Huh. I wish I had something intelligent to say, but I don't really. I love Percy to pieces and thus it makes sense that I am not fond of the twins. But I can't remember really being fond of them at all, as I loathe jokesters. Whether it's practical jokes or spoken jokes, I don't like them. I think it stems from the fact that I have a hard time reading people and have difficulty knowing if they're serious or joking, unless it is really obvious. Plus I am, sadly, very gullible. If I knew a Fred'n'George in real life, I'd avoid them like the plague because I'd be a ridiculously easy target.
I think what bothers me most is that for their brand of humor, it mostly relies on the humiliation of the person getting joked. It'd be one thing if they took the humiliation on themselves willingly and everyone laughed at them. But they're forcing it on others and taking the humor credit and I just don't like it. They almost never set themselves up for the joke, they're safe from it.
I don't think they're particularly malicious, they're just very self-centered. They don't think about how the joke might make their target feel bad, they're after the gratification of having pulled off the joke successfully. And while I might, *might*, be able to forgive that in younger kids, I can't of people the twins' age.
Meh, maybe I did have something to say after all, although I have doubts to whether it is intelligent or not.
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Date: 2005-03-18 07:16 am (UTC)I think what bothers me most is that for their brand of humor, it mostly relies on the humiliation of the person getting joked. It'd be one thing if they took the humiliation on themselves willingly and everyone laughed at them. But they're forcing it on others and taking the humor credit and I just don't like it. They almost never set themselves up for the joke, they're safe from it.
I don't think they're particularly malicious, they're just very self-centered. They don't think about how the joke might make their target feel bad, they're after the gratification of having pulled off the joke successfully. And while I might, *might*, be able to forgive that in younger kids, I can't of people the twins' age.
Meh, maybe I did have something to say after all, although I have doubts to whether it is intelligent or not.
~Amber