Do women get away with laughing at someone's misfortune easier?

16-09-2016 08:55PM

Not long ago a person I would consider rude, obnoxious and patronising, was coming down the stairs in work. He missed the last step, and his entire weight was flung forwards, he faceplanted the floor, the papers and folders in his hands scattered all over the floor. I helped him up, helped him gather his stuff, made sure he was alright, and went to the bathroom.

Behind the closed door of the bathroom, I laughed myself dizzy. Made.My.Day.

There is NOTHING funnier than some pompous ar$e falling flat on his face.

NOTHING.

Now, I'm not saying the OP is a pompous ar$e, but I don't think we can discount the possibility with the evidence to hand.

HS3 · 16-09-2016 08:56PM

How did you bang your head OP?

Lt Dan · 16-09-2016 09:06PM

paralysed wrote: »

I remember once in a lecture in college, the lecturer realised his shoe lace was open. He acknowledged it by saying "now I better tie my lace before I fall over on stage!" and took a brief moment to tie it. It's something that could happen to anyone really. But everyone laughed - oh actually not everyone, just the girls.

Now this lecturer probably wasn't the sort who'd have a lot of authority anyway, so that might have had something to do with why they'd so rudely laugh in the first place.

I've noticed it happen to me too, once when I banged my head in a fume cupboard. I looked around at the two who were laughing - looked em dead in the eye, and only then did they stop and apologise. At least they realised it was inappropriate! Why is it fair game to laugh at a man's misfortune. Is it that men are better at dealing with humiliation, and just getting on with it? It's still not right.

Thoughts?

They are women, enuf said. Poor creatures

Let them have to have their two minutes :P, it is all downhill from thereon

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Outlaw Pete · 16-09-2016 09:15PM

I think it's more socially acceptable alright for women to laugh at male misfortune than it is for men to laugh at women's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDjUjhexTQk

cbyrd · 16-09-2016 09:16PM

I laugh when my oh hurts himself.. he gets p'eed off ... Which makes me laugh harder ... (like an incessant giggle)
I do it to the kids too . And myself.. if I fall over I go fcuk... *Who saw me ..laugh laugh *
I also laughed at my dad's funeral though ... :O

paralysed · 16-09-2016 09:31PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I think it's more socially acceptable alright for women to laugh at male misfortune than it is for men to laugh at women's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDjUjhexTQk

And finally one to acknowledge what we all know is true!

Peregrine · 16-09-2016 09:32PM

We're not going to make sweeping statements about either gender here. Take your gender wars elsewhere. Thanks.

Do women get away with laughing at someone's misfortune easier?

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