https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:16:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-709519 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:36:37 +0000 CottonCandy 709519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate the word "retarded"...I cringe when I hear it...I never used to be sensitive towards people making herpes jokes, but after reading some of the stories the pp's wrote about, it makes me think of it in a different way, and I do feel bad for people who got it by not even being promiscuous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-709012 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:50:34 +0000 loveisstrange 709012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gay and retarded both REALLY bother me. I've never given the rest too much thought, but I guess you are right. It's pretty tasteless and insensitive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-709009 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:48:41 +0000 Ra 709009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate when people say "that's retarded" or "that's gay." Both bother me. My students use both constantly and I always discipline them for it. So frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708853 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:59:32 +0000 LindsayInNY 708853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: My friend has it but her now-husband doesn't. Interesting how it works sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708851 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:59:08 +0000 runsyellowlites 708851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: What's wrong with some people?! *fuming*</p> <p>@LindsayInNYC: That would be difficult to come to terms with.. glad she has though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708849 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:58:32 +0000 LindsayInNY 708849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: I've been through it all with my friend so I know WAY more than most when it comes to the topic! Thing is, some people can have many sex partners and be fine while others can have very few and contract something. She was in a serious, committed relationship when she was first diagnosed. Apparently it can remain dormant for quite some time so she doesn't know exactly how or where she got it. (So, like the girl you know, its possible her bf didn't even know he had it!) Ironically, she had a bikini wax not long before and it was suspected that that was how she got it. Not even from sex! She's accepted everything with time but I feel for her (and others in her position!) whenever I hear people "joke" about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708841 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:57:23 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 708841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNYC: my best family-friend got herpes because her fiance cheated on her. She hadn't ever been with any other guy. They worked it out and ended up getting married this January. They both have genital herpes. You would never guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708840 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:57:18 +0000 lilteacherbee 708840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope my husbands grandmother had Parkinson's so I completely understand where you are coming from on that.</p> <p>.@TurtleDoves: yes, they do. When I had my m/c last year, someone told me that maybe it was a good thing because perhaps my baby would have been retarded. Ouch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708832 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:53:39 +0000 runsyellowlites 708832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Done!</p> <p>@LindsayInNYC: I know a girl that contracted herpes her FIRST time! The guy, her boyfriend at the time, lied to her! *infuriating* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708828 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:51:23 +0000 LindsayInNY 708828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: That too. Joking about someone shaking or being "dirty" because they have a STD (which may not have even been transmitted that way! just drives me batty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708806 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:41:35 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 708806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: add tasteless and inconsiderate to tacky &amp; ugly and we've got a deal.<br /> What is wrong with people? Do people still seriously still say "retarded" ? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708750 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:22:10 +0000 runsyellowlites 708750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm kinda sensitive to jokes about ANY kind of condition or people in general. I think it's just tacky &amp; ugly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708730 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:15:31 +0000 LindsayInNY 708730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: My freshman year RA taught us not to use that word. But once my Dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's, I became a lot more aware of similar things... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708727 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:13:04 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 708727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no you're not! i'm very aware of those kinds of things too, and always cringe when someone uses the word "retarded". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/insensitive-jokes#post-708715 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:08:26 +0000 LindsayInNY 708715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone ever get offended by insensitive jokes? My dad has Parkinson's (grandpa did too) and I get really annoyed when people joke about someone shaking or something like they have Parkinson's. To me, it's just called calling something retarded. Likewise, a good friend of mine has herpes - another thing constantly "joked" about. And you would never in a million years guess she does!</p> <p>Is it just me being sensitive?? </p>