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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I'm sure the Ukrainians agree that this is just like Marmite "
In principle yes they probably do but my post was really intended as just a bit of fun and not to provoke a response like that but carry on |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"I'm sure the Ukrainians agree that this is just like Marmite
In principle yes they probably do but my post was really intended as just a bit of fun and not to provoke a response like that but carry on "
You must certainly be naive to think such a sensitive and tragic subject would not cause responses like that after making light of it.
On the other side of it, humour is a coping mechanism for some. A way of keeping things from getting too grim. As I said in another post, some people actually involuntarily laugh when confronted with the subject of death.
It is possible to feel empathy for those suffering and still make light of situations. |
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"I'm sure the Ukrainians agree that this is just like Marmite
In principle yes they probably do but my post was really intended as just a bit of fun and not to provoke a response like that but carry on "
I'm sorry, I don't find anything about this desperately funny. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm sure the Ukrainians agree that this is just like Marmite
In principle yes they probably do but my post was really intended as just a bit of fun and not to provoke a response like that but carry on
You must certainly be naive to think such a sensitive and tragic subject would not cause responses like that after making light of it.
On the other side of it, humour is a coping mechanism for some. A way of keeping things from getting too grim. As I said in another post, some people actually involuntarily laugh when confronted with the subject of death.
It is possible to feel empathy for those suffering and still make light of situations. "
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"I'm sure the Ukrainians agree that this is just like Marmite
In principle yes they probably do but my post was really intended as just a bit of fun and not to provoke a response like that but carry on
You must certainly be naive to think such a sensitive and tragic subject would not cause responses like that after making light of it.
On the other side of it, humour is a coping mechanism for some. A way of keeping things from getting too grim. As I said in another post, some people actually involuntarily laugh when confronted with the subject of death.
It is possible to feel empathy for those suffering and still make light of situations. "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm sure the Ukrainians agree that this is just like Marmite
In principle yes they probably do but my post was really intended as just a bit of fun and not to provoke a response like that but carry on
You must certainly be naive to think such a sensitive and tragic subject would not cause responses like that after making light of it.
On the other side of it, humour is a coping mechanism for some. A way of keeping things from getting too grim. As I said in another post, some people actually involuntarily laugh when confronted with the subject of death.
It is possible to feel empathy for those suffering and still make light of situations. "
In my experience a dark sense of humour is almost universal among people who have to deal with difficult situations. That said, it's understandable when it affects others differently. I was livid many years ago at a colleague referring loudly to the body of a young woman we were extracting as "the stiff" then on other occasions found humour in equally sad situations - there is a difference between lack of respect and humour but that line can lay in different places for different people. That night was one of the first instances I'd personally had to work with a deceased person and the number, age and injuries of the casualties affected me a fair amount.
There is a time and a place and where family/friends may overhear a joke or witness a laugh or even a smile is not the place. For this reason humour on social media is a very tricky thing - you never know who is reading it and what their level of involvement or feelings are.
Using humour to deal with a job that entails death is fine among colleagues but in a public forum it's always going to get a backlash.
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