Keeley

“Plus, there's this: Without forgiveness, comedy just can't exist. Mistakes are inevitable when it comes to comedy.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together

“A better standard would be intention. If someone says something that offends us - but their intentions was humor - than we should respond far differently to that than we would if the person intended to be cruel.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together

“If we condition our culture to believe that any joke that upsets any person demands a groveling, on-the-floor apology, then we are going to get exactly what we asked for-fewer jokes, less honesty, and a really unforgivingly low fuckup threshold for ourselves.
Also, if what you're looking for from an apology is for people to actually forgive you, then you might be extremely disappointed.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together

“The Bottom Line: When you say that words are violence, you inherently are saying that violence is an acceptable response to words, because violence is universally considered an acceptable response to violence.”
― Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together