When it's ok to joke

[Admin_2]

Random thought here while here while having a cup of joe...

There is some sort of formula for when it's ok to make jokes about massive loss of life. The Haiti situation got me thinking about this. Note: I'm not cold hearted, I'm just weird.

I haven't figured out the formula yet, but it's something like this:

Total lives lost is equal to a certain amount of months you have to wait (i.e. 1,000 lives lost = 12 months).

Then you factor in skin color and/or ethnic origin, and subtract that from the total months, which would go something like this (for simplicity's sake, I'll use skin color only):

White = 0%

yellow = 25%

brown = 50%

black = 75%

So from my rough estimates and minimal variables here, a huge natural disaster in Nigeria where 1,000 people lost there lives...normal social circles and the media would have to wait 3 months before they can hint at making a joke about it.

There are other variables such as socioeconomic conditions of the victims. For example, jokes about the Hurricane Katrina victims are rampant, but 9/11 is still a touchy subject.

What's your theory on all of this?

What other variables should be added in?

[KhunEmma]

  Japamerican said:

Random thought here while here while having a cup of joe...

There is some sort of formula for when it's ok to make jokes about massive loss of life. The Haiti situation got me thinking about this. Note: I'm not cold hearted, I'm just weird.

I haven't figured out the formula yet, but it's something like this:

Total lives lost is equal to a certain amount of months you have to wait (i.e. 1,000 lives lost = 12 months).

Then you factor in skin color and/or ethnic origin, and subtract that from the total months, which would go something like this (for simplicity's sake, I'll use skin color only):

White = 0%

yellow = 25%

brown = 50%

black = 75%

So from my rough estimates and minimal variables here, a huge natural disaster in Nigeria where 1,000 people lost there lives...normal social circles and the media would have to wait 3 months before they can hint at making a joke about it.

There are other variables such as socioeconomic conditions of the victims. For example, jokes about the Hurricane Katrina victims are rampant, but 9/11 is still a touchy subject.

What's your theory on all of this?

What other variables should be added in?

Religious and thy woman. A big no no when alcohol involve

[DANNO]

well Rob

a few minutes ago made the most recent

death estimate to be...

140,000 and it is far from over

so I guess we will put the jokes on hold fro a while.

ya know I do not think I ever heard ajoke about the Tsunmi...

(just my personal experience though)

[melasinsh]

Well, I instantly thought about the Tsunami in Dec '04 when reading the Original Posting.

Just using those numbers it is roughly 1 year (12 months) per 1,000 people killed. I think about 170,000 people were lost or killed in the Tsunami. So that means in 170 years - 25% for predominantly yellow sking color (some brown from India and Sri Lanka) means jokes will be cool in about 130 years.

That is why you haven't heard any Tsunami jokes.

[DANNO]

  melasinsh said:

Well, I instantly thought about the Tsunami in Dec '04 when reading the Original Posting.

Just using those numbers it is roughly 1 year (12 months) per 1,000 people killed. I think about 170,000 people were lost or killed in the Tsunami. So that means in 170 years - 25% for predominantly yellow sking color (some brown from India and Sri Lanka) means jokes will be cool in about 130 years.

That is why you haven't heard any Tsunami jokes.

:?:

i understood it to be more along the number of 325,000 :?: