# Mod note in the joke thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 17, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637 "2019-06-17T09:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/1 "2019-06-17T09:55:42Z")
Something in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=877183) raised my eyebrows. Not a lot, mind you, just a tad. This joke is posted: > [@](#): > > So this guy wants to join this Irish fraternity. And the head of the fraternity says, to join us, you have to do three things. Drink a fifth of Irish whiskey in one gulp, stab a grizzly bear and rape an Eskimo woman. So he chugs the whiskey, and staggers off into the forest for the second thing. So hours pass by. Then days, and finally weeks. And the fraternity members grow concerned. What happened to the guy? Is he okay? Then suddenly he appears from the forest out of nowhere. His clothes are ripped, he’s covered in mud. He looks like a wreck. And the fraternity members ask him. “What on earth happened to you?” The guys responds, “Never mind me. Now where’s that Eskimo woman you want me to stab.” Which generates this mod note: > [@](#): > > I realize this is a common joke that has been told over the years, but let’s stay away from rape jokes, please. My eyebrows then asked this question: It is forbidden to speak of raping a woman, but speaking of stabbing a woman is just fine? There is so much tip-toeing around here lately sometimes I feel as if I’m at the ballet. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/2 "2019-06-17T10:36:15Z")
Ya’ know, I’ve heard this joke a hundred times, a hundred different ways and the above has got to be the most vile version of it I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/3 "2019-06-17T10:49:16Z")
If moderation action is taken with that, it needs a disclaimer for graphic content. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/4 "2019-06-17T11:10:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My eyebrows then asked this question: It is forbidden to speak of raping a woman, but speaking of stabbing a woman is just fine? You may not have heard of the trope “Rape Is A Special Kind of Evil”. This is so well-known it’s rare to have to mention it to someone. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/5 "2019-06-17T11:45:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Something in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=877183) raised my eyebrows. Not a lot, mind you, just a tad. > > This joke is posted: > > Which generates this mod note: > > My eyebrows then asked this question: It is forbidden to speak of raping a woman, but speaking of stabbing a woman is just fine? > > There is so much tip-toeing around here lately sometimes I feel as if I’m at the ballet. > mmm Tip-toeing? Do you mean that you’re having a hard time figuring out which rape jokes are acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/6 "2019-06-17T12:04:11Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Ya’ know, I’ve heard this joke a hundred times, a hundred different ways and the above has got to be the most vile version of it I’ve heard. Indeed, the usual version I’ve heard is “\*\*wrestle \*\*a grizzly bear and **make love to** an [Eskimo or other ethnicity] woman”. This is the first version I’ve seen using stab/rape instead. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/7 "2019-06-17T12:13:25Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Tip-toeing? Do you mean that you’re having a hard time figuring out which rape jokes are acceptable? Nope. Figuring out which stab-a-woman jokes are. mmm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/8 "2019-06-17T12:24:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Nope. Figuring out which stab-a-woman jokes are. Are “stab-a-woman” jokes something that that happens here, or is this just a problem in theory only? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/9 "2019-06-17T12:30:52Z")
Comedy these days is very raw. Jokes containing cursing, sex, and various perversions of sex abound. However, though I’ve seen numerous HBO presentations featuring stand-up comedians, I’ve heard nary a “rape joke” because rape is no joke under any circumstances. I’m wondering how in the world you can’t see this simple fact. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/10 "2019-06-17T12:41:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Are “stab-a-woman” jokes something that that happens here, or is this just a problem in theory only? So they are ok then? Seems to me they should not be, regardless of prevalence. mmm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/11 "2019-06-17T12:46:55Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Comedy these days is very raw. Jokes containing cursing, sex, and various perversions of sex abound. However, though I’ve seen numerous HBO presentations featuring stand-up comedians, I’ve heard nary a “rape joke” because rape is no joke under any circumstances. I’m wondering how in the world you can’t see this simple fact. 2 brief points: I have seen/heard plenty of rape jokes from stand-up comics and elsewhere. This does not mean I think they are ok. That part, you made up. mmm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/12 "2019-06-17T12:51:12Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > 2 brief points: > > I have seen/heard plenty of rape jokes from stand-up comics and elsewhere. > > This does not mean I think they are ok. That part, you made up. I said that “I” have never heard any. I didn’t say for a certainty that they don’t exist. I don’t care for the accusation that I intentionally made something up. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/13 "2019-06-17T13:17:58Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Tip-toeing? Do you mean that you’re having a hard time figuring out which rape jokes are acceptable? I’ll admit that I am. One of my favorite Robot Chicken routines of all time is the “Bear-alis” one. And that is just from TV; I won’t go into stand-up routines. And this was a post in a thread about jokes. Go hard-line and almost every “bad joke thread” we’ve ever had would have to head off for the cornfield. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/14 "2019-06-17T13:37:36Z")
The flaw in the OP is the assertion that somehow “stab-a-woman” jokes are fine. Nobody said that they were, and the assumption that, just because the mod note focused on the rape element, the stabbing part was just fine did not remotely follow and was unwarranted. But since we’ve wandered into academic territory and the subject of bears and rape, how do we feel about the joke with the punchline “You’re not really here for the hunting, are you”? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/15 "2019-06-17T14:18:54Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I said that “I” have never heard any. I didn’t say for a certainty that they don’t exist. I don’t care for the accusation that I intentionally made something up. Come on now. When you said you never hear a rape joke because they are never ok under any circumstances, the implication is that they (rape jokes) are not out there. Otherwise you would not have added the “because…”. mmm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/16 "2019-06-17T14:23:40Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > So they are ok then? Seems to me they should not be, regardless of prevalence. What is not o.k. is ignoring my question then claiming I said something I didn’t even imply. Are there “stab-a-woman” jokes here on this board you are having problems with, or not? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/17 "2019-06-17T14:28:06Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Come on now. When you said you never hear a rape joke because they are never ok under any circumstances, the implication is that they (rape jokes) are not out there. > > Otherwise you would not have added the “because…”. Maybe you shouldn’t infer things that aren’t actually said, and respond to what people are actually saying? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/18 "2019-06-17T14:41:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe you shouldn’t infer things that aren’t actually said, and respond to what people are actually saying? That is amusing. I was going to say the same thing. Anyway, like I implied (), I’m not exactly losing sleep over this, just thought it odd that the stabbing a woman line did not warrant mention. I have nothing more to add to the topic, thanks for all the responses. mmm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/19 "2019-06-17T14:42:37Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Tip-toeing? Do you mean that you’re having a hard time figuring out which rape jokes are acceptable? Ricky Gervais recently rebutted the trope (quite effectively IMO) that rape jokes are never funny, with a citation from his own show, the seminal masterpiece _The Office_: [https://youtu.be/I5bRUi1xdD4](https://youtu.be/I5bRUi1xdD4) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637/20 "2019-06-17T14:52:36Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Ricky Gervais recently rebutted the trope (quite effectively IMO) that rape jokes are never funny, with a citation from his own show, the seminal masterpiece _The Office_: [https://youtu.be/I5bRUi1xdD4](https://youtu.be/I5bRUi1xdD4) I thought the problem was rape jokes on this board vs. “stab-a-woman” jokes on this board? I’m pretty sure the mods here have no control over mentions of rape in other media that you happen to find amusing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/835637.md?page=2)