# Taboo things that you find humorous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353 "2019-04-10T19:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sta3535](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/1 "2019-04-10T19:55:22Z")
Like farting, burping, dark humor, etc? Anything that’s usually done behind closed doors or only around close friends who understand your interests/beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/2 "2019-04-10T19:56:51Z")
Cards Against Humanity. ---
**Author:** ![sta3535](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/3 "2019-04-10T20:35:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cards Against Humanity. Great Game ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/4 "2019-04-10T21:01:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cards Against Humanity. Better than Crabs Adjust Humidity. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/5 "2019-04-11T00:22:01Z")
Anything \*\*not \*\*“Politically Correct.” ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/6 "2019-04-11T01:54:53Z")
Apparently, back in the 80’s, McDonalds was _pushing_ the McMartin burger. It involved a great big piece of meat between two teeny little buns. We need a burning in hell Smile. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/7 "2019-04-11T04:37:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cards Against Humanity. Hehehe, I think my sister-in-law stopped bringing that game over because it was a forgone conclusion that I would win. So, basically, whaddaya got? If it’s presented right, I can find just about any subject humorous. I still love the Butthole Surfers’ catalog, and I find it a blend of beautiful, terrifying, and hilarious. If there’s a taboo they didn’t address, I’m not aware of it. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/8 "2019-04-11T04:41:34Z")
> [@sta3535](#): > > Anything that’s usually done behind closed doors or only around close friends who understand your interests/beliefs. Me and my friends enjoy a good murder now and again. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/9 "2019-04-11T12:09:46Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > So, basically, whaddaya got? If it’s presented right, I can find just about any subject humorous. Exactly. It’s not the subject, or the fact that it is taboo, that makes it automatically humorous, or laugh-out-loud funny. Poorly done comedy is poorly done comedy, no matter what the subject. I guess you DO have to have a willingness to accept taboo subjects presented as jokes to start with. Some people shut off their funny bones if the taboo jokes are about babies, or pets, or even contain swearing (we’ve all met them - Aunt Ruth I’m looking at you!) Heck, I even find some lame misdirected right-wing “libs are stoopid” jokes funny, if they are actually funny, even though I am within the targeted group. Nothing can be more taboo than that! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/10 "2019-04-11T13:30:17Z")
Sometimes I scoop up ice cream with cookies and eat them both. People would be less aghasted if I admitted to sex crimes and murder. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/11 "2019-04-11T14:30:33Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Some people shut off their funny bones if the taboo jokes are about babies, or pets, or even contain swearing (we’ve all met them - Aunt Ruth I’m looking at you!) It is even funnier when the taboo is uneven. i was playing Cards Against Humanity with my MiL, she had no problem reading things like “bucket full of jizz” or “Yoda’s leathery scrotum” out loud, but would have to spell out A-S-S and S-E-X ---
**Author:** ![MDfive21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@MDfive21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MDfive21)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/12 "2019-04-11T14:52:04Z")
Anthony Jeselnik stand-up. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/14 "2019-04-11T19:18:09Z")
**Mrs. FtG** has a close relative that is a standup comic. Routinely covers topic considered too out-there by normal comedy club standards. Has toured with a like minded group of folk famed for going beyond the limits. We like it. We know the person in real life so we get that it’s not “real”. We know where it’s coming from. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/15 "2019-04-11T20:13:44Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Heck, I even find some lame misdirected right-wing “libs are stoopid” jokes funny, if they are actually funny, even though I am within the targeted group. Nothing can be more taboo than that! In what way are they misdirected? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/16 "2019-04-11T22:58:04Z")
I happily wear socks with open-toe shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/17 "2019-04-12T00:02:26Z")
Much of “In Bruges”? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/18 "2019-04-12T01:02:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In what way are they misdirected? :dubious: 😕 Most of them are pretty stupid and completely misunderstand liberalism. Then again, the same can be said about jokes about conservatives. But there’s little I won’t laugh at. My own sense of humor skews pretty dark and twisted. There really isn’t any subject taboo to me when it comes to humor. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/19 "2019-04-12T01:12:33Z")
I love old ladies. Especially old church ladies. They smell funny, they walk funny after that knee replacement. Their hair is blue. They say dirty words and don’t even know it. They just kill me. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/20 "2019-04-12T12:27:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Much of “In Bruges”? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353/21 "2019-04-12T13:55:40Z")
I’m probably going to catch hell for saying this: my mother-in-law’s dementia. Remember the old “Mr Short Term Memory” skits that Tom Hanks did on SNL? It’s kind of like that in real life sometimes, and all you can do is laugh at the absurdity of the situation. (Better than getting angry or frustrated, anyway…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-things-that-you-find-humorous/832353.md?page=2)