# Felching news **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462 "2000-10-18T21:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/21 "2000-10-19T00:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlackKnight \* > \*\*Pardon my ignorance but what on earth do african-american men and fried chicken have to do with anything? > > Is there some ethnic stereotype that I’m unaware of? \*\* Yeah, maybe it’s a southern thing…this kinda shit doesn’t really piss me off or anything, I just think it’s a display of ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/22 "2000-10-19T00:11:13Z")
I’m not saying you’re ignorant, Black Knight…just people who spread these e-mails. Those and the “forward this to 10 people”, how I fucking hate that shit!!! A waste of bandwidth, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/23 "2000-10-19T00:11:34Z")
Well, regardless of the reaction of other people you know, we’re not interested, and many of us find it offensive. Consider yourself informed, and give it up. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/24 "2000-10-19T00:19:41Z")
C’MON!!! Hit me with a Greek joke! C’MON!!! I love a good sheep/little Greek boy joke. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/25 "2000-10-19T00:19:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by looselucy \* > \*\* i have gay friends who laugh at gay jokes, blind friends who laugh at blind jokes, polish friends who laugh at polish jokes. stereotypes are established because, hello… there are similarities in certain cultures/genders/etc. and it can be damn funny. oh, but you need a sense of humor. get it? \*\* Really. I’ve never found obvious or not so obvious similarities between different people funny. Of course, I don’t laugh at fart jokes either. Maybe it’s just me. Of course, what’s happened here, is you’ve had a number of people say they find the joke offensive, common respect would dictate that you wouldnot go out of your way to offend people. Do you have it? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/26 "2000-10-19T00:26:11Z")
OK, mea culpa! I was just amused that that UL is still spreading, and that I got it from a religious lady who I didn’t expect it from. I certainly didn’t mean to offend anybody, and I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/27 "2000-10-19T01:58:14Z")
I’m surprised the references to shrimping didn’t conjure up links to the tale of Susan DiLucci and the Miracle of Life (ever since I read that one, I’ve wanted to form a band just so I could name it that) ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/28 "2000-10-19T02:04:00Z")
ickity ick ick ick ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/29 "2000-10-19T03:17:26Z")
Poor Bob! That didn’t quite go as you planned, did it? {{rjk\*}} ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/30 "2000-10-19T03:27:43Z")
No, it didn’t go well at all. I’ll stop and think next time. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/31 "2000-10-19T03:31:23Z")
Gee, you guys sure are touchy. Anyway, as everyone knows, all homosexuals are a bunch of gerbil-stuffing freaks! Also: All black people eat fried chicken, watermelon and Kool-Aid for every meal; All mexicans are lazy, live in households of 30 or more and have no car insurance; All Jews are money-grubbing fuckwads. Have I left anyone out? Well piss off and go squick yourself, because you just don’t matter. Christ I get tired of you people making an issue out of every god-damn thing on the board. Why don’t you just chill the fuck out, take the stick out of your ass and relax for a while? ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/32 "2000-10-19T03:55:09Z")
yeah, you forgot to mention that asian men aren’t sexy…oh wait, wrong thread… ---
**Author:** ![jovius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jovius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovius)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/33 "2000-10-19T04:05:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\*Poor Bob! That didn’t quite go as you planned, did it? > > {{rjk\*}} \*\* Oh poor Bob indeed. Trust me guys, I work with him in the lab and he’s a really cool guy and I’m sure he didn’t intend on offending anyone… ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/34 "2000-10-19T04:14:30Z")
What Demo said and then some… Lighten up people. Having met rjk in Vegas I can pretty much state that he seems to be one of the kindest and most gentle people I know in here. scratch…then why is it okay for everyone to say blonde jokes? I never hear blondes complaining and I am one of them. If you can’t laugh at yourselves you are taking things way too seriously and you will suffer heart damage from the stress. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/35 "2000-10-19T04:22:31Z")
Yes, Bob IS a sweetheart. (((((((rjk))))))) ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/36 "2000-10-19T04:25:40Z")
Well, I’m getting back in here a little past midnight my time because I’ve been nagged all evening by this sense that my initial response to this thread was a little more abrasive than it should have been. I’m sorry, **rjk**. The last bit of my post was a little much. Unfortunately, I’ve been subjected to the rest of this thread now that I’ve come back a little late. While I’m here apologizing to **rjk** , I’ll go ahead and offer up a hearty FUCK YOU to the worthless piece of shit, **looselucy**. There are plenty of message boar around that respect your kind - this aint one of ‘em. Y’all have a lovely mornin’ now. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/37 "2000-10-19T04:29:38Z")
Similarly- rjk, in everything I’ve read by you, you’ve struck me as nothing but an extremely nice, gracious guy. I take homophobia extremely personally (gee, that was stating the obvious) and my comment wasn’t directed to you. Also: what Tymp said. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/38 "2000-10-19T05:31:31Z")
If my posts came off a little too harsh, I apologize. This is just one of those “If I see that damn e-mail forwarded one more time, I’m gonna fucking scream” things. No major harm intended. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/39 "2000-10-19T16:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Tymp \* > \*\* While I’m here apologizing to **rjk** , I’ll go ahead and offer up a hearty FUCK YOU to the worthless piece of shit, **looselucy**. There are plenty of message boar around that respect your kind - this aint one of ‘em._\* Just out of curiosity what, exactly, is “her kind”, because, other than her lack of capitalization, I find nothing offensive about looselucy’s posts. Maybe I missed something. Seems like an awful harsh condemnation for someone who has only been here a couple of days. I hope none of us treated _you_ like that when you were new Tymp. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462/40 "2000-10-19T17:17:35Z")
The “kind”, to which I refer, **Democritus** , is comprised of those inclined to take an offensive or foolish position on a topic and continue to defend it with more of the same when faced with sensible explanation, argument, or expression of distress and offence. In other words, a person who wallows in ignorance for the comfort and low amusement made possible by small mindedness even when offered the opportunity for better understanding. To wit, I did not make efforts to offend anyone when I was new. Nor did I make any effort to propagate myths and idiocy by expressing my appreciation for such things. Because I did not do such things, no one called me out for the offence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felching-news/37462.md?page=3)