In my last blog post for the semester, I wanted to address two of the common themes in humor regarding COVID-19: jokes about your kids and jokes about your significant who you're quarantining with.
Although my mom doesn't have small children she has to entertain and homeschool while being stuck at home, she has been loving all of the memes and videos about moms who do (which she shows me throughout the day). Her favorite ones have been about "fire drills" where moms lock their kids out of their house and wonder how long they can pretend the drill is going on before they should let their kids back inside. I've seen criticism about humor along these lines because some people say it's not funny to talk about locking your kids out of your house or complaining about being stuck with them all day everyday. What I think? People need to laugh during this time otherwise we'd all go crazy, so why can't we all enjoy the jokes and know that's helping people get through the day. I'd like to hope most of the moms doing these pretend fire drills aren't actually locking their children out of their house for a long period of time, and I also think it's definitely valid to complain about having to entertain small kids for months at a time because heaven knows how tiring that is.
The next trend, making fun of your significant other, follows the same lines. My favorite trends in this department are about boyfriends who don't know how to handle women on their periods. It's funny that they get to experience what it's actually like for women one week out of every month, and it's funny seeing them try their dang hardest to please their women. I see criticism that says things like "if you have to complain about living with your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife during quarantine, maybe you shouldn't be together," and I again take issue with that. Being stuck inside your house for months at a time with a singular person would wear on ANYONE. Even though I've lived with my parents for 21 years now, I still need my alone time. I think complaining about these circumstances in a humorous way is a much better way to handle it than something like actually fighting with them, and it's one of the only ways we have to release steam.
Overall, I think as long as humor isn't hurting or greatly offending anyone, it's one of the best tools at our disposal right now, and I'd like to encourage everyone out there to continue on with the jokes!
Although my mom doesn't have small children she has to entertain and homeschool while being stuck at home, she has been loving all of the memes and videos about moms who do (which she shows me throughout the day). Her favorite ones have been about "fire drills" where moms lock their kids out of their house and wonder how long they can pretend the drill is going on before they should let their kids back inside. I've seen criticism about humor along these lines because some people say it's not funny to talk about locking your kids out of your house or complaining about being stuck with them all day everyday. What I think? People need to laugh during this time otherwise we'd all go crazy, so why can't we all enjoy the jokes and know that's helping people get through the day. I'd like to hope most of the moms doing these pretend fire drills aren't actually locking their children out of their house for a long period of time, and I also think it's definitely valid to complain about having to entertain small kids for months at a time because heaven knows how tiring that is.
The next trend, making fun of your significant other, follows the same lines. My favorite trends in this department are about boyfriends who don't know how to handle women on their periods. It's funny that they get to experience what it's actually like for women one week out of every month, and it's funny seeing them try their dang hardest to please their women. I see criticism that says things like "if you have to complain about living with your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife during quarantine, maybe you shouldn't be together," and I again take issue with that. Being stuck inside your house for months at a time with a singular person would wear on ANYONE. Even though I've lived with my parents for 21 years now, I still need my alone time. I think complaining about these circumstances in a humorous way is a much better way to handle it than something like actually fighting with them, and it's one of the only ways we have to release steam.
Overall, I think as long as humor isn't hurting or greatly offending anyone, it's one of the best tools at our disposal right now, and I'd like to encourage everyone out there to continue on with the jokes!
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