# Why are there no "yo mama" jokes?

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**Created:** [October 29, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-yo-mama-jokes/90376 "2001-10-29T21:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-yo-mama-jokes/90376/1 "2001-10-29T21:47:26Z")

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I noticed when the “yo mama” jokes thread in the pit was locked, it was with the explanation that nowhere on the SDMB are yo mama jokes allowed. Why?

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**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 29, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-yo-mama-jokes/90376/2 "2001-10-29T22:25:26Z")

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From [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=95730):

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> _originally posted by Lynn Bodoni_\*\*  
> Yep, “yo mamma” jokes are generally offensive, or tend to become so. We just don’t allow that sort of thing, ever since the old AOL days.
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> Lynn  
> For the Straight Dope  
> \*\*

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-yo-mama-jokes/90376/3 "2001-10-29T22:25:35Z")

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The explanation is here:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=95730](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=95730)

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**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 30, 2001, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-yo-mama-jokes/90376/4 "2001-10-30T11:07:22Z")

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I didn’t know about that ruling, I do now.