Sigh.
Well.
We have fun here at the cookie don’t we?
Let’s have a little recap of what we learned today and yesterday…
1.) The Portland lesbian blogging community gets really, really upset when we make light of AIDS - but not so much when we make light of heart disease, obesity, mommy blogs, and cancer.
2.) Everyone is gay. With AIDS. That Kinsey was on to something.
3.) Saying things we’re not supposed to say outloud is liberating.
4.) I love my readers.
and
5.) Never assume that you have cornered the market on tragedy.
Who’s to say that your tragedy is more IMPORTANT than mine is? Why is AIDS the only thing these women are angry about? Why was my making light of cancer not nearly as angry making? Is AIDS still considered a gay disease? Does it matter if it is or isn’t?
It’s 2008 and we live in one of the most liberal cities in America. Nobody cares about your sexual orientation. WE ARE ALL A LITTLE GAY OR A LITTLE STRAIGHT. Get over it.
Anyway, it’s interesting to see how people go about the business of drawing a line in the sand. For me, nothing is sacred, so long as it’s funny. I give no power to “hateful” words unless someone personally attacks me or someone I care about - as in, “You are a whore and I am throwing AIDS at you because you are a fat dumb bitch.” Well, that’s just stupid and mean and PERSONAL. But if it’s funny and smart and poking fun at the world for taking itself too seriously, then I don’t give a shit. Poke away. Use all your words. Have a ball.
I didn’t insult anyone by equating my flu with cancer and AIDS. I’m just a baby when it comes to being sick. A sore throat makes me feel like I need a morphine drip, OKAY?
And that is all I’m going to say about that.
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22 comments
i dont like your cat.
It’s just terrible that the Portland lesbian community is FORCED to read this blog.
I throw AIDS in your general direction Justin.
Rhi - God, right?
It’s odd when people get all self-righteous about one subject or another (”Well, MY FRIEND had this so you can’t make fun of it, it’s deeply painful” blah de blah de blah. Get over yourself or I will knife you). Everyone has tragedy and life is a lot funner when you laugh about it. For example, I’m a fat dumb Canadian fag with cancer AND AIDS and I like to beat up puppies.
I’m afraid of killing this joke but it’s still funny.
I think everyone needs to lighten up. Take a chill pill, if you will. My boyfriend says “I feel like AIDS” every time he’s hung over (frequently). Maybe it’s offensive but hey, it gets the point across.
Both my cats have AIDS. (Seriously, they’re FIV+) I still think that Kiala and all her jokes are HILARIOUS. Because I’m smart and funny. But that’s just me. I’m better than you.
Can you please post a picture or youtube video of the lesbian portland blogging community, preferably making out with each other?
jeeeez, i skip reading your blog for 2 days and come back to this????
i will never miss a day again!
This is SSSSOOO much better then reading people blaming bloggers for being anorexic! Kiala you know what im talking about.
Kiala, I think you’re hilarious and great and I love this blog, but I just have to respectfully disagree on this issue. In my opinion, some things ARE sacred. I would never say something knowing that it might hurt someone or stir up crazy painful emotions for someone who has dealt with something as serious as AIDS…or cancer…or obesity…or drug addiction…or whatever. OK, maybe people need to lighten up, but it’s not really my job to make sure they do. Everyone’s got a cross to bear and I don’t want to be responsible for making it heavier. And certainly not just to cross that line in the sand or with the goal of making a really funny joke.
I’m sorry for bringing the posts down with a non-funny/sarcastic/witty comment…and I definitely don’t wish to sound self-righteous or anything…just an opinion.
Caitlin - thank you for your input and your opinion is, of course, respected.
ok - MOVING ON.
sorry - but for fuck’s sake, Kiala, please post something new (it can even be about battlestar galactica) so people stop talking about this.
thanks.
I’m coming late to the party here, but people get way too excited about stuff. For serious.
I thought the post was funny and I knew you were kidding and I was even jealous that I didn’t think to write it myself.
I’m not sucking up here, swear, but I really think you’re a great writer and you should keep writing whateverthehell comes to your mind.
Fuck the dumb shit.
When I was 18 I laughed my ass off at the Ween song “AIDS.” I still do, 11 years later. EVERYTHING is funny and if you don’t think so then I feel sorry for you and you can’t come to my party.
Are we still talking about this? Do I know any of you? Is this really what the kids talk about in Portland these days?
I like to think I’m pretty good at knowing where the line is and censoring myself so I don’t get into this kind of trouble.
For instance, it just hit me that having AIDS is kinda like having a lame super power. Sure, you can kill people with your bodily fluids, but it’s slow and debilitating. Not very sexy. If a super hero used AIDS to fight crime, he’d be like 84 before the first criminal found justice. Now, if people blew the fuck up when hit with your bodily fluids… THEN you have a real super power. The way it is now, though, they’re like Zan. Not only a Wonder Twin, but the really lame one. No wonder they’re so depressed.
But I’d never say something like that on my blog. Because it’s wrong.
JustinStanley - You complete me.
Jerry Maguire jokes are never funny Dane. Please censor yourself and any future Cameron Crowe related comedy - it offends me.
mickey, “AIDS” off “Chocolate and Cheese” was actually a brilliant agitprop HIV-awareness epic. Ween on that album similarly championed the downtroddenly diseased with the weighty, first-person account somberly retold in “Spinal Meningitis” (”Smile on mighty Jesus, spinal meningitis got me down”) and on “Buenas Tardes Amigo” preached us to be ever-vigilant towards the cause of food sanititation (”Maybe I’d sell you a chicken, With poison interlaced with the meat”). Yeoman’s work, IMO.
Back to the topic at hand. AIDS = so not funny it’s not funny.
Lupus, on the other hand…COMEDY GOLD.
Lupus is Totally.Not.Funny.
And hey! Interesting point…Aren’t we all totally bringing awareness of AIDS to the internet? Seriously, when was the last time anyone talked about AIDS instead of, say, the Sudan?
I’m a humanitarian.
No disrespect to Caitlin - but stopping short of saying things that might/maybe/possibly hurt someone or stir up crazy emotions just wouldn’t be any fun at all.
I think you’re hilarious and we all need to laugh regularly in order to stave off the depression of truly disastrous things (a dearth of scripted television programs, the 10-month absence of eggnog lattes at 5Bucks, et cetera).
Keep on truckin’, Kiala.
What’s an “agitprop”?
Is it dirty?
I think I just agitpropped my pants. Sorry.
I’m confused…the whole reason I started a blog was so I could say inappropriate stuff. Isn’t that the point? I would say it in the privacy of my home but my boyfriend is too busy yelling at the Blacks on TV to listen to my funny AIDS jokes.
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