Oh, man, it's not about pleasing! It's like making a joke about voilent rape. Would you find that funny?
Violence isn't hilarious, especially violence against defenseless animals -- even accidental violence. Injury and suffering isn't funny. ~~ Sooz
------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
Okay, pleasing was the wrong word to use. I didn't think the "joke" was fuuny but it wasn't played on me. And I'm glad it wasn't. I'm a housekeeper for two cats and they are my children - I don't find violence on animals amusing but it still comes back to the fact that *I* wasn't the person "pranked". (My friends know better than to even kid about hurting my cats.) And the OP *was* okay with the joke.
Hell, I'm a Virgo and *I* don't even do housework before beading. LOL The very thought!
I thought it was pretty funny. I guess I'm a sick "puppy". LOL
BAD GIRL! You totally freaked me out for a second... I'm too gullible! (LOL!)
-Kalera
Oh my god. That's kind of funny in the same way as calling someone and saying "There's been a terrible accident, I'm afraid one of your employees has backed over your son's best friend - he's in critical condition, you should get here right away. Oh, APRIL FOOL'S!"
In other words, not. At all.
Screwing with people's emotions with regards to beloved living creatures... even if it's someone else's beloved living creature... can cause permanent emotional hurt. NOT COOL.
-Kalera
I imagine that for people who have not actually experienced much injury or suffering, it seems so improbable as to be funny. For those of us who have experienced both, we don't find it so improbable.
-Kalera
Good point.
To me, the whole situation was kind of like a very bad racist or sexist joke, but real -- and worse. ~~ Sooz
------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
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