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sciski
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Post subject: Gallows humour  Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:52 am |
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What do you think of it?
I enjoy it, possibly because I have a very dark and twisted sense of humour. Though I get that some people are hurt/offended by it, but personally I'm okay with it.
I also love the follow up phrase: "Too soon?"
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DefectiveCreative
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Post subject: Re: Gallows humour Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:05 pm |
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Examples?
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What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. - Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Post subject: Re: Gallows humour Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:05 pm |
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sciski
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Post subject: Re: Gallows humour Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:21 am |
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I don't have any examples with me.
However, gallows humour is also known as black humour.
Maybe Steve Jobs jokes told by Apple fans?
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Fern
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Post subject: Re: Gallows humour Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:15 am |
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Post subject: Re: Gallows humour Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:45 pm |
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Is this kind of thing gallows or just black? What is the difference between gallows and black?   More here: http://www.someecards.com/
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sciski
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Post subject: Re: Gallows humour Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:46 am |
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I think gallows humour is defined as humour in very dark situations--when someone makes a joke to relieve tension in what would otherwise be a humourless situation (eg. at a funeral or during a disaster). So your second example is closer to gallows humour, though neither are, really. Gallows humour is typically very dry.
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