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"Why Rape Is Sincerely Hilarious"

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That's incredibly creepy.

It did. I posted something not super serious in a thread about a serious subject. I don't really see why people feel the need to get upset at it, but oh well. Some people just need something to get upset at, I suppose.

There's a thing called self-restraint. Sometimes there are some things that you really shouldn't joke about. Like joking about a guy's opinions on movies when he's trying to demonstrate something important about an important subject.
 
It was emotional. I dont know if it was scripted or what but I understood the point. When his eyes started welling up toward the end, it got me. It was the look on his face that subtle changed trying to look happy, but the eyes told the story. Prayers go out to anyone who has to endure that male or female.
 
The video is incredibly powerful and makes you realise that things like rape are easily trivialised, but you all need to get off your high horses a bit and remember the context of this thread is very different to the one posted last year, or the Remi video. In a different context those things are funny, that's how comedy works.
 
It did. I posted something not super serious in a thread about a serious subject. I don't really see why people feel the need to get upset at it, but oh well. Some people just need something to get upset at, I suppose.

While it's true that I constantly wander the earth in search of things to make me angry, that was just dumb
 
That's incredibly creepy.



There's a thing called self-restraint. Sometimes there are some things that you really shouldn't joke about. Like joking about a guy's opinions on movies when he's trying to demonstrate something important about an important subject.

I agree, but and if this was an in-person thing, I would not have interrupted him. But it's not. His video's been made, it's been posted, and his point's been made. If someone wishes to make a joke about part of the content of the video, now's the time to do so.
 
Starts getting very real and emotional once he says "with an adult I had trusted". Really puts into perspective how often this gets trivialized without second thought, both in media and in real life.
 
I'm irritated that there's nothing "sincere" about it. I mean, I get that's the point, but I really dislike the use of the word "sincerely" repeatedly when the result is anything but. The whole video would be the same without it. Stupid nitpick, I know.
 
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sooooo you can upload rated R movies with tits onto youtube now?

Attarintiki Daredi is a Tollywood film, and is not R rated.
 
It did. I posted something not super serious in a thread about a serious subject. I don't really see why people feel the need to get upset at it, but oh well. Some people just need something to get upset at, I suppose.

We don't really need people making jokes about a video on rape. Thanks for trying though.
 
I don't think I'll be able to stomach watching the video, but I've seen the gifs. :(

I know I can't.

I become an emotional wreck from Lifetime movies on the subject. And yet I still make rape jokes with my closest friends. Even men that have been victimized themselves still make the jokes. Or at least in my circle. Three out of the four definitely have, and the other has made insinuations, but never felt comfortable to come out and say. And I wouldn't push anyway. That's a personal minefield. One wrong step and you can find yourself someone you don't even recognize anymore.

I'm glad this kind of thing is becoming more common. We can't keep hiding behind the thin veil of masculinity. Not on this subject. Being vulnerable is a hard thing for men to do. Men must be stoic and suffer in silence.

Screw that... if I want to cry to a Lifetime movie, the death of Starbuck, or Buffy's sacrifice I'll do it. I don't care who is watching.

But then again I think I should have been born a woman... so... I'm probably not the typical.
 
Fine. Sure. But I literally see people make AIDS jokes in one thread in then walk in there and say, "Well, I never. You guys are all terrible. I would never joke about someone's suffering."
The same people?

I think the reason people, including me, get upset at that thread is because a mod is the one making light of it, which implicitly condones people making light of it. Were the same joke made of a female victim, would that fly or be considered in too poor of taste and result in a ban? Do people even make fun of female rape victims, or the situations of their victimization, like happened in that thread?
 
I've listened to a lot of Loveline and I haven't heard hardly any stories of raped males. Is he in the majority or minority for feeling violated in statutory rape?
 
I feel terrible.
God damn, I know I've posted the "Niiiiiiiiiice" comments on threads based around stuff like this before. Ugh.
My best wishes to anyone that has had to go through this. It's no joke.
 
Some of the responses here are really upsetting. Not to mention that old thread link going around.

Felt very shitty at the end. Seeing him trying to hold his composure while obviously in a lot of pain.
 
I know I can't.

I become an emotional wreck from Lifetime movies on the subject. And yet I still make rape jokes with my closest friends. Even men that have been victimized themselves still make the jokes. Or at least in my circle. Three out of the four definitely have, and the other has made insinuations, but never felt comfortable to come out and say. And I wouldn't push anyway. That's a personal minefield. One wrong step and you can find yourself someone you don't even recognize anymore.

I'm glad this kind of thing is becoming more common. We can't keep hiding behind the thin veil of masculinity. Not on this subject. Being vulnerable is a hard thing for men to do. Men must be stoic and suffer in silence.

Screw that... if I want to cry to a Lifetime movie, the death of Starbuck, or Buffy's sacrifice I'll do it. I don't care who is watching.

But then again I think I should have been born a woman... so... I'm probably not the typical.

/hugs

I have a hard time watching certain things too.
 
I remember I would always get shat on by people when I went into "guy gets raped by woman" threads for saying it isn't a matter to take lightly.
 
The video is not uncomfortable. This thread however is. I feel bad for reading this thread but I feel "good" (in the sense that the video was powerful and I'm glad I watched it) for having opening this thread.
 
I don't think I'll be able to stomach watching the video, but I've seen the gifs. :(

The most awful part of the video isn't in the gifs, so that's probably for the best.
 
This made me feel sad. :( I feel really bad for him.

Also, fuck that thread that was posted earlier, a whole page of jokes? Seriously? :(
 
After watching that I wished it was some stupid kid talking about rape and making fun of it rather than a guy talking about if seriously :/

Now I feel bad for him. OP should really put

"YouTube: Why Rape is Hilarious" (A Message)

The title is kinda baiting.
 
I was about to turn it off 20sec in because dude's voice was super annoying but I'm glad I finished it, he really gets his point across later on. It's a shame the rape of your boys by women is so trivialized in the media.
 
Watched 40 Days and 40 Nights yesterday and for a braindead romantic comedy it was a weird twist to have the
main protagonist getting casually raped by his ex-fiancee who broke into his apartment. Followed by him having to apologize to his new girlfriend for getting raped. No consequences for the ex-fiancee. The End.
 
This makes it's point well and I empathise with the dude and but I can't stand this style of delivery, it's way too hacky, practiced & annoying.
 
Yeah... I wonder why this is such a difficult topic to bring up as a guy. Oh look, admin-endorsed jokes about it.

This is a sensitive subject for me, so I think I'll stay away as I've done before with threads like this, even though attitudes in this thread have been better thus far.

I think attitudes will get better as more people talk about it and with videos like in the OP. There will still be a fair share of hand waving, eye rolling, and "lulz people just need something to get upset at, I suppose" style posts/thoughts.

I can see a younger version of myself making "jokes" in a thread like that. However, it wasn't until I really thought about it and read a well written blog post on the subject that changed my view.
 
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