've judged me as condescending. That's how I seem to you, I understand. I am not offended by your comments.

I am only offended by that guy with his idea of animal abuse being funny.

Ever hear the saying "your first impression should be your best impression"? You're not making a particularly wonderful first impression coming on here, nobody knows you, and you're judging people on what they find amusing.

When I said hurt you I meant the only person that it is going to matter to is you and your dog, so why get so defensive? If you'd like I could pull up several threads that are more offensive for you to go snark over, if that'll make you happy?

You're right I sounded judging. Holier than thou and all that. I should have been more careful in my wording. Just because I don't think animal abuse is a joking matter, doesn't mean that others shouldn't.....I guess.

I just don't get why anyone would be entertained by it, is all.

To explain my feelings about it a little better:

There are a lot of sickos in this world, who don't need any ideas put into their heads, they can come up with enough depravity on their own.

Then there are the borderline ones who might just have too much time on their hands.They read something like what that guy posted as humor, and since other people thought it was funny, they decide to try it for themselves."hey wow look at what this guy wrote he did to a cat, isn't that hilarious, lets try it and see what happens to the cat". This, in part, is why I object to animal abuse as humor.

 

[MandyPug]

Then there are the borderline ones who might just have too much time on their hands.They read something like what that guy posted as humor, and since other people thought it was funny, they decide to try it for themselves."hey wow look at what this guy wrote he did to a cat, isn't that hilarious, lets try it and see what happens to the cat". This, in part, is why I object to animal abuse as humor.

What you don't seem to get is that that part is not the joke... The joke is the posters he's making. The fact that the posters all are interpretations of the woman's lost cat sign that she describes, but they're not exactly what she meant, is what's funny. Not the animal abuse.

 

[Renee750il]

The thing that I see that's being missed is that humor is rarely universal. It's totally subjective. Everyone processes it through their own filters, their own experiences, background, psyche.

Some are going to find it hysterically funny, others mildly amusing, tasteless, pointless, or just want to smack the subjects, and there's nothing wrong with any of those reactions.

 

[insearchof]

What you don't seem to get is that that part is not the joke... The joke is the posters he's making. The fact that the posters all are interpretations of the woman's lost cat sign that she describes, but they're not exactly what she meant, is what's funny. Not the animal abuse.

No, I get that. And said so, a while back. That's my whole point. His "joke" about what he did to his friend's cat (that I realize is farcical) has no bearing on anything. It's just .....sick. You know? It WAS funny at first, the poster parts, I even giggled a bit at the first couple of exchanges. But the cat in the box in the shed was what killed it for me. Then I read a couple more of his exchanges, by following links posted in this thread, and discovered he also finds child abuse funny.

So <shrug> just not my idea of funny, and I do honestly have trouble understanding how it (the animal and child abuse bits) could be anyone's idea of funny, that's all. I understand that people who do think it's funny will find my opinion judgmental. Just like I am being judged because I don't find it funny and decided to say so. I did explain why, in part, I don't think animal abuse jokes are funny. People who want to explain why they think animal abuse jokes are funny are certainly free post their points of view.

 

[Fran101]

I think these kinds of jokes are funny because they are OBVIOUSLY not real.

This guy is obviously being sarcastic throughout the ENTIRE joke, why would you think hes being serious in the last bit about the cat?
not to mention how unrealistic the JOKE WAS

For example, my aunt emailed me this afternoon about how her kids who I am babysitting, are doing
I said that I bought them each a pet tiger, a trampoline and a hoola hoop that we lit on fire and I'm having fun teaching them how to jump through it. Those who won't jump get thrown in the tiger cage

OBVIOUSLY im being sarcastic throughout the entire paragraph so of course she thought it was funny because its SARCASTIC AND UNREALISTIC

If I would've said "Oh you know, One of your kids fell down the stairs and broke his neck and we are all in the hospital waiting room"
that wouldn't be funny. because its something that is realistic and you can't read sarcasm in there

but really.. a dead cat that he MAILED back to his owner and was returned for postage? not to mention his sarcastic tone for the ENTIRE thing, everything he stated was a joke..

but lets talk about the actual reality of it.
YOU CANT MAIL A DEAD CAT IN A BOX!
hello. that box would STINK OF DEAD ANIMAL, and no postal carrier in the RIGHT MIND would allow it to be mailed.
You really think a DEAD CAT would make it through ground, transport, checking, having the address posted on it and then mailed back to the owner, and delivered to his door?..
thats A LOT of people who would have to see/smell this stinky disgusting box... that probably would contain not only a dead cat, but feces etc.. and just say
"whatever.. lets mail it"
There are safety measures enforced so you can't mail anybody anything...gross. or potentially full of disease.

FUNNY because its unrealistic and obviously sarcastic.


not all animal abuse jokes are funny IMO. but those that are obviously JOKES and totally sarcastic.. ya, I think they are pretty funny.

Dog owners and Parents alike make jokes like that.
My parents would always make jokes about shipping us off to boarding school in North Korea.

and I make jokes about sending Romeo to go live with Cesar Milan and all his pitbulls

point it. we would never actually do such things.. they are JOKES.

 

[insearchof]

Again, my point is being missed.

I am not talking about the mailing of a dead cat and whether that is possible. I am talking about it being perceived as funny to put a cat in a box and stuff him in a shed for a week. And as I have said more than once I KNOW it is not something the author actually did. (I hope) I just don't think it is funny to joke about stuffing an animal into a box and locking him in a shed for a week. I think anyone who can think up something like that and consider it funny is sick.

And as I have said repeatedly, I understand they are considered jokes. I just don't happen to think they are funny, nor do I think animal abuse is a joking matter in any way shape or form.

Your imaginary circus game with your young cousins is not at all the same thing. Had you said you were teaching them to throw the tiger in the fire and watch him burn up while bouncing on the trampoline, for fun, it may not have gone over with such hilarity.

 

[AGonzalez]

Sure you did:



That's your opinion, but sounds just as judgmental as my comments, see? You've judged me as condescending. That's how I seem to you, I understand. I am not offended by your comments.

I am only offended by that guy with his idea of animal abuse being funny.




You're right I sounded judging. Holier than thou and all that. I should have been more careful in my wording. Just because I don't think animal abuse is a joking matter, doesn't mean that others shouldn't.....I guess.

I just don't get why anyone would be entertained by it, is all.

To explain my feelings about it a little better:

There are a lot of sickos in this world, who don't need any ideas put into their heads, they can come up with enough depravity on their own.

Then there are the borderline ones who might just have too much time on their hands.They read something like what that guy posted as humor, and since other people thought it was funny, they decide to try it for themselves."hey wow look at what this guy wrote he did to a cat, isn't that hilarious, lets try it and see what happens to the cat". This, in part, is why I object to animal abuse as humor.

Like I said, I don't find it funny either, just not for the same reason.It's more the fact that you don't know anyone on here yet you have the guts to come on and judge how a bunch of animal lovers can be amused by "animal abuse" - that obviously never occurred. If someone is going to abuse an animal and be sick enough to do it, they certainly didn't learn it from a satirical post on the internet, they were already sick in the head. Anyone with an ounce of common decency KNOWS that kitty ain't going to survive it and that box is going to be drippy taking it to the post office...so don't give me the whole monkey see monkey do theory on this, it just doesn't fly because to be stupid or sick enough to do it already, you don't need a manual on "how to".

Why not go complain to the author if you find it so damned offensive?

Oh well ,different strokes for different folks, I don't care what your post count is, but the fact that your very first post is condescending really is a bad impression on what kind of newbie you are. Hope you enjoy Chaz

 

[Fran101]

Lol I think if she can laugh about a joke about her KIDS being harmed.
she would laugh about a joke about tigers being harmed.

Both are ridiculously unrealistic. This is London, where the heck would I even FIND tigers?!? lol

You have every right to not think they are funny.. thats your opinion
but to march in here on your high horse and point fingers is RIDICULOUS, especially when the joke was posted on a forum of OBVIOUS dog lovers.

Yup because thats TOTALLY what we are.. a bunch of animal abuse lovers. we all just sit around and beat and starve our pets just for fun.
In case you have trouble with sarcasm, that ^^^ is a joke.

REAL ANIMAL ABUSE ISN'T FUNNY.I dont look at a picture of a starved cat, beaten dog, or any abused animal and laugh

but a joke about a dead cat being starved and mailed back to his owner after an entire page of joke was made, and the comment was obviously part of the joke and totally sarcastic. ya, I think thats pretty funny. because it isnt REAL, its sarcasm..

like somebody saying "ya.. I love bunnies, I love to eat them for dinnner!"
obviously a joke.. a sarcastic play on the word "love"

again, you have every right to not think its funny. thats your opinion
but theres no need to judge others that have a different opinion of humor than yours.

 

[Xandra]

The funny part isn't that a cat was starved... otherwise he could have just wrote "I starved my friend's cat for a week and then mailed it to him har de har har." (it wouldn't be funny)

The only thing that makes it funny is that it is sent to this person who wants a missing cat poster... the funny part is that this cretin is playing games with the cat lover and the cat lover continues to reply like a normal person.

The "victim" of the joke is the animal lover, who is being screwed with, not a cat.

 

[insearchof]

You guys are still missing what I am trying to say here.

After giving it some thought, I realize what I have been missing on my end is that most of you completely overlooked the part about the cat abuse as having any relevancy to the joke, whereas that is the part that hit me in the heart.

I am puzzled by that, why people aren't disturbed by that part, still, but I do understand why my comment in my first post was ill received. It was a personal comment, not directed at any one person here, but I won't split hairs, it was personal and I do get why it caused hackles to rise, and I apologize for saying it.

So I will try one more time to explain why I reacted the way I did and felt the need to post about it.

I think and feel there is so much hate and cruelty in this world already that to make jokes about it is wrong. Not everyone thinks for himself.

Idle brains can be open to suggestions that never would have come to them, if they hadn't heard it from somewhere else. A person who lives in an environment where animals are treated like things, or worse than things, is more likely to carry on that legacy. A person who respects and honors all living things is more likely to live his life in that way, and pass on this respect to the people around him.

Hate and evil breeds hate and evil. To some, such as you here who love and cherish your pets and understand that animals are living breathing feeling beings, who wouldn't dream of treating yours, or any other animal, in such a way, it's just a fantasy used to entertain and get a laugh out of your day.

To someone with less...compassion or understanding or respect, or what have you, it's an invitation to try it out, and to involve other weak minded people in the sick game, thus continuing the cycle.

This is the best I can do at explaining my strong reaction to the part about the cat in the box in the original joke. I wanted to express why I think things like this aren't funny, because I think it just breeds more evil. I believe people ought to speak up when they perceive something as cruel, inhumane, etcetera, whether it is meant as a joke or not. And feeling that way, I spoke up.

 

[Dogs6]

Both are ridiculously unrealistic. This is London, where the heck would I even FIND tigers?!? lol

The Zoo

I thought it weas quite funny but some of his other ones are definitely better :lol-sign:

 

[Renee750il]

ISO, I believe you've made some thoughtful and thought provoking points in that last post Thanks. I think you'll fit in well here.

 

[Fran101]

ISO, I believe you've made some thoughtful and thought provoking points in that last post Thanks. I think you'll fit in well here.

I agree. I understand your point more now

 

[AGonzalez]

You guys are still missing what I am trying to say here.

After giving it some thought, I realize what I have been missing on my end is that most of you completely overlooked the part about the cat abuse as having any relevancy to the joke, whereas that is the part that hit me in the heart.

I am puzzled by that, why people aren't disturbed by that part, still, but I do understand why my comment in my first post was ill received. It was a personal comment, not directed at any one person here, but I won't split hairs, it was personal and I do get why it caused hackles to rise, and I apologize for saying it.

So I will try one more time to explain why I reacted the way I did and felt the need to post about it.

I think and feel there is so much hate and cruelty in this world already that to make jokes about it is wrong. Not everyone thinks for himself.

Idle brains can be open to suggestions that never would have come to them, if they hadn't heard it from somewhere else. A person who lives in an environment where animals are treated like things, or worse than things, is more likely to carry on that legacy. A person who respects and honors all living things is more likely to live his life in that way, and pass on this respect to the people around him.

Hate and evil breeds hate and evil. To some, such as you here who love and cherish your pets and understand that animals are living breathing feeling beings, who wouldn't dream of treating yours, or any other animal, in such a way, it's just a fantasy used to entertain and get a laugh out of your day.

To someone with less...compassion or understanding or respect, or what have you, it's an invitation to try it out, and to involve other weak minded people in the sick game, thus continuing the cycle.

This is the best I can do at explaining my strong reaction to the part about the cat in the box in the original joke. I wanted to express why I think things like this aren't funny, because I think it just breeds more evil. I believe people ought to speak up when they perceive something as cruel, inhumane, etcetera, whether it is meant as a joke or not. And feeling that way, I spoke up.

Makes sense I wasn't trying to be a jerk, just saying like wow, first post is controversial...good job, lol.

My perspective was that the author was telling the pet lover basically "I don't have time to deal with it, do it yourself" and tried to horrify them enough to cease and desist.

 

[4dogs3cats]

TBH I had to go back and reread the part about mailing the cat. I posted it bc the posters were effing hillarious.