Another thought that's not an insta-reaction

[ratherastory]

Behind a cut, because of spoilers.

Am I the only one who's having issues with Show's humour, lately?

Potty humour aside, I am getting increasingly squicked by the rape jokes. Is it me, or are they getting more... explicit? I mean, there was the "rode hard and put up wet" from earlier seasons, but this last episode just made me wince and CRINGE.

Comments

[ramblin_rosie]

Drive-by confirmation: If a horse is ridden hard, to the point that sweat builds up in a lather on its skin, and is then put directly into a stable without receiving a rub-down to dry it off, it will get sick. So saying to someone "You look like you've been rode hard and put away wet" means "You look terrible."
[/Texas pedantry]

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Heh. The non-horse person here has mostly heard it in a sexual context. Good to know it has more innocent roots than that.

[ramblin_rosie]

Shoot, from what I've read about the ep, it's not surprising you'd make that connection in that context. Glad I decided not to watch. :P

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Well, apart from the sketchy humour, I really enjoyed the episode. It had a lot going for it. It would have been truly epic if not for the bad "jokes."

[liliaeth]

Really? Hmm, I didn't mind the jokes in this ep so much. I had much more issues with the 'Pudding' joke in 511, that one just...

But then I tend to hate jokes based on having the characters make fools of themselves.

[spookysquall.livejournal.com]

I guess my bias is that I am a horse person. :) But as I said in an earlier comment, it can certainly be taken to have other, more sinister meanings. I mean, look what's happened with baseball metaphors. *LOL*