Cenk and Ana talk about an old book he found called “Truly Tasteless Jokes” in his parents’ basement. Cenk decides to read some of these highly inappropriate jokes to show how detached society used to be.
In Sweden we had the same kind of offensive jokes. The stupid people were the Norwegians rather than the Polish.
I’ve also read holocaust jokes here. Not many but a few. I never thought they were funny though.
So maybe you’ve heard this old joke already about the Polish, but here is my favorite Norwegian joke.
Q how do you sink a Norwegian submarine?
A you send a diver down to knock on the door
Q how do you make the same restored Norwegian submarine sink again?
A you send a diver down to knock on the door. They will open it so they can tell you they won’t be fooled twice.
This is the answer to why Cenk likes corny jokes. I feel like the comedian should be here to interrupt this and be like you want funny offensive jokes and go off on some kind of a rant. Where is Jimmy when you need him?
There is one racist joke i know, and i do consider it funny even thought otherwise i feel uncomfortable even thinking the word nigger, muchless writing it or saying it. But the joke only works if you use the word, and you say it with a southern drawl.
So basically it’s a southern slave master saying this,
If you has a nigga, and he is potent, cut off one testicle.
If you has a nigga, and he is potent, and you has cut off one testicle and he is still potent, cut off the other testicle.
If you has a nigga, and he is potent, and you has cut off one testicle and he is still potent and you has cut off the other testicle and he is STILL potent, you been cuttin’ the wrong nigga.
I don’t think I’m juvenile but I thought a lot of those jokes were funny. They were tasteless, as advertised, but some were pretty funny. I agree that most of the “black” jokes were OTT. The jokes really depend on you knowing racist stereotypes; which we all do–we can’t deny that. So I guess they are mainly a reflection of our culture rather than an endorsement of it? I guess that’s an interesting debate. I wonder what today’s “Tasteless Jokes” would be. A lot of stuff about Muslims being bombers probably.
I gotta ask, what’s offensive about the word leper? What’s the socially acceptable version, “a person afflicted with leprosy”? Does that make it any better?
Or did Cenk mean that you shouldn’t use “leper” to describe someone who’s a social outcast, an untouchable? Because it’s somehow offensive to actual lepers, which practically don’t exist any more in Western society? Then you probably shouldn’t say “pariah” either, because it’s offensive to actual members of the Paraiyar caste in India…
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Yes, some of those jokes are really fucked up. With that being said, the book is called Truly Tasteless Jokes meaning whoever put this collection of jokes together knew that the jokes were offensive.
George Carlin, for example, was in part known for offensive jokes. If he was known for family-friendly jokes and started adding racist bits to his material, people would (understandably) be outraged. Part of what makes offensive humor funny is how brazenly offensive it is. It is assumed that the person telling the joke doesn’t actually hold those views hence the humor. Many of the jokes that you guys mentioned were just dumb and had no real punchline whatsoever.
You’re absolutely right, Teen Cenk and his friends were idiots, like most teenagers are… from that he’s extrapolating that adults in the 80s were all racist because they weren’t railing against that bullshit.? People just ignore stuff like that, because it was – Truly Tasteless. It’s no big deal,. The one difference is the media, which today is incredibly oversaturated with people being offended about stuff.
Today, there are websites out there that collect awful, juvenile, offensive jokes to, and they’re frequented only by people who like that stuff. Does that mean the whole world is racist?
BTW, Polak just means Pole in, you guessed it, Polish. There’s absolutely nothing offensive about it, it’s just a little weird to use a foreign word – would a German be offended if you called him Deutch?
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In Sweden we had the same kind of offensive jokes. The stupid people were the Norwegians rather than the Polish.
I’ve also read holocaust jokes here. Not many but a few. I never thought they were funny though.
So maybe you’ve heard this old joke already about the Polish, but here is my favorite Norwegian joke.
Q how do you sink a Norwegian submarine?
A you send a diver down to knock on the door
Q how do you make the same restored Norwegian submarine sink again?
A you send a diver down to knock on the door. They will open it so they can tell you they won’t be fooled twice.
About Truly Tasteless Jokes: the author’s real name is Ashton Applewhite.
Cenk you were also a republican back then. You probably didn’t realize they were bad just because of that.
This is the answer to why Cenk likes corny jokes. I feel like the comedian should be here to interrupt this and be like you want funny offensive jokes and go off on some kind of a rant. Where is Jimmy when you need him?
How fucked up would it be if we found out the copyright was 2006?
There is one racist joke i know, and i do consider it funny even thought otherwise i feel uncomfortable even thinking the word nigger, muchless writing it or saying it. But the joke only works if you use the word, and you say it with a southern drawl.
So basically it’s a southern slave master saying this,
If you has a nigga, and he is potent, cut off one testicle.
If you has a nigga, and he is potent, and you has cut off one testicle and he is still potent, cut off the other testicle.
If you has a nigga, and he is potent, and you has cut off one testicle and he is still potent and you has cut off the other testicle and he is STILL potent, you been cuttin’ the wrong nigga.
That’s disgusting! How can they say that word “testicle”?!
Reagan was President… and my dad and his partner were Black CHiPs in Los Angeles. Even though they weren’t CHP, but they were on bikes.
Sometimes I miss the 80s… but we paid a horrible price for them.
I don’t think I’m juvenile but I thought a lot of those jokes were funny. They were tasteless, as advertised, but some were pretty funny. I agree that most of the “black” jokes were OTT. The jokes really depend on you knowing racist stereotypes; which we all do–we can’t deny that. So I guess they are mainly a reflection of our culture rather than an endorsement of it? I guess that’s an interesting debate. I wonder what today’s “Tasteless Jokes” would be. A lot of stuff about Muslims being bombers probably.
OMG…..Book ocd freaking out over how Ana is bending the cover!
I gotta ask, what’s offensive about the word leper? What’s the socially acceptable version, “a person afflicted with leprosy”? Does that make it any better?
Or did Cenk mean that you shouldn’t use “leper” to describe someone who’s a social outcast, an untouchable? Because it’s somehow offensive to actual lepers, which practically don’t exist any more in Western society? Then you probably shouldn’t say “pariah” either, because it’s offensive to actual members of the Paraiyar caste in India…
OMG Ana is so obtuse
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Yes, some of those jokes are really fucked up. With that being said, the book is called Truly Tasteless Jokes meaning whoever put this collection of jokes together knew that the jokes were offensive.
George Carlin, for example, was in part known for offensive jokes. If he was known for family-friendly jokes and started adding racist bits to his material, people would (understandably) be outraged. Part of what makes offensive humor funny is how brazenly offensive it is. It is assumed that the person telling the joke doesn’t actually hold those views hence the humor. Many of the jokes that you guys mentioned were just dumb and had no real punchline whatsoever.
You’re absolutely right, Teen Cenk and his friends were idiots, like most teenagers are… from that he’s extrapolating that adults in the 80s were all racist because they weren’t railing against that bullshit.? People just ignore stuff like that, because it was – Truly Tasteless. It’s no big deal,. The one difference is the media, which today is incredibly oversaturated with people being offended about stuff.
Today, there are websites out there that collect awful, juvenile, offensive jokes to, and they’re frequented only by people who like that stuff. Does that mean the whole world is racist?
BTW, Polak just means Pole in, you guessed it, Polish. There’s absolutely nothing offensive about it, it’s just a little weird to use a foreign word – would a German be offended if you called him Deutch?