How to deal with insensitive jokes

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I have a group of friends, and I’m one of the few religious people in the group, but we don’t really let that set us apart. I sent a picture of this stock image pregnant woman because we tend to send random pics of to each other, and one of the replies were “save her from alabama sksksks”. My friends don’t exactly know I’m pro life, but this isn’t the first time they’ve made insensitive jokes. And I also feel awful because the jokes were made after I sent the stock image, but I honestly didn’t think they would go there. I feel I’ve been around them too much that sometimes the jokes j pop into my head but I try my hardest to push them away. So how should I deal with jokes like these? I was super upset about that most recent one so I have muted the chat and left them on read, and as of now their on a different topic, but I don’t know if I can deal with talking to them if their this insensitive.
 
I think it’s only you (with good reason) who thinks abortion is a sensitive issue. I think your friends don’t realise they’re being insensitive (I’ve never met anyone who was pro-choice who also agreed abortion is murder), and if you don’t tell them, they’ll probably not think twice the next time.
You can at least let them know your side of the issue, and help them understand the seriousness of the issue, regardless of what side of the debate they find themselves on. That way you don’t really have to discuss abortion as much as you discuss sensitivity.
 
I love to laugh, and laugh at just about anything. However, once in a while there is subject matter that I just don’t see the humor in. I let my friends know that so we can agree we will not joke on that. Because I am not constantly telling them I’m being offended, they pay attention to me when I say something is offensive to me. That is what I would recommend. Just tell your friends how you feel. On the other hand, if you are constantly naysaying their jokes, you may need to find other people to keep company with.
 
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@TheMortenBay Ahhh okay. I’ll try to let them now at some point, and yea I’m just pretty sensitive on a lot of things, especially stuff like that, but I will let them know how I feel about the whole issue and why I think it’s wrong when I get the chance, thank you!
 
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