Clip from Talking Funny suddenly causes Twitter storm

[Weeping Prophet]

I wasn't trying to be funny.  I was expressing an opinion.  If that doesn't meet your approval, then I shall duly commit harikari.

I'm just saying, coming onto a comedy forum and humorously repeating the premise of a well-known comedy bit to a bunch of comedy nerds is a great way to look silly, but seeing as you don't care about looking silly and are committed to saying words for your own gratification rather than communicating anything, I'll stand aside and leave you be.

[madhair60]

All I know, is that saying "the N word" is utterly ridiculous.  Just say n**ger, for pity's sake.  It's all dependent on context.  For example; people who use the word n**ger as an insult towards black people are massive fucking cunts.  "Oh no, I just said the word 'n**ger', even though I was being derogatory towards racism.  Oh, woe is me.".

We're not in kindergarten.  Simply saying 'n**ger' doesn't automatically make you a racist.  There's no need to be saying "the N word", like a scared little child.  We're all adults.  Or at least I hope that we are.

A white man, there.

[Funcrusher]

White men everywhere.

[St_Eddie]

I'm just saying, coming onto a comedy forum and humorously repeating the premise of a well-known comedy bit to a bunch of comedy nerds is a great way to look silly, but seeing as you don't care about looking silly and are committed to saying words for your own gratification rather than communicating anything, I'll stand aside and leave you be.

Once again; I've never seen that Louis CK bit and I wasn't attempting to be funny.  As for looking silly; damn straight.

A white man, there.

Guilty as charged.

[Thursday]

See it's just this whole discussion is a repeat of a repeat of a repeat. It's so wearying even for me, so I can't even imagine what it's like for the black posters on CaB. We know what the counterpoints to what your whole thing there is. We know your counter-arguments to that and the counter-counter arguments and so on. So just fucking why? Have you really not seen this exact thread several times before? I mean fucking hell, just what's going on?

[St_Eddie]

Have you really not seen this exact thread several times before?

I genuinely haven't.  It must have passed me by.

I'm going to die on this hill, aren't I?  Truly, I'm my own worst enemy.

[Monsieur Verdoux]

So if I demand that people not say the word 'biscuit' because I had a McVitie's related tragedy as a child, does that means that everyone must oblige and say "the B word"?

Okay, admittedly that's not really comparable, so how about if I were to say that I find the word 'poof' offensive, does that mean that people must stop saying it?  Magicians will be fucked, mate.

going to cut this post into lines and snort it

[Cuellar]

Straight white cunts

[Funcrusher]

Chris Rock is a straight black cunt. Louis CK is a straight Latinx cunt.

[St_Eddie]

Straight white cunts

Great band name.

Latinx cunt.

Alright band name.

Chris Rock is a straight black cunt.

Awful band name.

[lankyguy95]

Can't wait for Twitter to watch the first ten minutes of Delirious.

[Johnny Yesno]

So if I demand that people not say the word 'biscuit' because I had a McVitie's related tragedy as a child, does that means that everyone must oblige and say "the B word"?

What?

Okay, admittedly that's not really comparable, so how about if I were to say that I find the word 'poof' offensive, does that mean that people must stop saying it?  Magicians will be fucked, mate.

As a straight person who was bullied at school by people who used that word at me, I wish you wouldn't. I don't feel threatened by the written word but the kind of people that say it in real life still make me tense.

For the poster in question, the written word does make them tense. They seem like a nice person and I don't feel that exercising my freeze peach is important enough to risk upsetting them, particularly when they've been pretty cool about the subject.

By the way, your attempts at humour on this subject aren't landing.

[up_the_hampipe]

Can't wait for Twitter to watch the first ten minutes of Delirious.

When Eddie Murphy gets announced for a return to stand-up, or a big movie role, or some awards thing, they'll dig it out.

[Sin Agog]

One day, when we collectively rediscover empathy, we'll rifle through these shamers' cunty, crowd-baiting old posts and...do nothing, because people change.

[rue the polywhirl]

By the way, your attempts at humour on this subject aren't landing.

Even more awful band name.

[Johnny Yesno]

One day, when we collectively rediscover empathy, we'll rifle through these shamers' cunty, crowd-baiting old posts and...do nothing, because people change.

I hope you're right because I don't think we've reached the nadir of unpleasantness in this country yet.

[St_Eddie]

What?

So if I demand that people not say the word 'biscuit' because I had a McVitie's related tragedy as a child, does that means that everyone must oblige and say "the B word"?

As a straight person who was bullied at school by people who used that word at me, I wish you wouldn't. I don't feel threatened by the written word but the kind of people that say it in real life still make me tense.

Don't get me wrong; I abhor homophobia and would never use the word 'poof' as an insult.  However, simply saying the word 'poof' isn't an insult, in of itself.  Unless you consider magicians to be raging homophobes.  I can, for example, say "I hate people who use the word poof as an insult against gay people".  It would be childish to say "the P word" and if anything, it gives the actual word itself more power because it makes it taboo.

For the poster in question, the written word does make them tense. They seem like a nice person and I don't feel that exercising my freeze peach is important enough to risk upsetting them, particularly when they've been pretty cool about the subject.

That's cool.  You know this person, I don't.  You do you and I'll do me.

By the way, your attempts at humour on this subject aren't landing.

I never professed to be a comedic genius.

[chveik]

What could be a McVities related tragedy?

[Large Noise]

What could be a McVities related tragedy?

Burnt penis with kitchen appliance.

[madhair60]

It would be childish to say "the P word" and if anything, it gives the actual word itself more power because it makes it taboo.

This is unassailable. You need to get the word out to more people.

[Johnny Yesno]

So if I demand that people not say the word 'biscuit' because I had a McVitie's related tragedy as a child, does that means that everyone must oblige and say "the B word"?

What?

Don't get me wrong; I abhor homophobia and would never use the word 'poof' as an insult.  However, simply saying the word 'poof' isn't an insult, in of itself.  Unless you consider magicians to be raging homophobes.

Allow me to introduce you to the world of homophones. Mindblowing, huh? Faggot is a homophone too. The n-word isn't.

I can, for example, say "I hate people who use the word poof as an insult against gay people".  It would be childish to say "the P word" and if anything, it gives the actual word itself more power because it makes it taboo.

Even if the very people you think you're defending plead with you not to use it. Great friend.

That's cool.  You know this person, I don't.

You know them.

You do you and I'll do me.

Fine. I've tried to be nice about this. It turns out I'm not mistaken and you are an insensitive arsehole.

I never professed to be a comedic genius.

Yeah. It's far worse than that.

[St_Eddie]

What could be a McVities related tragedy?

You mean to say that you've never heard of the Great Digestive Massacre of '79?

This is unassailable. You need to get the word out to more people.

Me. A megaphone. Two black eyes.

What?

So if I demand that people not say the word 'biscuit' because I had a McVitie's related tragedy as a child, does that means that everyone must oblige and say "the B word"?

Allow me to introduce you to the world of homophones. Mindblowing, huh?

Yes, absolutely mind-blowing.  Consider my tiny little mind well and truly blown.  I'm like Adam Bomb from the Garbage Pail Kids, over here.  In other news; sarcasm breeds sarcasm.

Even if the very people you think you're defending plead with you not to use it. Great friend.

Which friend are we talking about?  Who's pleaded with me not to use that word?  This is all very hypothetical, I must say.

You know them.

What a twist!

Fine. I've tried to be nice about this. It turns out I'm not mistaken and you are an insensitive arsehole.

No need to start slinging insults.  That is not how one partakes in a debate, at least not if one hopes to alter the opinion of the person whom they are debating with.  Also, please can you not use the word "arsehole".  "The A word", please.

Yeah. It's far worse than that.

Everyone's a critic.

[Johnny Yesno]

By the way Eddie, you might want to consider that back when the n-word was associated with extreme prejudice and violence, it wasn't a taboo word.

No need to start slinging insults.

Oh, the irony.

[Cloud]

What could be a McVities related tragedy?

A lost dunk.  Half of that wonderful biscuit now turning into mush at the bottom of your tea :(

[St_Eddie]

Oh, the irony.

Care to point me in the direction of a post where I insulted you?

[up_the_hampipe]

Thoughts on renaming this thread to "St_Eddie vs. The World"?

[St_Eddie]

Thoughts on renaming this thread to "St_Eddie vs. The World"?

Worst sequel to Scott Pilgrim ever.

[Monsieur Verdoux]

McVities stolen from their home countries, used as slave labour, frequently raped and abused by their captors, and now live with a legacy of structural oppression and inequality that lasts even beyond their ostensible emancipation, the word 'biscuit' serving as a chilling reminder of a bloody and brutal history and how worthless they were once considered to be by the country they live in

[MuteBanana]

What could be a McVities related tragedy?

A disappointing lemon cheesecake

[phantom_power]

Context is important but then so is unintended consequences so I don't understand why someone would bother risking offending someone by using a word which they admit doesn't really mean that much to them and others can be used, even one as slightly have-your-cake-and-eat it as "the n word".

CK's routine works as just that, a comedy routine. It is funny and all and makes you think a bit but as something to live by in everyday life?  Why not just not? It isn't like it is shaving off the corners of the English language or "you can't say anything any more without offending someone". It is an abhorrent word with a terrible past and is still currently used in the main by racists and cunts