tw: rape, slavery, genocide
I am a black fan of Outlander, and as such, I am going to speak my truth, even at the risk of being downvoted. And I don’t care if you hate me for it, because we’re all strangers. But as you all are human beings, I hope you won’t.
Before I get into it, I have to say that I am well aware that Outlander is period writing about subjects of the vile 18th century British empire. I know what their beliefs would be like. I also know how old DG is, and as someone with boomer parents and grandparents I’m well aware of that generation’s biases too. But I’m not talking about that sort of bias, so I don’t want to hear anyone talking about Outlander being a “product of the times.” Especially when the tv series began in 2014! I’m open to discussion about all of this, but not about that. I will not entertain people who justify modern racism of DG and the showrunners with that. And I’ve seen enlightened discussions on this sub about DG’s poor decision to repeatedly use sexual assault as a plot device. So if we can discuss that, we can discuss racism. That being said, this is going to be lengthy:
I discovered Outlander at the start of the pandemic and quickly fell in love. Cait and Sam have electric chemistry and the story of Claire and Jamie is incredibly compelling. And the way DG interwove their love story with subtle stances on the themes of oppression at the hands of the British empire is brilliant, and something I feel I can especially relate to as a descendant of slaves. The stances DG takes (and the writers retain, of course) through Claire’s dedication to feminine autonomy are also wonderful. It is a good show and I love it. I haven’t read the books, but in 1.5 years i have watched the whole show about 5 times, and I wouldn’t do that if I didn’t love the body of work as a whole. HOWEVER:
I, and several other POC on this sub (I've seen it, and they've been met with opposition more than once--and it's a problem), take serious issue with the way characters of color are written, beginning with Season 3. I'm mostly going to address the characters/problems in narrative order, but not for this first person:
Yi Tien Cho
Yi Tien Cho's entire character is pretty much just orientalism and sinophobia. I'm not Asian, so I'm not going to speak on this at length, but it's awful. And I'm told the show is much better about it than Voyager, so thank God I guess? I don't wanna imagine how bad it is, and I already know about the foot-binding-or
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
