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Originally Posted by lizardlady
Police, firefighter, mediacl folks and the like have dark senses of humor. It's a way of reducing stress.
Personally, I have a very dark sense of humor, but I have boundaries when and where I use, also who I use it around. I have some friends that we tells jokes that would probably shock others. We all know that we are blowing off steam when we do it. My co-workers absolutely do not "get" my dark humor so I am careful not to use it around them.
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My parents are police officers and yes, they've explained to me that they have very dark humor because they see a lot of crime and dead people and they say that the joking is what keeps them sane.
Yes, I am careful about who I joke around with. Even with my Jewish friend, I try to keep it very light. I've also explained to her my fetish and she's okay with it and she will make light of that too. There was a scene in Eurotrip where the main character is trying to track down a girl in Germany he's in love with and he finds her parents and there's a 7 year old boy in the background who's marching around doing the Nazi salute and my Jewish friend turns to me and says "That's going to be your kid when you have kids!". So she gets it, but I still have to be careful.
But I don't deliberately make jokes to be mean and I am careful who I joke around with.