# \[Jokes in\] GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 21, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064 "2014-10-21T19:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/81 "2014-10-24T18:50:10Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > And, the warning was for making a political jab in GQ, not for joking. Incidentally, that might have been better as a Note if he meant it as a joke. Still- deserving of Moderation, yes. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/82 "2014-10-24T19:02:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Incidentally, that might have been better as a Note if he meant it as a joke. Still- deserving of Moderation, yes. The prohibition against political jabs in GQ is long standing and is right there in the sticky at the top of the forum. It’s always been moderated strongly. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/83 "2014-10-24T19:09:40Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > If the OP actually asked about safe poultry handling techniques, it can be assumed they dont know. Thus giving them false, misleading and extremely dangerous info is indeed being a jerk as they wont know it’s supposed to be a joke. Well, yes and no. It can also be assumed they know there’s some thing to be asking about, implying they know that there are unsafe techniques (like handling raw poultry) and so would recognize the “joke.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/84 "2014-10-24T19:36:24Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The prohibition against political jabs in GQ is long standing and is right there in the sticky at the top of the forum. It’s always been moderated strongly. No kidding. My only Warning was for the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/85 "2014-10-25T00:43:14Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > I made a joke in GQ just Once. Once, and its the only warning I have ever gotten. A Warning for the first time. > [@silenus](#): > > No kidding. My only Warning was for the same thing. **Colibri** is so mean that he once Warned a man in Reno just for snoring. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/86 "2014-10-26T00:54:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, I agree, it would be difficult. The only way, as you said would be for “that’s the sort of thing that we rely on posters to correct”. So, it would be fine for a poster to say: > “6. _Umm, poster 4, I am pretty sure your answer is wrong and unsafe. (see Post 5)_” ? > > And if poster 4 came back with: > 7. _Ha!Ha! Whoosh!_ > > That should be reported, yes? Something so trivial is rarely if ever moderated, so there would be little point in reporting it. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Incidentally, that might have been better as a Note if he meant it as a joke. Still- deserving of Moderation, yes. Political jabs often take the form of jokes. But they’re jokes that are only funny if you’re on the right side of them. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/87 "2014-10-26T01:02:56Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Political jabs often take the form of jokes. But they’re jokes that are only funny if you’re on the right side of them. Not at all. If I were to live in America, I’d probably would not support the Republicans. But I’d still laugh at [Bob Hope’s humour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/88 "2014-10-26T01:09:14Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Not at all. > > If I were to live in America, I’d probably would not support the Republicans. But I’d still laugh at [Bob Hope’s humour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4). So would I, and I did. But back then was a time when the two sides weren’t as rancorous as they are today. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/89 "2014-10-26T02:42:35Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Not at all. > > If I were to live in America, I’d probably would not support the Republicans. But I’d still laugh at [Bob Hope’s humour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4). Bob Hope didn’t post in GQ very often. Nor has Johnny Carson posted much there. Occasionally, I’ll read a funny political jab in GQ. It doesn’t happen often. I’ve read plenty of clunkers though. I’m guessing Colibri was speaking of political humor in general, but only of the sort typically displayed in GQ. If not, well that’s my take anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/90 "2014-10-26T05:21:08Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Bob Hope didn’t post in GQ very often. Nor has Johnny Carson posted much there. > > . And if they did so now, that _would_ be a zombie thread.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/91 "2014-10-26T13:45:35Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Bob Hope didn’t post in GQ very often. Nor has Johnny Carson posted much there. > > Occasionally, I’ll read a funny political jab in GQ. It doesn’t happen often. I’ve read plenty of clunkers though. I’m guessing Colibri was speaking of political humor in general, but only of the sort typically displayed in GQ. If not, well that’s my take anyway. Let’s say political jokes are a lot funnier if they are directed at the other side. The point of prohibiting political jabs (and religious jabs, etc) of course is to prevent retaliation by the other side, and hence derailing the thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/92 "2014-10-26T19:00:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Political jabs often take the form of jokes. But they’re jokes that are only funny if you’re on the right side of them. Or the left side, depending on the joke. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/93 "2014-10-26T20:15:05Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > If the OP actually asked about safe poultry handling techniques, it can be assumed they dont know. Thus giving them false, misleading and extremely dangerous info is indeed being a jerk as they wont know it’s supposed to be a joke. I agree - there’s a difference between aside jokes vs a deliberately wrong answer to a factual GQ question. Biggest trouble is: how do you gauge intent? How do you determine whether someone is just wrong, or if they think it’s funny to post incorrect answers? - the “Haha - Whoosh!” thing would be an indicator, but I imagine it doesn’t actually play out that way very often. Pretty nearly every “Is this food safe to eat?” thread I have ever seen on this board contains at least one instance of the wrong answer, but how do we tell if they are sincerely wrong? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/94 "2014-10-26T21:14:01Z")
Since **DrDeth** used “safe poultry handling techniques” as his example, I for one would have a difficult time believing in someone being legitimately unaware. Any cookbook I have ever seen in recent years covers this in particular very well. Not saying someone couldn’t still be ignorant of it - betting _against_ ignorance is pretty much the exact opposite of a sure thing . As far as the sincerity of wrong information being posted in a “Is this food safe to eat?” thread, I don’t think it’s enough of an issue to worry about, really. Other posters will soon correct the misinformation and the sincerity issue is best handled by the moderators. I don’t think anyone’s trying to poison people through posting on a message board, nor at all likely to succeed if so. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/95 "2014-10-26T22:32:44Z")
I hate myself for saying this, but it’s actually a bad example; the policy on safe handling of poultry has changed over the years. Where once the public was advised to rinse, rinse, rinse all raw poultry under running water before use, now the advice is NOT to wash raw poultry, as all it does is potentially spread filth to your kitchen sink and everywhere else in the vicinity. It’s the exact opposite of what was held to be true for time out of mind. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/96 "2014-10-27T00:38:25Z")
OMG I’m poisoned! No, just kidding. Let’s see, what was the OP again? Oh yeah, jokes in GQ. I agree - bad form. No should do. Ta. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064/97 "2014-10-27T22:26:37Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Since **DrDeth** used “safe poultry handling techniques” as his example, I for one would have a difficult time believing in someone being legitimately unaware. Any cookbook I have ever seen in recent years covers this in particular very well. Not saying someone couldn’t still be ignorant of it - betting _against_ ignorance is pretty much the exact opposite of a sure thing . > > As far as the sincerity of wrong information being posted in a “Is this food safe to eat?” thread, I don’t think it’s enough of an issue to worry about, really. Other posters will soon correct the misinformation and the sincerity issue is best handled by the moderators. I don’t think anyone’s trying to poison people through posting on a message board, nor at all likely to succeed if so. I’m fairly sure we could cook up another hypothetical where moderation would be appropriate (for example, someone enquiring about how recommended dosages are calculated for painkillers, and someone else responding that it’s actually quite safe to take seven times the recommended dose, or someone advising that a beach umbrella is an effective substitute for a parachute), but I imagine those things would just be moderated on a case by case basis. The more numerous and specific the rules are made, the less effective they become at maintaining order, as the cracks between the rules become more clearly defined. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-gq/702064.md?page=4)