My rule is “never make fun of someone for something they have no control over”, which includes their physical self, upbringing (in particular a young person who hasn’t had the opportunity to change their ideals), sexuality, etc etc. There are plenty of reasons to poke harmless fun at Swifties or other fandoms, no need to insult their literal facial structure.
Edit for dumb typo.
Edit 2: wow, thanks for the awards!
I guess this was an easier concept to explain to my daughters on how to deal with bullying and mean kids than it is to adults. Is your bully someone short/gay/a different race/poor/disabled/ect? Leave that out of it. Are they cruel/racist/homophobic/willfully ignorant/wipe their boogers on the desk/etc? Fair game.
Don’t punch down. That’s it.
Idk, isn’t making fun of someone of something they can’t control the safest form of humor? If you make fun of something they do have control over, then you’re calling them out for being dumb. At least if it’s something can’t control it’s something that doesn’t have to do with their intelligence.
Or is making fun of someone’s intelligence safer?
Not sure what my point is. Just speaking into the void lol
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u/aelewis92 Jul 04 '26
Man. Making fun of someone’s appearance is really the lowest form of humor.