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This week: That's Not Funny! Edited by: GeminiGem🐾  
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Hello! I am GeminiGem🐾 , one of the regular editors of the Comedy Newsletter. Let's consider what might not be funny.
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That's Not Funny!
Negotiating what is not funny (or even would be considered offensive or insulting) to other people can be a perilous. I don't have all the answers, but we can look at it together. These are definitely based on my observations and maybe even my life and culture, so if you have another perspective feel free to share it!
Comedy about race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability: If the humor is at the expense of a group different from your own identity, it is a hard no, it is something to be avoided. I can only hope that we have gotten to a place in this world where we can have more respect for other people and cultures to avoid this. I still hear some people whine that other people are just too sensitive, that political correctness goes too far, etc. These are not legitimate arguments. Just because it was the cultural norm to make minorities and marginalized people the butt of joke in the past does not mean it should still be okay.
If you are a member of one of these groups and want to share humorous takes on life from that perspective, that is acceptable. Honestly, it is so much more funny as well.
I have seen humor that is aimed at other groups, but it was done in such a way that it lifts that group up. This is a special skill that I applaud. If you can use your humor this way, you will find that people should respond positively to it.
Comedy based on age: Seems to me that the war of the generations is fully engaged on every side. It is a free-for-all for Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. Did I miss anyone? Oh yeah, the Greatest Generation. That is my parent's generation. They are really getting up there in age, but they are still around. Everybody has their humorous take on the other generations.
Comedy based on on country of origin/nationality: This is similar to the first, although I think people are a little more relaxed about it. I have noticed that, for instance, that people from all over feel it okay to make fun of Americans, especially right now. I get it, our country is going through some pretty outrageous stuff right now. Americans aren't innocent of using this humor, either. As always, it can be more acceptable to aim humor at your fellow countryperson, although as crazy as the political environment is in the United States right now, that presents another whole set of hazards. It would safe to say that you should know your audience.
Comedy based on national tragedies, including war, mass shootings, terrorism: If the tragedy happened in the country you live in, I would bet you would be less likely to use it as material for humor. If you are farther removed from it, I can see where it may seem tempting. Again, I would say you need to know your audience.
Again, these are my thoughts and observations. Comedy and what people find humorous changes and flows with time. It shifts and slides as people move around. We manage anyway, don't we? We manage to make each other smile and laugh despite all the potential pitfalls.
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Feedback from my last Comedy Newsletter "Full Moon Madness"
from Jtpete 1986 
I worked in the President's Office at a Mortgage company. It felt as if we received the most bizarre calls around the time of the full moon. When I say bizarre, I really mean way out there. Whenever a new hire would start, we would let the know of the possibility of calls they might receive. I never seemed to be enough, though.
I can only imagine but I totally get it since I've seen my share of full-moon crazy at work.
from Korosu 
My roommate freaking over not being able to buy doughnuts, made a whole ahh scene at the gas store  of all the places (I don't recall if it was a full moon day but boy it sure was something).
People can be irrational on the best of days. Throw a full moon into the mix and things can get really crazy.
from Brazos54
A lot of ultra marathon canoe/kayak races are scheduled for full moons dice you often race through the night. I have seen people locked in battle with squalling raccoons over possession of a canoe paddle.
I did lots of canoeing in my youth, but never at night. I'm not sure how I'd feel about a raccoon trying to steal my paddle. I'd probably try to see if he wanted to take a ride in the canoe with us, LOL
from s 
Okay, crazy only in the sense I did not expect it to happen. Otherwise, I have no issues with what we found; it was just completely unexpected. Especially out here...
I went walking through a local park (here, that means a place untouched by humans beyond a few paths; lots of old growth native vegetation) with a friend. The sky was cloudless and the full moon gave everything this blue glow, so we wanted to take photos out there. Got some nice shots of nocturnal animals and some cool-looking plants shots.
Then we heard a low sound, long and continuous. It didn't sound like any animal we knew, and we got curious. We were already being very quiet so we didn't scare the animals, and we followed the sounds.
We found a group of naked women (maybe 4 or 5?) around a brazier chanting and waving their arms. My friend had the presence of mind to take photos and then we left.
We went back to her house, where she looked at her shots on a computer. We recognised one of the chanters. She was someone I knew quite well, so I offered to talk to her.
I approached her and admitted I'd seen her (I didn't say there were pictures); she told me they were "nature-witches" and a full moon was the perfect time to offer thanks. She offered to take me along next time. I chickened out.
I always wonder if I go out there again at a full moon if I'd find them doing the same thing...
You stumbled upon a full-moon circle, did you? You should have taken your friend up on her offer. Nothing bad would have happened to you, and you might have learned some stuff.
from Mouse says gobble gobble 
I was in a cemetery at midnight with my cousin and we thought we saw the shadow of a man but it crouched on all fours and took off. It ran so fast it just looked like a streak of black in the eerie grey night.
Sounds like a character you need to use in a story.
from R.S.V.R
When my mother took me out for Halloween one year as a kid, we passed a giant open field in the car, and I saw my first ever super moon, along with it being a rustic red. A super bloodmoon, I believe it was!
I bet that was an awesome sight! The only truly red moon I have seen is when we have wild fires in the area, which turns the sun and moon a bloody red color.
from ipsa 
I have had a glimpse of werewolves hoping that it might turn into man or woman but no sooner he saw me he began to run.
I think I would rather have a werewolf run off than confront one, LOL
from Tannus
Knowing that the veil is thin by having ancestors touch your face. Very cool but a little crazy!
That would make a very good story, whether you went with the non-fiction angle or wove it into a fictional story.
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