# Twixter, a question about your mod note in the joke thread

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twixter-a-question-about-your-mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/629228/58 "2012-07-24T19:23:45Z")

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Do you mean this one?

> [@Jokes: 10 words or shorter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/40):
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> What meat does a priest eat during Lent? Nun.

If so, I see that as the equivalent of this (that also mentions Jews, but hasn’t drawn any complaints):

> [@Jokes: 10 words or shorter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-10-words-or-shorter/629165/45):
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> What do you 10 Jews eating steak?
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> Filet minyan.

Both of those jokes refer to particular facets of people’s beliefs (not eating meat during Lent; a quorum of Jews required for some observances) and rely on a bit of wordplay, but neither one makes explicit reference to a _negative_ connotation of the beliefs. There’s a huge difference between those two jokes and one that relies on a widely known, negative stereotype.

> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#):
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> I suppose I’m being a bit of a pedantic devil’s advocate…

Don’t you think that’s a little insensitive when we’re discussing religious jokes? 😉

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