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Winky Dink
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:08 am

Last night I found some players pretending to be homeless and bathing in the Fountain of Yo. There were some other players who were pretty bent out of shape that these players were mocking homeless people. They seemed to be kids having fun and some of the things they did and said were kinda funny, but for once something kinda rustled my jimmies as homelessness for many people is a cruel reality. So I will put it to the masses to be the moral compass on what is acceptable. Would this bother you to see players doing this, even if it is just a game? What if they were pretending to be special needs people? Or a specific race? Gender? Is it ever ok to be silly in Yo at the expense of any group?

*being introspective* :ugeek:

LooLYo
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:09 am

The children are setting a bad example for the babies playing.

lucks
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:10 am

With all the rest of the bad in the game, thats the least of my worries.

vicky
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:11 am

there were some things last night that i saw bothered me, but i didn't say anything as i know they were only having fun, but in light of recent events i just thought it was abit bad timing... i guess some people see it in different ways but most things bother me hahaha

IrishBeach
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:13 am

My moral compass tells me that when comedy is devoid of any empathy, it's no longer funny.

dianabanana
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:15 am

well rod, imho, there is a huge difference acting silly and mocking others. especially homeless people. 70% of these]people are homeless through no fault of their own, due to Americas economy. how do I know this? my 12 yr old
grandson and I volunteer at a homeless shelter. After I actually sat down and talked to a homeless lady it became
clear to me.

mocking any group of humans is not acceptable to me in either rl or an interactive game.

Nutcase
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:16 am

I see it as some fun. They don't mean any harm by it, and theres way worse going on in YoVille.

If they were mocking the homeless, that's different though.

Nutcase
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:18 am

Hot Rod (126579776) wrote:Last night I found some players pretending to be homeless and bathing in the Fountain of Yo. There were some other players who were pretty bent out of shape that these players were mocking homeless people. They seemed to be kids having fun and some of the things they did and said were kinda funny, but for once something kinda rustled my jimmies as homelessness for many people is a cruel reality. So I will put it to the masses to be the moral compass on what is acceptable. Would this bother you to see players doing this, even if it is just a game? What if they were pretending to be special needs people? Or a specific race? Gender? Is it ever ok to be silly in Yo at the expense of any group?

*being introspective*

For me, I pretend to be a female all the time. If I can't do it in the real world, what's going to stop me from doing it in a virtual game.

LooLYo
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:19 am

Mocking someone pretending to be homeless just isn't very amusing period. Hope they're not like this irl.

llama
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:21 am

Just let them hide their identities in Yo

CountryDude89
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:32 am

It takes a special kind of stupid to mock someone, or an entire group, just for their own amusment. As a jokester myself, i find humor in alot of things, but i know where to draw the line.

Casper Boricua
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:42 am

I don't like when people try to be Puerto Rican and plenty of latinos do that. Being another race or acting like you have special needs is pointless and not funny at all. I don't make fun of the homeless since I have quite a few friends that are drug addicts and live in the streets right now. It's a tough life so I don't think that is funny at all. Still, maybe the kids didn't mean to harm anybody and were just being kids. I don't mind strong jokes but in this game I have yet to see a comedian so it does bother me when they do it to make others laugh, with me they always fail. Whatever they do it's their thing, I can't really tell people what to do, all that I can do is speak my mind like I just did.

King AdamYovillian
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:48 am

Everything has it's boundaries and some boundaries can be pushed more then others.

Lippy
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:57 am

for me its normally about intentions. in this case, i personally wouldnt have been bothered. there is far worse ingame, i dont see this example sounding cruel. then again, it may depend on my current mood and how far i read into it. basically though, i dont think i would bat an eyelash. i cant afford to to worry about such things, i do enough of that outside the game... so i kind of switch off ingame, as much as i can

StephMarie
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:58 am

From time to time I run into a guy named Yobo (I think?) outside Alton's. His whole gimmick is that he's Yobo the yoworld hobo. He stands out there on the street with his shopping cart while he chats. It honestly never occurred to me to be offended by it.

Wasp
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:12 am

It's alright to have a bit of fun.. this is what we are here for anyway. One cannot simply define ethics.

Beatrice
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:30 am

Humor is a double edge sword

there are plenty of ways to cut loose --

realities of our world are rarely truly funny ..... but caricatures are accepted forms of humor of even the most difficult of our struggles

Lot to be said for using humor as a way to assist in bringing things to light -- without the antics no one reading this would be remembering that homelessness is a very real issue that everyone faces but are normally powerless to correct

Kio
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