Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in...
by Trill-I-Am on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:54PM
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How does that dynamic work in this situation in which there was not intended to be an outside audience?
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Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in...
by ziggysak on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:01PM
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That's a very fair point. I've made plenty of these jokes before to my friends and sent memes that are blatantly offensive because of the taboo factor. It's black comedy. Similarly to how Aristophanes made fun of Socrates and basically created the genre of dark humor.