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Kind of an intro..

I've been lurking and ocassionally posting for a few months here, on the 6 to 9 mo board and sometimes on SAHM. This board is by far the most entertaining though. I'm a SAHM with 2 under 2.

I'm posting to get some opinions on something that totally disturbed me. Someone I know through mutual friends who is also a mom of two had a FB status that was a dead baby "joke." Something along the lines of grinding babies up and eating them with Doritos. I was livid. I called her out right there and basically told her she's psycho to find humor in a joke like that when she has kids. It was a far fetched scenario type of joke but I still thought it was gross. After arguing that she was just telling a joke she said told me I was over reacting. Some people even backed her up and a few childless friends said they also find dead baby jokes funny. Am I uptight? Even before kids I thought jokes like that were disturbing. It probably bothered me way more than it should have but I can't help it ... As much as I'd like to brush things off and mind my own business sometimes I can't and I get fired up easily.

What's the consensus.. Am I being overly sensitive?
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  • I suggest you never read "A Modest Proposal". 

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  • Team Overreacted, tho.  

    I would've PM'd her about that instead of posting publicly.  Then hide her if she didn't stop.  

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  • HappyMess15HappyMess15 member
    edited August 2013


    Yikes. That's some Albert fish style shit.
  • No, it's not. 

    It's satire.  Not meant to be taken seriously.  

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  • I need to hear the joke. 
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  • Didn't realize it was satirical until checking Wikipedia
  • What they said. What's the joke?
  • How do you eat 1000 dead babies? grinded up and with Doritos.

    I could see a childless teen making a joke like this. Not a mid 20s mom of two. She also babysits my infant niece and when I told my sister about it she laughed at my fired up reaction and said I was over reacting.
  • Dead baby jokes are always tacky.

    They become disturbing and gross to me when it comes from another mom.
  • I do not get the joke.

    I agree w @ItsAllGravy7


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  • I said what I wanted to and deleted her.
  • I don't even understand the joke.  

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  • I don't find those jokes funny at all. To be honest I would probably PM her and if I didn't like her response I'd just be deleting her from FB altogether to avoid the drama. I know people find different things funny but I have too much personal experience with that type of thing to ever find humor in that. I've deleted people on FB for less.
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    I'd have thought it was dumb and probably hidden it, and perhaps PMed her or deleted her if she kept posting them.

    I think dead baby jokes are stupid and tacky and are only "funny" because they're meant to be offensive. That's not the kind of humor I like.

    I don't see how the person telling it makes it more disturbing or gross. Is she joking about killing her own kids? No. She's making a (stupid) hypothetical joke about 1000 dead babies. It's dump but not suddenly disturbing just because she has kids.


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  • But a series of words strung together that include dead, baby, and doritos does not a joke make. 

    It's nonsense, not a joke.  


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  • They totally made that joke up.  No way is that a real joke.  It's stupid.
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    I'd have thought it was dumb and probably hidden it, and perhaps PMed her or deleted her if she kept posting them.

    I think dead baby jokes are stupid and tacky and are only "funny" because they're meant to be offensive. That's not the kind of humor I like.

    I don't see how the person telling it makes it more disturbing or gross. Is she joking about killing her own kids? No. She's making a (stupid) hypothetical joke about 1000 dead babies. It's dump but not suddenly disturbing just because she has kids.

    Those kinds of jokes are shitty no matter who tells it in my eyes but in my opinion, having it come from a mom makes it worse. That's the main reason I was compelled to say something. I just told her it was a crappy joke to tell especially bc you're a mom.
  • Yes, ontop of the gore..it's a crappy joke. No matter how witty or clever..if any joke involves killing or eating babies.. I won't find them funny and will probably be offended. I was surprised that nobody else was like wtf? And even my sister laughed at me. That's why I posted here though.. After my months of creepy lurking I've come to the conclusion that the majority of people who post here are witty and have a good sense of humor.

    And if the majority of you said I was uptight then I'd accept my fate ;)
  • I guess we need to stop joking about sending our kids to orphanages and how child labor laws are stupid when your toddler will wash the windows for goldfish crackers. 

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  • I guess we need to stop joking about sending our kids to orphanages and how child labor laws are stupid when your toddler will wash the windows for goldfish crackers. 


    Nah.. That's a lot different then joking about killing, eating, and mutilating a baby.
  • We will have to agree to disagree on this, gravy.  

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  • HappyMess15HappyMess15 member
    edited August 2013
    @cinemagoddess .. What do you guys disagree about?

    Edit: never mind I skipped a comment on accident.
  • Whether or not that joke was inappropriate. 

    I say no because it's not even a joke. 

    She says yes because it talks about dead babies.  

    Gravy and I can argue for days and weeks and months about topics so I just want to shut it down now so I can just stare at my siggy and find my mind palace.  

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  • Only cool ranch.  Regular doritos can DIAF.  

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  • It a tasteless stupid unfunny joke. I try not to let other people's FB uspet me. I had a friend that posted things over and over that I disagreed with. I PM'd her,told her that while I liked her,I didn't like seeing the posts,and let her know I was unfriending her. She was fine with it surprisingly, we knew we would never agree on the subject. At the end of the day though,it's their page and they can post whatever they feel like. I'm sure some of my posts have pissed people off. 
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  • I had dorititos in my walking taco today.


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  • Have you had doritos locos tacos yet, Missy?

    They're not bad.  Not great, but not bad. 

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  • I will not eat Taco Bell.  I don't care if the have Doritos tacos.  Barf.
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  • Some asshole told me Dorito's had bat guano in them when I was little and ruined them for me. Stupid, I know.But I can't get over it.
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  • Tostitos scoops are the best dip chips.  

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  • Have you had doritos locos tacos yet, Missy?


    They're not bad.  Not great, but not bad. 
    I have not, but my H has-- I believe he liked it. I usually get KFC when we drive through KFC/TB.


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  • I saw a Taco Bell meat recipe on Pinterest. Why in the fuck would you want to purposefully make T-Bell meat?!
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  • Welcome to the board @HappyMess15, where we go from serious topic to food in .5 seconds flat.  

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  • I swear OP flagged some of us at one point...


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  • I swear OP flagged some of us at one point...

    Everyone check their flags.


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  • Welcome to the board @HappyMess15, where we go from serious topic to food in .5 seconds flat.  


    Honestly that's why I love this board! And the ridiculous gif usage.
  • I swear OP flagged some of us at one point...

    No I didn't! I don't think I've ever flagged anyone.
  • HappyMess15HappyMess15 member
    edited August 2013
    I'm assuming flags are a bad thing.
  • Wordsy flagged me "accidentally" today. 


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