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This reminded me of something, and I realised that I once got a scolding here about how a joke that I told literally didn't qualify as a joke, per five criteria the commenter meticulously outlined in detail. Not just that my joke wasn't funny, or was offensive, or didn't make him laugh (which would be fine): that it literally didn't meet the prerequisite criteria to be considered a joke. So as not to embarrass him, I won't tag the user in question.
I'm also reminded of a commenter I saw on the /r/ireland subreddit who was complaining about other users criticising TV shows they didn't like, and saying their opinions didn't mean anything because they weren't qualified. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Are you seriously suggesting you need a BA in television studies before you're allowed to say "I didn't enjoy this show"?
The mods just recently did that too. Boner jokes not allowed on the Fun thread because they're too serious, they don't qualify as fun, or a joke, so you have to keep in in the CW thread ... you can debate theology in the «small question» thread though.
Anyway, some jokes.
A man walks into a forum and asks for a small question. The forum responds, «does God exist, and if so does He love us, and if so, did He die on the cross, or did He speak to that Arab?»
Another man goes to the forum on joke night and asks for a joke. A user says, «What bulges when a 17 year old boy gets to dance with with a hot coed in gym class? His eyes, of course!», but the mods throw the user out the door and comedy night became tragedy night.
I think you're putting words in the mods' mouths. From the linked comment, I can't see anything even resembling the sentiment "jokes about erections literally do not qualify as jokes".
He said
Therefore jokes about sex and sexuality are not fun, therefore not funny, therefore do not count as jokes.
If you want to shut down your reasoning faculties and be obnoxiously literal, 2 can play at that, @EverythingIsFine did not say your joke was not a joke. He said it was a joke lacking the qualities to be funny.
I think you're putting words in @EverythingIsFine 's mouth. From the linked comment, I can't see anything even resembling the sentiment «jokes about beauty sleep literally do not qualify as jokes.» He said you joke was not funny (a sentiment I endorse. What did it even mean?)
The quote above doesn't say sex jokes aren't funny. It says sex jokes are CW material and belong in the CW material thread, even if they're funny.
Suppose the mod thought they are funny. Then he would see they belong in the fun thread, which is where fun and funny things go.
It is not sufficient for a topic to be CW adjacent. We all know full well boners are not CW material because the CW thread has never had a boner thread. It has gender war threads. His joke was not even about CW sex material. Meanwhile, in the fun thread, a litany of posts about topics like Trump and Anthropic. Oh, that's not CW?
It is really not difficult to find examples of top-level posts in the CW thread which mention erections:
GONE SEXUALgone wrong in a hospital bathroomNone of these contain boner jokes, or are about boners. They are about other topics, often sexual, and make some kind of mention of erections or a synonym in the course of the exposition. That's completely different.
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You did not claim that there has never been a boner joke top-level post in the CW . You said that there has never been a boner top-level post. I provided you with several examples of top-level posts which mention erections prominently.
You can't move the goalposts like this then complain about people "gaslighting" you.
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